1. Student Perspectives on Career & Employability – a research based career management module Gill Frigerio Head of Careers University of Warwick

2. Session Outline Context Reinvention Centre Original proposal Shifting sands….. Current proposal Reflections

3. Context: University Strategy: Vision 2015 Distinctive teaching & learning experience, underpinned by research intensive nature of the institution Well used, large Careers Centre, currently being integrated with skills development activities No formal career development learning in the curriculum but extra-curricular accreditted Career Management Certificate/Skills Certificates

5. The Reinvention Centre CETL based in the Sociology Department at the University of Warwick and the School of the Built Environment at Oxford Brookes Aims to integrate research-based learning into the undergraduate curriculum. The purpose is not simply to teach undergraduates research skills but to enable undergraduates to become involved in research and integrated into the research cultures of their departments. Pedagogic origins in Boyer’s work on the ‘scholarship of engagement’ Centre funds and publishes undergraduate research broad definition of ‘research’ including non-traditional genres e.g. academic journalism, ‘creative writing’ or documentary film Academic Fellowships available for up to £10,000 www.warwick.ac.uk/go/reinvention

6. Original Proposal – Jan 2008 To develop a new 10 credit CMC module based on research based learning principles Students to critique notions of career and employability Develop materials that can be used in various subject settings Pilot delivery in a series of academic departments

7. Shifting Sands… Extra management duties: squeezed project out No other obvious champion for the work Restructure underway: focus on demonstrating impact & scaleability of work End of CMC… BUT…..

8. Focus on career adaptability as purpose of our work Need to trial ways of integrating personal, academic and career development Model has developed of recruiting and paying students on project teams (Reinvention Centre film, parallel community engagement project) Good pilot for developing partnerships with academic departments

9. Current proposal Aim: to assess whether engaging students with career theory and/or the research process will make a difference to levels of career adaptability Recruit 5 students to work in a team (bursary £850) Introduce theoretical frameworks: metaphors, representations, card sorts Input on research methods They scope projects, carry out and report back Trial of a career adaptability impact rating before and after

10. For copies of these slides or progress reports email G.Frigerio@warwick.ac.uk