The document discusses employability at the University of Leicester. It outlines the university's aim to ensure graduates have experiences that make them attractive to employers. It discusses challenges in the current labor market and what employers seek - including degrees, experience, skills, and personal brands. The university's vision is supported by principles of engaging stakeholders, offering opportunities like employability modules and extracurricular activities, and enhanced support before, during and after university.
5. Context: labour market
“The jobless total for 16
to 24-year-olds hit a
record high of 991,000 in
the quarter, a jobless
rate of 21.3%”1
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15271800
6. Context: graduate labour market
100%
More applications in
60
2010 than 2008 Average number of
applicants per vacancy
>60%
Graduates get
a 2:1 or better
400,000
£18-25k
New graduates
Average graduate salary each year
7. Context: employable graduates
Degree = employment
Degree + extracurricular = employment
UCAS tariff + 2:1 degree + good university +
extracurricular + work experience = employment
Higher UCAS tariff + 2:1 degree + top university +
Now extracurricular + work experience of measurable value +
own personal brand = employment
13. Opportunities: curricular
• Minimum programme (Oct, Nov, Dec / 3, 2, 1)
• Employability modules (Geography)
• Modules with employability applications (Maths)
• Employability of the curriculum (History)
14. Opportunities: extra-curricular
Clubs,
Student Earn and World and
Societies and Volunteering
Champions Learn Media
Events
Part-time Jobs, Newspaper
Clubs and Students in
Course Rep Internships and Journalist and
Societies Officer Classrooms
* * vacation work
* Photographer *
Student
Student Enterprise Radio Journalist Volunteering
Engagement
Ambassador Award and Broadcaster Projects
* * Team
*
Clubs and Student
Student Volunteering
Mentor Societies Exchange
Ambassador Award
* Member * * Programmes *
Sabbatical Languages at
Officer Leicester
Students in
Classrooms
* * = Leicester Award Programme
15. Course Rep
Benefits
•Represent your fellow students
•Influence University decisions
•Learn about University structures and governance
•Meet students from other courses
Skills you could develop
You could develop many skills but particularly:
•planning and organising
•leadership and supervising
•communication
•teamwork
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16. Radio Journalist and Broadcaster
Benefits
•Gain essential experience
•Make vital media contacts
•Gain technical skills
•Inform and inspire others
Skills you could develop
You could develop many skills but particularly:
•using technology
•communication
•teamwork
•planning and organising
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19. What employers look for
Higher UCAS tariff + 2:1 degree + top university +
Now extracurricular + work experience of measurable value +
own personal brand = employment
20.
21. Development of transferable skills
• Teamwork • Defining work objectives and
outcomes
• Communication
• Managing time and priorities
• Analysing • Developing a realistic action plan
• Problem solving • Using project management
methodology
• Planning and organising • Liaising with a range of stakeholders
• Leadership and supervision • Identifying, assessing and weighing
risks
• Using technology
• Developing a contingency plan
• Initiative and creativity • Allocating resources to tasks
• Self management • Carrying projects through to
successful completion
• Learning
22. So…
Come to Leicester – we’ll help
you become a graduate with
the extra dimension!
Hinweis der Redaktion
Engage key stakeholders graduate employability extends beyond the responsibility of the Careers Service – students, the Students’ Union, departments and support services are all needed to help develop the extra dimension; students need to be engaged as early as possible in their university careers to ensure maximum preparation time; the majority of students rather than the current minority need to be engaged with the Careers Service; employers need to be engaged at a strategic level to build our reputation in meeting their graduate recruitment needs; the expertise of staff needs to be utilised to contextualise and support the employability message; alumni and parents need to be engaged appropriately to ensure the full breadth of our networks are utilised to good effect. Offer increased opportunities there need to be more opportunities for students to develop the extra dimension, as such we will scale-up our interventions to provide increased opportunity; students only need to focus on one primary intervention in order to develop the extra dimension, as such we will increase access to opportunities by restricting access to multiple interventions; the curriculum for all courses will include compulsory lectures (as a minimum) in all years covering relevant careers and employability information and advice. Provide enhanced support each intervention will be accompanied by before and after support to ensure that students are appropriately prepared and effectively followed up; access to interventions will be made a competitive process to identify the best candidates and simulate selection processes. Those unsuccessful can be signposted to alternatives and helped via the Careers Service to address students’ weaknesses.