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The Higher Education Academy with the Council for Industry and Higher Education (CIHE) has produced this guide to promote and support the use of the Student Employability Profiles. We envisage that this guide will be of benefit to a wide range of staff within higher education including those closely concerned with:
- Designing and delivering the curriculum
- Supporting students’ personal development planning activities
- Providing career guidance and support to students and graduates
- Communicating what disciplines can offer to prospective students
- Undertaking employer liaison
This guide provides an overview of the 50 discipline profiles that have been produced in consultation with the 24 Higher Education Academy Subject Centres. It directs the reader to further material available on the Centres’ websites. It is also designed to facilitate the use of the profiles within the higher education community by suggesting ways in which these resources can be used to:
- Inform curriculum design
- Support the delivery of employability skills development in undergraduate students
- Enhance the understanding of prospective students and their parents as to the value of degree level study
- Communicate more effectively with employers (especially non-cognate) in a shared language, the skills that students are likely to have developed with degrees in particular subjects.
The guide is adaptable and avoids being prescriptive. Teaching staff are encouraged to develop the profiles to suit their own situation. Case studies are used to illustrate ‘real-life’ use of the material and to suggest different applications. The reader is also signposted to other relevant resources available from the Subject Centres, Academy York and other organisations. |
