Roundtable: How can education providers improve the employability prospects of learners?
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This roundtable invites you to listen and share examples of effective practice in your organisation regarding how peers have approached employability from the perspective of: - What does the employment market look like? - What does an ‘employable learner’ look like? - How can educators incorporate relevant employability skills into the curriculum? - How can technology for employability be embedded into course delivery? - How to ensure organisational support for employability? This event was held on 9 June 2021.
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Roundtable: How can education providers improve the employability prospects of learners?
- 1. Wednesday 9 June 11:00 – 12:00 • Dr Esther Barrett, Subject Specialist: Digital Practice, Jisc • Stephen Isherwood, Chief Executive, Institute of Student Employers • Gordon Duffy-McGhie, Director: Teaching, Learning & Student Development, Middlesbrough College • Mark Davies, Operations Manager Adult Engagement, North Wales Training Roundtable: How can education providers improve the employability prospects of learners?
- 2. Housekeeping
- 3. Come in, we’re hiring
- 4. Speakers: Stephen Isherwood Chief Executive Institute of Student Employers
- 5. What does an employable learner look like?
- 6. Gordon Duffy-McGhie Director: Teaching, Learning & Student Development Middlesbrough College
- 7. CCF College Partnership (North East)
- 8. Ideation Focusing our discussions onkeythemes and taking our ideas directly to the students.
- 9. Iteration
- 10. New collaborative assignments to be completed in MINECRAFT. Encourage students to become creators of digital content and not simply consumers. A new digital badge format to be devised and piloted within the Construction area. Create action plan for staff to work closely with Digital Coaches. Promote mentorship and upskill opportunities. Middlesbrough College – CCF Themes Summary Theme 1 Theme 2 Theme 3 Theme 4 Theme 5 Theme 6 Student-centred web platform incl. Visual Profile Builder. Short online prep course for students interested in piloting drones.
- 11. Theme #5 Digital Skills Development
- 12. Theme #2 Flying a Drone
- 15. CCF College Partnership (North East) All CCF Digital Resources will be made available through DfE Website. Middlesbrough College ‘Construct Platform’ launching 31st March 2021. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/college-collaboration-fund-ccf
- 16. Mark Davies Operations Manager, Adult Engagement North Wales Training
- 17. Employability in the curriculum
Editor's Notes
- Host Esther Co-pilot Scott
- 5 mins **Housekeeping** One hour session with no break Q and A, Chat, Mics, Webcams Your responses are important and we will be putting them into a blog post to share with you https://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/employability-toolkit https://www.jisc.ac.uk/blog/four-ways-to-ready-students-for-the-workplace-of-the-future-10-may-2021
- 5 mins **Chat** What does the employment market look like? Everybody contributes Set the scene
- 5 mins **Speaker** Stephen Isherwood CEO Institute of Student Employers The landscape
- 10 mins **Chat** What does an ‘employable learner’ look like? We are looking at this through a digital lens Think about your students and learners – what attributes do they have? What digital skills and experience do they need? What are employers asking for?
- 5 mins **Speaker**
- 5 mins **Speaker**
- 10 mins **Chat** How can educators incorporate relevant employability skills into the curriculum? How can technology for employability be embedded into course delivery? How to ensure organisational support for employability?
- 10 mins **Panel** Addressing questions and comments from the audience We can invite them to raise a hand and take the mic to ask their questions
- **Plugs and links** https://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/employability-toolkit https://www.jisc.ac.uk/blog/four-ways-to-ready-students-for-the-workplace-of-the-future-10-may-2021