1. Team Success: transforming the first year learning experience Charmaine Myers (LEAD) Tanya Miles-Berry (DLC) plus large multi-disciplinary team

3. What is 'employability' in Criminology?
equipping graduate capabilities
3 main pillars - specialist topic knowledge; research skills; graduate attributes/ capabilities
mix of curriculum based and extra-curricular activities
enhancing engagement and active, autonomous learning
270+ students - 3 courses - Crim; Crim/Psych; Crim/Soc
AA = 3 year relationship to provide continuity and to build relationships

4. numerous intended outcomes
How does the learning relate to graduate capabilities and employability?
Access to the academic discourse - reading/ writing/research
Holistic approach encouraging autonomy and ownership
'added value'
How does the learning link to the lesson/module theme and subject area?
'brilliance' as defined by academic convention - good degree
working with 'people' - social; community; moral
reality v media

5. Extra-curricular - graduate attributes/ capabilities
Student Reps
Employability Fair (all)
Research internships (L5)
DLC+ - Hallam Award (all)
PALs - Hallam Award (L5 or L6 for L4)
Hallam Criminological Society (all)

6. Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence:
Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence:
our team 

7. Impact level 4
Skills sessions as part of the TT - engaging with core criminological texts
Resource pack (work sheets) to scaffold skills development
Reading pack for semester 1 - spend an hour reading, not finding the right reading
Explicit links to other core 1st year modules

8. Impact retention @ level 4
Course
year
withdrawn
% retention
Criminology
2015/16
8.7 %
91%
2014/15
14.1 %
85%
2013/14
9.6 %
87%
Crim/Sociology
4.2 %
96%
8.3 %
92%
15.7 %
83%
Crim/Psychology
4 %
11.8 %
81%
16. 5%
78%
Grand total
10.3 %
Skills sessions as part of the TT - engaging with core criminological texts
Resource pack (work sheets) to scaffold skills development
Reading pack for semester 1 - spend an hour reading, not finding the right reading
Explicit links to other core 1st year modules

9. Impact Student experience

10. @SHULawCrim www.shu.ac.uk/dlc/helena-kennedy-centre
The central values of the centre:
widening access to justice
promotion of human rights
ethics in legal practice
overcoming social injustice
enabling desistance and recovery
promoting criminal justice accountability
The centre has the following goals:
to impact on policy and provide advocacy
to innovate in teaching and education
to produce research and scholarship work
to support local, national and international projects and events
@SHULawCrim

11. The Venture Matrix Scheme Developing Graduate Capabilities & Employability
Provides an authentic activity for applied learning
South Yorkshire Police - Briefing
Working with local school children (8 schools & c.280 pupils)
Show case students and course
Logistics - The Venture Matrix staff team

13. The Venture Matrix Scheme Developing Graduate Capabilities & Employability Skills
Knowledge Application
Understanding and interpretation of research findings.
Application of theoretical concepts to societal contexts
Motivation & Engagement
Critique of own practice and action plan for L5 for improvements
Attendance 97% (at school event)
Social Responsibility
Engaged with local community
Creative & Critical Thinking
Formulated solutions to real & contemporary issues
Integrity & Professionalism
Safe-guarding training
Represented SHU whilst working with SYP and schools
Research & Enquiry
Expanded their knowledge and understanding through research
Digital Literacy
Engaged with social media in research phase
Used iPads to deliver workshop activities
Communication
Meaningful interpretation of theory and finding appropriate to pupil audience

14. Your Team Activity