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Developing students’ career resilience – a university wide approach?

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Students responded well to the workshop: they viewed the potential impact of setbacks as more positive, and felt more encouraged to engage in goal-setting and career planning. Helen Stringer Helen Stringer is Assistant Director of the Careers Service, and has a remit for developing academic partnerships. Educational Studies.

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Catching the waves: surfing, enhancement, and student success

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Gavin is the Careers and Employability Manager from the Careers Service and this post forms part of the 20 Years of Enhancement theme. The University avoided the trap of seeing employability as solely a Careers Service responsibility, and instead used this funding to support an institution-wide and collaborative approach.

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Career Development Planning

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Students have always been required to submit an individual career action plan but this year I changed my approach to feedback on this assessment and I introduced a new assessment, a group labour market project. 2006): How assessment frames student learning in C. References: Brophy, J. Bryan and K.

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The Higher Education Council (HEC) in Bahrain: Ensuring Quality and Excellence in Higher Ed Institutions

Creatrix Campus

In 2006, the HEC was established as a government body responsible for overseeing and regulating higher education in Bahrain. Student support services: The HEC evaluates the availability and quality of student support services, such as counseling and career services, at each institution.

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Understanding the purpose and role of the CAA UAE in higher education

Creatrix Campus

It evaluates a range of factors, including the institution's governance and administration, academic programs, faculty, and student services, to determine whether the institution should receive accreditation.

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Chemistry: from Concept to Consumer

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

McCarthy & McCarthy (2006) demonstrated that business students gained enhanced career awareness from immersion in real life scenarios such as hands-on problem solving and work shadowing (compared to employer presentations or written case studies). They often ask: (a) What jobs could a chemist do? (b) McCarthy & Henry M.

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Developing a Strengths-Based Campus: Successes, Challenges, and Lessons Learned

Supporting Student Success

One of our longest standing collaborations is in a third-year Kinesiology course, where I co-present workshops with a Career Services Coordinator demonstrating how students can apply their strengths to a job in their field. Now more than ever, Dweck’s (2006) message of a growth mindset is key to instill in our students.