Dr Bruce Sinclair

School of Physics and Astronomy

Paul Brown

Careers Centre

The Journey

FROM little activity in Schools

TO: • Workshops in each School• School specific information resource• Students starting careers related activities earlier• Students more active and sophisticated in awareness• Very high levels of usage of Careers Centre - 3rd party

survey suggests highest of Russell Group/94 Group

How did AUL@W benefit us?

• Alliance with key academic champion

• Credibility

• Opportunity to test out ideas and see outcomes

• Requirement to reflect and report on activity with partners

• Examples to take to other Schools

Advice from our experience

• Need academic champion(s)

• Students’ identity linked to degree subject

• Approach through Schools is powerful

• Students and academics are the most powerful advocates to each other

• For strategic change, need support and pressure from above and below