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Employability Outcomes & Publications

The library of employability-related case studies | HTML version

Outcome publications for the Employability Theme can be found below.

Publications

Benchmarking Employability: A Scottish Perspective A Handbook for Scottish Academics PDF version (148kb) Employability: Engaging Employers Higher Education institutions engaging with employers: A guide to international best practice in engaging employers in the curriculum. PDF version (605kb) Enhancing Practice: Employability An overview of the work of the Employability Enhancement Theme PDF version (152kb) Enhancing student employability: Innovative projects across the curriculum An edited selection of employability-related case studies from a range of subjects and institutions. PDF version (980kb) Working together: enhancing students' employability, Partnerships between Institutions and students This document attempts to give a flavour of the acitives run by institutions and their student associations that enhance student employability. PDF version (551kb) The Skills for Business Network A briefing paper for Scottish higher education institutions - This paper outlines how the the Sector Skills Council network could be a useful resource for HEIs in Scotland and how the Sector Skills Alliance Scotland could facilitate this. PDF version (204kb) Employability: Effective learning and employability. This paper explores the links between PDP, effective learning and employability. PDF version (733kb)

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Printed copies of the above publications can be ordered from:

Linney Direct, Adamsway, Mansfield, NG18 4FN Fax: 01623 450629 Email: qaa@linneydirect.com If they are available in print, Enhancement Themes publications are free to all those within the UK. Please see the QAA Publishing Policy for further information.

Scottish Higher Education Employability Network (SHEEN)

One outcome of the Employability theme was the recommendation that the Institutional Contacts Network should continue to support institutions, albeit with a revised remit and membership. Through a partnership between the Scottish Funding Council, QAA Scotland and the Higher Education Academy, this has been taken forward as the Scottish Higher Education Employability Network (SHEEN).

Click here for further information about SHEEN's on-going work.

Employability Events

Listed below is information on past Employability enhancement theme events including speaker's presentations, notes and case studies.   Employability Roadshows, 19-20 October 2004 Two Employability Roadshow events were held at the University of Edinburgh on October 19th and at the University of Aberdeen on October 20th 2004 where a range of employability-related good practice in Scottish HEIs was highlighted and debates on what is meant by Employability were held. Getting to Grips with Employability, 10 March 2005 An awareness- raising event aimed at instiutional employability champions that demonstrated the range of employability-related resources and toolkits that are currently available, including those developed through the recent ESECT project. Enhancing Students' Employability: Strengthening and Developing Partnerships, 23 March 2005 An event was held on 23 March 2005 at Dundee University Students Association aimed at looking at student engagement in employability issues, partnerships between institutions and students, and to share good practice in this area from Scotland and internationally. Employability: Expanding the Boundaries, 20 April 2005 An event was held on 20 April 2005 at Moray College, Elgin aimed at addressing the Employability needs of part-time, mature and/or postgraduate students. Employability Assessment, 11 May 2005 A one-day conference that addressed the issues and challenges present in the area of employability assessment. The event was held at Glasgow Caledonian University. Getting to Grips with Employability ii, 21-22 June 2005 A two day event that was aimed at "training the trainers" within institutions. There were a variety of awareness-raising workshops as well as a significant amount of practical hands-on training and advice from leading experts in the field.

For information on all future Enhancement Themes events, please check the general events section.

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