The development of ‘student employability’ and ‘enterprise’ have been significant for several decades as integral elements in student learning experiences. In relation to employability, universities and colleges have created a myriad of ways in which enhanced student employability is achieved and its importance is now recognised as a central element of the Teaching Excellence Framework. Similarly, the inculcation of the appropriate knowledge, skills and values in relation to entrepreneurship and enterprise has grown in importance. As a recent HEA report on enterprise education states
Graduates need the skills, capabilities and attributes to enable them to be successful in an ever-changing global economic environment. Increasingly, employers expect graduates to be innovative, adaptable, resilient, and flexible and have an enterprising mind-set. Enterprise education supports employability by enabling students to develop the characteristics, attributes and skills that will enable them to make effective contributions to the economy and society. Enterprise education clearly links to employability and as such, should be at the core of employability strategies.[1]
The Wilson review (2012) acknowledged the importance of enterprise education for students in higher education and the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) has produced guidance to help those seeking to embed enterprise and entrepreneurship across the curriculum.
B. Award Summary:
This National Award will address demand for the continuing professional development of higher education staff, particularly academic staff, in supporting the development of student employability and enterprise in their working setting. It supports professional engagement with the implementation of enhanced practice in evidence informed ways, and in the presentation of the learning and outcomes from this in the form of a Portfolio for accreditation.
Intended for those who are involved in such work in post-compulsory, adult education and HE settings, the award aims to help participants to:
1. Explore the theory, concepts and practices involved in supporting students in the development and recognition of appropriate attributes and capabilities in employability and enterprise.
2. Support, coach and develop others to contribute to this important set of activities.
3. Develop and implement enhanced professional practice in supporting student employability and enterprise whether within or outside the curriculum.
4. Adopt and promote a scholarly, research- and evidence-informed approach to existing and developing practice.
5. Deal with issues they face in their role in relation to implementing enhanced practice.
6. Foster a critically reflective approach to such practice.
Specifically the Award will:
• Provide professional recognition for academic staff and for those tasked with enhancing policy and practice with regard to employability and enterprise at their institution
• Explicitly support the implementation of enhanced and new practice.
• Foster collaboration with Careers and Employability staff at institutional level.
• By providing a national cohort, facilitate learning across institutions
• By being mapped to the UKPSF, support claims for HEA recognition at appropriate levels.
The offer of the award on a national/cross-institutional basis offers major benefits in terms of:
a. Promoting sharing of issues, practices, experiences and policies between institutions to enrich the development process.
b. Allowing access to the provision for both individuals and institutional teams or groups.
[1]
Tibby and Owen (eds) Enhancing employability through enterprise education: Examples of good practice in higher education HEA November 2014
Graduates need the skills, capabilities and attributes to enable them to be successful in an ever-changing global economic environment. Increasingly, employers expect graduates to be innovative, adaptable, resilient, and flexible and have an enterprising mind-set. Enterprise education supports employability by enabling students to develop the characteristics, attributes and skills that will enable them to make effective contributions to the economy and society. Enterprise education clearly links to employability and as such, should be at the core of employability strategies.[1]
The Wilson review (2012) acknowledged the importance of enterprise education for students in higher education and the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) has produced guidance to help those seeking to embed enterprise and entrepreneurship across the curriculum.
B. Award Summary:
This National Award will address demand for the continuing professional development of higher education staff, particularly academic staff, in supporting the development of student employability and enterprise in their working setting. It supports professional engagement with the implementation of enhanced practice in evidence informed ways, and in the presentation of the learning and outcomes from this in the form of a Portfolio for accreditation.
Intended for those who are involved in such work in post-compulsory, adult education and HE settings, the award aims to help participants to:
1. Explore the theory, concepts and practices involved in supporting students in the development and recognition of appropriate attributes and capabilities in employability and enterprise.
2. Support, coach and develop others to contribute to this important set of activities.
3. Develop and implement enhanced professional practice in supporting student employability and enterprise whether within or outside the curriculum.
4. Adopt and promote a scholarly, research- and evidence-informed approach to existing and developing practice.
5. Deal with issues they face in their role in relation to implementing enhanced practice.
6. Foster a critically reflective approach to such practice.
Specifically the Award will:
• Provide professional recognition for academic staff and for those tasked with enhancing policy and practice with regard to employability and enterprise at their institution
• Explicitly support the implementation of enhanced and new practice.
• Foster collaboration with Careers and Employability staff at institutional level.
• By providing a national cohort, facilitate learning across institutions
• By being mapped to the UKPSF, support claims for HEA recognition at appropriate levels.
The offer of the award on a national/cross-institutional basis offers major benefits in terms of:
a. Promoting sharing of issues, practices, experiences and policies between institutions to enrich the development process.
b. Allowing access to the provision for both individuals and institutional teams or groups.
[1]
Tibby and Owen (eds) Enhancing employability through enterprise education: Examples of good practice in higher education HEA November 2014
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