Teaching Matters Student Employment

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Compounded by the wider pressures facing Gen Z, these curricula developments have given urgency to the need for update links between ECA/Music and the University Careers Service , and also to generate new networks and resources that can better serve both students and academic staff.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

APRIL 22, 2020

For example, each year, one school addresses the large portion of their students concerned about career planning by organising the Careers Consultant for that school and running a workshop for students on that topic. or gavin.mccabe@ed.ac.uk

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Careers consultants dip into their practitioners’ toolbox to ask the right questions, challenge assumptions, and prompt reflections on what is – and what could be. “The Future of Work: Jobs and Skills in 2030” UK Commission for Education and Skills. That’s where Life Design comes in. link] Valentine, R., Stringer H.,

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Image credit: The Reflection Toolkit , The University of Edinburgh In this post, Gavin McCabe, Careers and Employability Manager from the Careers Service, spotlights the Reflection Toolkit – an invaluable resource for reflective practice in the HE sector and beyond. That’s where the Reflection Toolkit comes in.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 20, 2017

After a meeting with the University’s Central Careers Service and after I finished insisting that I had achieved nothing in my first two years of University, they explained to me that I had more than enough experience to get the position I wanted. After her Employ.ed Jan 20, 2017

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

JANUARY 13, 2017

According to many large scale studies on student decision making and outlines in policy statements, higher education is a step towards enhancing career prospects: in order words, developing employability. Labake’s PhD research is exploring internationalisation of higher education and employability. Jan 13, 2017

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

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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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 20, 2023

This past fall was the last semester a bachelor’s degree program in athletic training program could admit new students, according to Dale West, executive director of the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education. “It feels very validating.” ” The U.S. Will we provide housing on campus?”

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

MARCH 3, 2023

Employability is important to all higher education stakeholders, and a core factor when students are selecting their degree subject and place of study. Employability is not just the job of a Careers Service. Alongside internship modules, we deliver a range of Career Management modules. 100% can recommend.”

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MAY 16, 2023

Podcast Highlights The University Learning Goals page on the Villanova website contains searchable student career outcome information from the past five years that can be sorted by college and major. Kevin is driving important changes at Villanova that enhance college to career success. Learn more at changinghighered.com.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 9, 2017

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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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 4, 2017

At its best, higher education is therefore a genuinely transformative and collaborative experience where students grow and develop significantly as individuals, deepening their understanding of themselves and their connection to the world. Gavin McCabe Dr Gavin McCabe leads the University’s Employability Consultancy.

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Higher Ed Connects: Student Success Blogs

JANUARY 15, 2020

Colleges are in the business of education, so they should plan accordingly. Two higher education administrators and an academic consulting firm shared their visions on tailoring their programs to meet student and operational needs: Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, Massachusetts. by Iris Manning.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Reflection is critical for our development as individual practitioners in higher education, as collective departments, and as a whole institution. In many vocational spaces including health and social care, veterinary medicine, and education, reflective practice is clearly established and valued, and its assessment is well validated.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

APRIL 17, 2019

Clara O’Shea spoke to us about the Introduction to Digital Environments for Learning course, in the MSc in Digital Education , which assesses blogging about blogging! Nina and Hazel are also working on re-usable assessment marking criteria to help staff assess blogs.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

JANUARY 17, 2019

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. We also knew that we weren’t faring quite as well as some of our comparator institutions in the UK.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

MARCH 27, 2018

Clegg (eds) Innovative Assessment in Higher Education London: Routledge pp28-30 Rebecca Valentine Rebecca Valentine is a Careers Consultant in the University of Edinburgh Careers Service and works with students in the Business School and School of Informatics. References: Brophy, J. Bryan and K.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

JUNE 20, 2016

Find out more about ACJ at the University of Edinburgh: Employability Consultancy slides on ACJ and the Edinburgh Award Using ACJ in the School of Physics and Astronomy Gavin McCabe Dr Gavin McCabe leads the University’s Employability Consultancy.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

AUGUST 10, 2017

The strategic context Every four years, QAA Scotland undertakes a cycle of reviews of all Scottish higher education institutions, focusing on enhancing the student experience – this is called the Enhancement-Led Institutional Review, or ELIR. Labake’s PhD research is exploring internationalisation of higher education and employability.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

For instance, reflection is inherently tied to experiential learning (see Simon Beames’ excellent post on defining features of experiential education), and therefore supports making the most of placements, work experiences, outreach activity, and years abroad. Reflection fits into a diverse curriculum in many ways.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

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. That was my entry into education.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JUNE 27, 2023

A recent McKinsey report finds that more than 85% of companies feel there is a skills gap between education and industry. Drumm McNaughton, the host of Changing Higher Ed ®, is a consultant to higher ed institutions in governance, accreditation, strategy and change, and mergers. Learn more at changinghighered.com.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

MAY 22, 2018

CC0 [Pixabay] This post sees Psychology student, Tobias, explaining how much he has valued project-based learning in his undergraduate experience, and how this has prepared him for the professional world… Education must prepare students for life. This universal set of qualities is appealing. May 22, 2018

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Or if the contents of these books are enhancing their educational journey? For example, career services programming is often developed with the purpose of improving student skill in each of the career competencies as described by NACE. Within higher education, are we leveraging these tools to their full potential?

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Parchment

OCTOBER 22, 2024

She will share labor market information and how it can help institutions of higher education advance strategic priorities. So that’s another big part of our work in education is sort of on that outcome side. What does it actually mean to create a future-ready workforce? So, Lightcast is a labor market analytics company.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 16, 2023

Hope Krutz “A key part to this report is not just the impact on the next one or two classes,” said Hope Krutz, president of Enroll360, an EAB initiative that delivers consulting and marketing services to institutions across the country. “But Dr. Douglas N.

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Great College Advice

MAY 24, 2022

There are many educational bargains out there. A good educational consultant is able to help you find these bargains. Your counselor is a resource that you can consult for all kinds of things, and they may know of scholarships that you can apply for that haven’t crossed your radar. Keep Your Counselor in the Loop.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

MAY 3, 2018

CC0 [pixabay] Deborah Fowlis, Careers Consultant, shares with Teaching Matters how interactive workshops with chemical industry experts has helped Chemistry students prepare for the workplace… Many Chemistry students are keen to use their degree knowledge directly in a graduate job. 81.4.201-204.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Image credit: Andrea Piacquadio, pexels, CC0 In this post, Helen Stringer, Assistant Director of the Careers Service at The University of Edinburgh, summarises key themes from the latest Advance HE review of employability literature, such as work-integrated learning and employment inequalities. Oct 20, 2022

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EAB

OCTOBER 24, 2023

My name is Beth Donaldson and I'm the Managing Director of our Adult Learner Consulting Services here at EAB. Just to provide you with some context, adult learners now make up 42% of total higher education revenue. In our survey, we asked what were the primary reasons for continuing your education? Hello everyone.

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Edu Alliance Journal

MARCH 10, 2025

Historical and Civic Engagement: The colleges proximity to the Gettysburg Battlefield and its Civil War Era Studies program offer students a unique educational experience. The colleges alumni are well-represented in fields such as business, law, government, education, and the arts. and Philadelphia areas.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 12, 2024

As career services professionals who work or have worked in Texas, this has impacted us deeply that such a heavily populated minoritized state would pass legislation that could hurt the very citizens the state strives to elevate within their workforce agendas.

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