1. Engage – Annual Learning and Teaching Conference Anglia Ruskin University Employability of Students’ and Graduates Dr Heike Behle, LEGACY, Warwick Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick 26 June 2018

2. What is employability?

3. Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF)
Aspect of Quality
Areas of teaching and learning quality
Teaching Quality (TQ)
Learning Environment (LE)
Student Outcomes and Learning Gain (SO)
Core Metrics
Teaching on my course (NSS)
Assessment and feedback (NSS)
Academic support (NSS)
Continuation (HESA)
Employment/ further study (DLHE)
Highly-skilled employment/ further study (DLHE)

4. For each aspect one post-it.
Employ
Ability
Activity: Please note down ALL aspects that will enhance students’ and graduates’ employability.
For each aspect one post-it.

5. Employability Framework
Individual aspects
Enabling Support Factors
Individual circumstances
Labour Market

6. How can employability of students and graduates be enhanced?

7. Employability Framework
Individual aspects
Enabling Support Factors
Individual circumstances
Labour Market

8. Limitations of HE Individual aspects e.g. health
Enabling Support Factors e.g. lack of participation
Individual circumstances e.g. caring responsibilities
Labour Market e.g. LM demand, training possibilities

9. Responsibility for employability
Career Service
State
HEI
Academic Departments
Employer
Individual

10. Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF)
Reasons for implementing
Help students find information about what and where to study
Raise esteem for teaching
Recognise and reward excellent teaching
Narrow the gap between the skills, knowledge and competencies students gain and the needs of employers, business, industry and the professions

11. Take home Messages Gaining Sustaining progressing
Employability = ability to gain, sustain and progress in graduate employment.
Employability is not the same as employment rate.
Employability is more than employability skills.

12. Final remarks Follow me on @HeikeBehle Heike.Behle@warwick.ac.uk
For further information
The LEGACY employability briefing can be downloaded here