From Placements to Employability

Single interventions, like the sandwich placement, are no longer sufficient in terms of determining employment success on graduation – we must consider the whole student experience.

We will contrast employability in the curriculum with employability through the curriculum i.e., how broader teaching, learning and assessment strategies throughout a programme can impact on employability. 

Perhaps you have expertise in supporting placement students but are now being asked to become involved in curriculum design and development more broadly associated with employability? Or you have experience in your subject-based curriculum but are new to placements and employability? Do you know what you might do differently if you were assessing a first-year undergraduate placement compared to a Masters level placement?

The intended outcome of the session is to enable you to use your experience and expertise from placement activities to work with your colleagues in your own institutions to appropriately embed placement and other employability related activities in the curriculum. Workshop facilitators will help encourage the sharing of good practice amongst delegates and will help to equip you with ideas and top tips to utilise in your roles.