Employability Project Toolkit Overview
The Employability Project Toolkit is a comprehensive resource designed to aid staff in embedding employability skills in curricula. It provides guidance on attribute-led employability, offers exemplars of best practice activities, and creates awareness for students on essential graduate attributes. The toolkit aims to enhance employability skills through a range of activities and supports continuous professional development for staff. Through a structured approach, it assists in connecting students with employability opportunities and self-assessment tools to ensure programmes are employability-ready.
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Embedding Employability Project Toolkit Webpage Wireframe
Overview Overview Important Definitions Aims of Toolkit Toolbar Tabs Indicative Content for Tabs Graduate Attribute-led - Quadrant Structure Exemplar Activities Quadrant Structure 10-dot Matrix Exemplar Activity - Prototype
GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES the core abilities and values a higher education institute community agrees all its graduates should develop abilities employers deem necessary for today s knowledge workers EMPLOYABILITY the set of achievements, skills, understandings, and personal attributes graduates possess upon completion of a higher education qualification Important Definitions EXEMPLAR ACTIVITIES Employability enhancement activities, assessed or not, deemed best practice for employability skills development 10-DOT MATRIX a conceptual structure we use to measure the quality of embedding employability activities
1. Aid Staff to Embed Employability in Curricula 2. Offer Guidance on Attribute-led Embedded Employability Aims of Toolkit Aims of Toolkit 3. Provide Exemplars of Best Practice Employability Activities 4. Offer Guidance on Creating Connected Awareness for Students to Employability 5. Create a Central Webpage for Staff CPD on Employability
Toolkit Tabs Aims & Rationale Guide to Toolkit Home Page Embedding Skills Awareness Graduate Attributes Employability Activities Self-Assess Your Programme CPD Sign-Up Page
Indicative Content for Tabs Home Page Welcome Content Aims & Rationale Background to Embedding Employability Guide to Toolkit Synopsis of Embedding Employability: How to Use Toolkit Graduate Attributes Model with Clickable Links to Sample Activities Employability Activities Catalogue of Worked Samples Embedding Skills Awareness Guidance on Helping Students Connect Activities with Employability Self Assess Is Your Programme Employability Ready? CPD Sign-Up Page Upcoming Workshops, e-Badge, Employability Module
Each Graduate Attribute to Click Through to Activity Exemplar(s) Communicative Communicators Public Engagers Creative Digitally Fluent Emotionally Intelligent Self-Promoters Practical Technically Skilled Knowledgeable Practical Work Ready Enterprising Data Fluent Confident Professionally Confident Adaptable & Flexible Critical Thinkers Problem Solvers Lifelong Learners Resilient Collaborative Team Players Innovative Partners Leaders Networkers Socially Enterprising Operationally Savvy
Activity Exemplar(s) to Appear Beneath GA Capstone Quadrants Practical Communicative Making Pitch to a Company Creating an Advice Blog Formal Presentations ... Practical Assignments Reflective Logs Portfolio Development ... Collaborative Group Work Assignments Industry-Partnered Assessment Mentoring Programmes ... Confident LinkedIn Profile Exercises Programme Aligned Jobs Research Careers Workshop ...
Activity Content Template CAPSTONE IN FOCUS TITLE DESCRIPTION SUB- RECOMMENDED PREPARATION RESOURCES ATTRIBUTE(S) Programmes or Modules Using this Task SEQUENCE OF ACTIVITIES 10-dot Matrix Iconography
Embedding Employability Guide 10-dot Matrix (max score 10-dot) ACTIVITY CV- WORTHY PLACEMENT INDUSTRY- PARTNERED CA GRADUATE ATTRIBUTE(S) PROFESSIONS REQUIREMENT EMPLOYABILITY REQUIREMENT DOT SCORE Placement 7-dot + Industry- Partnered Assessment 4-dot + Jobs Research 4-dot + Online Profile Exercises 4-dot + Reflective Logs 4-dot + Groupwork Projects 5-dot + Formal Presenting 5-dot + CV-Worthy Maybe CV-Worthy Graduate Attribute(s): Quadrant 1,2,3 or 4
Each Graduate Attribute to Click Through to Activity Exemplar(s) Graduate Attribute in Focus Professional Confidence Confident LinkedIn Profile Exercises Constructive Alignment Module-Related Job Spec 4-dot + EXEMPLAR ACTIVITIES i. ii. iii. Write a CV for Lin Job iv. Write a Cover Letter for Lin Job v. Write a Lin Post To Match Job vi. Apply for Lin Job Create a Lin Profile Research a Lin Job +Dots Additional Graduate Attribute Development Triggered: Lin Post = Communication
Content Development for Tabs Aims & Rationale Guide to Toolkit Home Page Embedding Skills Awareness Graduate Attributes Employability Activities Self-Assess Your Programme CPD Sign-Up Page
