Skills for Skills for Employability Employability PartnershipPartnership

Project Project

• Changing attitudes to working with employers and awareness of the benefits of this

• Improving employer engagement in technical education

• Starting new vocational programmes at SIT, developing and changing the curriculum

• Improving EFL Practices• Developing SIT’s quality

assurance processes.

The Initial Objectives

Employers

Government

Educators

Community

Students

Reaching out through the project

• Communication• Involvement• Sponsorship Programmes• Tasters• Marketing & Media• Advisory Committees• Networking• Partnerships• Sharing Good Practice

The Outcomes of The Outcomes of our Partnershipour Partnership

SIT established direct links with major public & private sectors

Market Intelligence

Chambers of Commerce

Sectors

New Projects

Market Needs

Employers

Database

Access

Communication & Involvement

SIT created partnerships with International & local business SIT created partnerships with International & local business ownersowners

Partnerships

Through the Project SIT established a business partnership Through the Project SIT established a business partnership PSGPSG to operate regionally and internationally to operate regionally and internationally

SIT with the support of the BC formed of an Advisory Committee to discuss the future skill

needs of growing economies

SIT introduced Vocational Tasters across local schools

Involving the Community, Educators, & Employers

In Partnership with the British In Partnership with the British Council, SIT is introducing the Council, SIT is introducing the

Schools and Employers in Schools and Employers in Action Project which aims to Action Project which aims to connect students with local connect students with local

employers through Vocational employers through Vocational Tasters. This is a pilot project Tasters. This is a pilot project

that covers all government that covers all government schools in Dubai and will be schools in Dubai and will be

expanding across schools in all expanding across schools in all the Emirates.the Emirates.

E-Marketing & Social MediaE-Marketing & Social Media

Art ExhibitionsArt Exhibitions

SIT Introduced Sponsorship Programmes SIT Introduced Sponsorship Programmes for public and private sectorsfor public and private sectors

SIT Successfully achieved accreditation SIT Successfully achieved accreditation from the Higher Ministry of Educationfrom the Higher Ministry of Education

SIT created educational partners locally for SIT created educational partners locally for combined academic and vocational combined academic and vocational

educationeducation

Institutional OutcomesInstitutional Outcomes

2003-2009Non-Profit Government InstitutionNumber of Students: 400Number of Marketing Projects: NoneNumber of Employer Links: 1Partnerships: None

2009-2011Semi-Government Institution- Business Oriented Number of Local Students: 650Number of International Students: 215Number of Marketing Projects: 10Number of Employer Links: 70 +Number of Local Partnerships: 9Number of International Partnerships: 5

Outcome for UK PartnersOutcome for UK Partners

• Local and Regional Market Intelligence– Contacts– Culture– Markets– Partnerships

Outcome for UK PartnersOutcome for UK Partners

• Inputs to College International Strategy– Student Recruitment– Training– British Council awareness/empathy

Outcome for UK PartnersOutcome for UK Partners

• Internationalization benefits

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