1. Embedding employability in programmes and qualifications
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Conference name, location
Date 1

2. Overview Introduction Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 3 Close
Exploring the capabilities graduates need
Activity 2
The challenges in providing for coordinated progressive development of capabilities
Activity 3
Applying a model and developing strategies
Close 2

3. Learning outcomes
By the end of this workshop participants will be able to:
Assess the range and scope of employability capabilities.
Identify the challenges in providing for coordinated and progressive capability development across the multiple modules/courses that make up a degree.
Apply a model to introduce change within a programme
Make strategic and operational plans to embed employability capabilities in programmes 3

4. Activity 1. What capabilities do future ready grads need? Creative
Quick learner
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5. Transformational teaching
Teaching – a shift in emphasis
Transformational teaching
Hard to teach
Principled
Ethical and professional
Leaders
Emotionally intelligent
Becoming
Open minded
Globally minded
Creative
Independent thinkers
Proactive
Doing
Culturally competent
flexible
Problem solvers
Critical thinkers
Know the theories
Knowing
Easy to teach
Know the ‘facts’
Easy to forget
Become out-dated
Hard to forget
Last a life-time 5

6. Preparing to build capabilities Building transferable capabilities
A pedagogical framework for developing employability capabilities
Why is it that we are preparing to build capabilities when we are “enthusing” – I’m not sure I understand the grey rings and their link to the coloured rings
Also, we have this in a ring but should this be a linear framework – if so can do it tonight
Students see the learning is:
Relevant to them
Important
Achievable
Students engage in:
Big picture thinking
Foundational concepts
Planning and preparing
Preparing to build capabilities
ENTHUSE
Building transferable capabilities
EXPLORE
ENTHUSE
EXPLORE
EXHIBIT
EXTEND
EXHIBIT
EXTEND
Students engage in:
Real and relevant tasks
Using multiple capabilities
Students engage in:
Practicing varied applications
Reflecting
Responding to feedback 6

7. The curriculum challenge
Developing
Graduate
Knowledge
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Critical thinking
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Solution Seeking
Developing
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Novice + X
Novice +Y
Graduate
Communication and engagement
Novice + X
Novice +Y
Developing
Graduate
Novice
Independence and integrity
Developing
Graduate
Novice
Novice + X
Novice +Y
Soc. and Env. Responsibility
Developing
Novice
Novice + X
Novice +Y
Graduate 7

8. The curriculum challenge
Novice
Novice + X
Developing
Graduate
Novice +Y
Developing
Graduate profile
Graduate
Novice
Novice
Graduate 8

9. The curriculum challenge
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10. Activity 2 – What challenges do you face?
Look at the cards and reflect on your challenges. Is anything important missing?
Some cards are blank – you can write extra capabilities on these
Your task is to sort your cards by category – motivation, capacity, systems
Select three substantial challenges 10

11. Lenses on strategic interventions
Academic as customer 11

12. Activity 3 – Meet the challenges
Select a substantial challenge
Collect a card assigning you a lens
Contribute ideas from the perspective of your lens
Build your strategy
Produce a poster summarising your approach(es)
Allocate a scenario to each group.
Group to develop a plan to embed these capabilities in the curriculum. 12

13. Activity 3 - Present and judge
Each group gets to present their approach – Don’t go over time!
Each person in the audience gets to judge all presentations and generate additional advice
As you listen please write your thoughts on stickies 13

14. Activity 3 – Give and receive feedback
Attach your feedback to the right posters
Join group discussion 14

15. Reflection
When I go back to work I will… 15

16. Questions, Thanks and Close16