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Positioning Placement on the STEM student journey
Dr Colin SmithDirector of HE Engagement
Sally SmithHead of Computing
Project Lead for e-Placement Scotland
Rosemary AllfordHE Employability
Event
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Why is work experience so valued by employers?
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Why is work experience so valued by employers?
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Dilemmas for the universities
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Four Positions
Inexperience
“we haven’t done this before”
Silo Approach
“some students get to do it”
Antipathy
“we don’t do this here”
Integration
“placement is available across
all our programmes”
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Placement Landscape: the Event
2. Networking:Employers, Students
and Academics
1. Community of Practice: Defining the Placement Landscape for
Computing
3. Facilitated Discussion: ‘on the sofa’ with Employers, Students
and Academics
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Overview of Outcomes
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Exemplar 1: the ‘sandwich’ Edinburgh Napier University
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Exemplar 2: the ‘summer’ University of Dundee
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Exemplar 3: the ‘advanced’University of Aberdeen
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Exemplar 4: the ‘part-time’ professional practice, Edinburgh Napier
• 20 credit module
• 180 hours with an employer (or school or third sector organisation)
• Based on establishing a Learning Agreement
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Edinburgh Napier’s Graduate Employability Project
• Scottish Funding Council £1m over 3 years
• Different approaches in each faculty/ school
• University-wide employer liaison, careers service and ‘confident futures’
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Deploying the GEP in the School of Computing
Third Year Group Project
Work Based Learning
(sandwich placement)
Professional Practice
(part-time placement)
Masters DissertationHonours
Project
Overseas Study
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Employability Interventions!
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Preparing Students for Placement:
PLACEMENT ACADEMY
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Moving Students
away from ‘Programming
Project’ and towards ‘Professional
Practice’
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Making the Most of a 3rd Year Group
Project
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Helping Students Recognise (and Document) their
Learning
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Employability Mapping of Programmes
• Exploitation
• Evangelism
• Promotion
• Interest
• Awareness
Programme Leaders: Ladder of Engagement
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AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL
AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL
We
ek 1
We
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Yr 1
Yr 2
Yr 3
Yr 4INF10101 - ISS1 hour – Situational Judgement Tests + Labour Market + Career planning for Yr 4
INF10101 - ISS1 hour – Situational Judgement Tests + Labour Market + Career planning for Yr 4
INF10101 - ISS1 hour – Situational Judgement Tests + Labour Market + Career planning for Yr 4
INF10101 - ISS1 hour – Situational Judgement Tests + Labour Market + Career planning for Yr 4
Placement preparation (optional)Careers Workshops: CVs, Interviews, Assessment Centres+ CV Clinics
Placement preparation (optional)Careers Workshops: CVs, Interviews, Assessment Centres+ CV Clinics
IMD07101 - HCIInteracting with OthersKnowing Yourself and Others
IMD07101 - HCIInteracting with OthersKnowing Yourself and Others
SOC09109 – Group ProjectUnderstanding employment competenciesPresenting skills to employers
SOC09109 – Group ProjectUnderstanding employment competenciesPresenting skills to employers
Placement preparation (optional)CF Workshops: Knowing Your Strengths, Resilience
Placement preparation (optional)CF Workshops: Knowing Your Strengths, Resilience
SOC09109Group SkillsManaging Conflict?Creating Convincing Proposals
SOC09109Group SkillsManaging Conflict?Creating Convincing Proposals
CSN08112Careers + Placements Office introduction
CSN08112Careers + Placements Office introduction
SOC101011 hr workshop about describing honours projects
SOC101011 hr workshop about describing honours projects
Optional Networking Workshop
Optional Networking Workshop