helping our undergraduates to become global players in the job market
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Helping Our Undergraduates to Become Global Players in the Job MarketDr Ray Wallace School of Science & Technology, Nottingham Trent University, UK
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The traditional functions of universities are teaching and research
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The Pieces – and on the sidelines
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Administrators
Students
Academics
ParentsGovernment
Industry &Commerce
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The Pieces – and on the sidelines
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Administrators
Students
Academics
ParentsGovernment
Industry &Commerce
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Students see the university as a place where they can gain a good education leading to a good job
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Parents see the university much in the same light as the students
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Government sees the university as the seedbed where young people will be educated to a high standard and where the nation’s wealth & advancement through research will stem
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Administrators (hopefully!) see the university as a place where they can support the work oftheir academiccolleagues
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Academic staff see the university as a place where they teach and can
conduct scholarly activity/research
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....and sometimes herein lies a tension because professional advancement is often achieved through research rather than teaching
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....with a result that academic staff lose direction and focus on their research rather than their students
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....but you ladies & gentlemen are here, I guess, because you believe in internationalisation and have the desire to enrich the lives of your students & therefore I can take you one step further
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....what I’m about to say will seem obvious on reflection but for many it is something they havenever really thoughtabout
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Medicine - pieces fitting together
Integrated Degree
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Study
Study
Clinical experience
Clinical experience
Graduate doctor
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Dentistry - pieces fitting together
Integrated Degree
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Study
Study
Clinical experience
Clinical experience
Graduate dentist
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....knowledge of the world of work (hopefully) but no experience of it!
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....so why should we do one thing for the doctors & dentists and another for the historians & economists?
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....and this is where the idea of a ‘Placement’ comes in
European Data: Participation in Work Placements
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Graduates who participated in work placements/internships (percent).Brenda Little, 'Squaring the Circle?', ASET Conference Proceedings 2007.
Other data from the UK Courtesy of ASET
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• Every year 120,000 students go out on placement• Academic Performance
Sandwich students Firsts 15.1% 2.1 50.8% 2.2 27.0% Thirds 4.2% Unclassified 2.9%
Non-sandwich students Firsts 10.5% 2.1 44.8% 2.2 31.0% Thirds 6.9% Unclassified 6.8%
• EmployabilitySandwich students Full-time paid work 65.7% Part-time paid work 3.9% Voluntary work 0.4% Work and further study 8.7% Further study only 10.4% Unemployed 4.8% Not available for employment 5.2% Other 0.9%
Non-sandwich students Full-time paid work 56.4% Part-time paid work 7.6% Voluntary work 0.9% Work and further study 8.4% Further study only 15.5% Unemployed 6.0%% Not available for employment 4.1% Other 1.1%
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Some of the things we do at NTU…………..• Maintain a
comprehensive database of students and job vacancies
• Interview individually all placement students registered with us
• Produced advertising and information leaflets
• Produce an annual student satisfaction survey
• Invite organisations into NTU to give presentations
• Assist students to produce good cvs & letters of application
• Check that staff have visited students and that employers are content
• Maintain strong links with CAS, the Business School & C and I
• See that NTU’s policy on Health & Safety is implemented
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Some of the things we do at NTU…………..
• Endeavour to inculcate the ethos of professionalism in students, particularly by example
• Run a big student recruiting drive in year 1
• Broadcast our activities outside of NTU
• Develop assessment methods and strategies
• Turn any setbacks into opportunities
• Capitalise on employer visits
• Provide a repository of knowledge in the field of employment, student loans etc
• Support academic staff in their mentoring roles
• Keep a watching brief on national developments - ASET
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Skills and Attributes ChecklistTHE TOP 10
• IMPORTANT SKILLS• Motivation & enthusiasm• Team working• Oral• Communication• Flexibility• Customer focus• Problem solving• Managing own learning• Commercial awareness• Planning & organisation
• DIFFICULT TO FIND SKILLS• Commercial awareness• Leadership• Risk taking/enterprise• Project management• Managing own learning• Second language• Problem solving• Customer focus• Report writing• Cultural sensitivity
Finally I leave it to the students themselves to say what they think
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Any Questions?
Acknowledgement: PowerPoint Template Philip de Kock