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Promoting equity and employability using live briefs

SRHE

How live briefs are usually used A live brief is defined as “a type of design project that is distinct from a typical studio project in its engagement of real clients or users, in real-time settings” (Sara, 2006, p. Additional time required for lectures to source the live briefs and manage the ‘clients’.

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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. 2010): Motivating students to learn 3rd edition London: Routledge Gibbs, G. References: Brophy, J. Bryan and K.

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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. We have further developed the materials and added new resources to create a resilience repository for colleagues to adapt and adopt in their practice. 32(3): 251–264.

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New evidence on the challenges and consequences of precarious work for university students

SRHE

In the UK conditions shifted significantly after the 1990s reforms with the creation of post-92 universities, the replacement of grants with loans and tuition fees and a diversified student body. Findings The research presents a picture in line with existing data on studentsemployment during the pandemic.

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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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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. This helps students, employers, and other stakeholders make informed decisions about the quality of HEIs and their programs.

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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) Patricia R.