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This autonomy develops a skillful approach which graduates can use when job hunting and throughout their working life. The careersservice is directly involved in this course delivery with our school’s Careers Consultant providing valuable input during the initial stages.
Image credit: The Reflection Toolkit , The University of Edinburgh In this post, Gavin McCabe, Careers and Employability Manager from the CareersService, spotlights the Reflection Toolkit – an invaluable resource for reflective practice in the HE sector and beyond. That’s where the Reflection Toolkit comes in.
To support them through their degrees, that hub would need to contain key School information, study skills training, details of the Personal Tutor system, careersinformation, peer support and so on. Yes, this information is out there. Moreover, that information is not always presented in a particularly engaging way.
Gavin is the Careers and Employability Manager from the CareersService and this post forms part of the 20 Years of Enhancement theme. The University avoided the trap of seeing employability as solely a CareersService responsibility, and instead used this funding to support an institution-wide and collaborative approach.
I was really excited to be involved because it’s a service that I think offers so many benefits, both to the staff and students who use the service and the institution in general. Karen Howie Karen Howie is the Technology Enhanced Learning Team manager in the Learning, Teaching & Web (LTW) Directorate in InformationServices (IS).
Its goal is to surface learning about oneself and the situation, and to bring meaning to it in order to inform the present and the future. It challenges the status quo of practice, thoughts, and assumptions and may therefore inform our decisions, actions, attitudes, beliefs, and understanding about ourselves.
This project involved final-year graphic design students devising a design solution for the ‘problem’ of school career guidance. Whilst there was clearly a role for me in supporting the students through that process, where the project came into its own from a careers perspective was in the follow-up workshop I did with the students.
Re-framing: Looking at things from different angles, being open-minded, and unafraid to change ideas or plans as a result of new experiences or information. “Skills for the Future of Work” The University of Edinburgh CareersService. It helps students to get unstuck. link] Valentine, R., Stringer H.,
Support services in the University also take part in this event. In previous years the Chaplaincy, counselling service, careersservice, and security services have taken part. Please contact me if you are considering adopting any of these in your School and would like further information.
This design can be informed by a range of theories, colleagues, and even past experiences. I think most people, perhaps yourself included, have experienced a potentially exciting topic presented in a way that it almost lulled you to sleep, yet have also had a topic that you expected to find dull brought to life in a new and interesting way.
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