1. Essential Graduate Attributes for Economists : Evidence from Students, Alumni and Employers Dr Linda Juleff Edinburgh Napier University Dr. Inna Pomorina Economics Network

2. www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk Overview Views of employers –What employers want from new employees Views of students –What skills students think they are getting in their degree Views of graduates –What graduates think they learn in their degree Graduates attributes - discussion

3. www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk What employers are looking for in a Economics graduate

4. www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk What skills students think they are getting in Economics degree

5. How do you rate your study of Economics in developing skills for your current job? How do you rate your study of Economics in developing skills for your current job? Source: Economics Alumni Survey, Economics Network, 2008

6. How well did your degree course help you to develop generic skills suitable for your current job? How well did your degree course help you to develop generic skills suitable for your current job?

7. www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk Skills needed to get a job

8. www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk Skills to develop further

9. Source: Economics Alumni Survey, Economics Network, 2008 How do you rate your own generic skills now?

10. Source: Economics Alumni Survey, Economics Network, 2008 How well did your degree course help you to develop generic skills suitable for your current job? How well did your degree course help you to develop generic skills suitable for your current job?

11. www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk

12. How is it in your discipline/university? Please discuss in groups – to what extent the key graduate attributes identified are common to your own discipline Please discuss the relative importance of these attributes across subject areas Is there a typical graduate with its attributes or is it identified by its discipline? Pick up the most important attributes

13. In the light of this presentation/discussion would you change Curriculum –Would you change what you teach? If so why and what? If not why not? Teaching methods –Would you change your teaching methods ? If so, how? If not, why not? Assessment –Would you change your assessment methods ? If so, how? If not, why not?