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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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Co-creation and collaboration in course design: Our journey with SACHA

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

Change Agents in a storytelling workshop with the Careers Service and Edinburgh Innovations. For instance, based on feedback, certain modules were modified to include more practical applications and real-world examples, enhancing the learning experience by making it more applicable to students’ future careers ( Bovill et al.,

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Surfacing and accelerating learning: introducing the Edinburgh Award

Teaching Matters Student Employment

The Award was piloted in 2011-12 and the beginning of our work on the Edinburgh Award was prompted in part by the development of Higher Education Achievement Reports (HEARs). We wanted to engage pro-actively with the HEAR and use it to benefit student learning from co- and extra-curricular activity.

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Co-creating a more sustainable framework for professional development for our UG students

Teaching Matters Academic Support

Working with colleagues from across the Business School and the Careers Service, we have been able to shape a version of the Edinburgh Award in Professional Development targeted at our second year students. Rosalyn Claase Ros is Head of Student Experience, having joined the Business School in November 2011 as the Careers Manager.

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Employability and experiential learning

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

2011) Understanding learner agency as a complex dynamic system. International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Lifelong Learning, 22: 148-159. [3] 3] Crossman, J.E. & & Clarke, M. 2010) International experience and graduate employability: stakeholder perceptions on the connection. System, 39, 427-436. [5] 5] Deci, E. &

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Franklin & Marshall College Names Dr. Andrew Rich as 17th President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Under his leadership, the school established eight new fellowship programs and created an Office of Student Success offering comprehensive mentoring, professional development, and career services. Truman Scholarship Foundation from 2011 to 2019, where he oversaw the prestigious federal program supporting future public service leaders.

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How Post University’s Career Readiness Model Can Help Not-For-Profit Universities and Graduates: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 172 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Camille Dumont

The Change Leader, Inc.

Although a for-profit institution, Post University employs a unique and effective two-fold approach to its career readiness model to ensure graduates are career-ready with lifelong learning skills that “not-for-profit” universities can emulate on their campuses. I was just loving that. I was so blessed to get it.