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Impact Study: Pedagogy for Employability (2012)

Impact Study: Pedagogy for Employability (2012). Aims: identify whether, and how, PfE has influenced employability policy and practice in HEIs Timescale: Feb - April 2013. Desk research Online surveys : HEIs; employers

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Impact Study: Pedagogy for Employability (2012)

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  1. Impact Study: Pedagogy for Employability (2012) • Aims: identify whether, and how, PfE has influenced employability policy and practice in HEIs • Timescale: Feb - April 2013 • Desk research • Online surveys: HEIs; employers • Consultations: authors; case studies; HEA; others requesting hard copies/ contacting authors

  2. Desk research • Pedagogy for Employability (2012) is mentioned on a wide variety of websites – UK and overseas • It has also been referenced/ quoted in a range of online materials: an HEI Employability Strategy; conference flyer; journal

  3. Impact on HEIs • Pedagogy for Employability (2012) is felt to have had an impact upon: • staff awareness, and their understanding of, employability development • development of employability policies/ strategies • staff development activities • curriculum design

  4. Impact on HEIs • Pedagogy for Employability (2012) is felt to have had an impact upon: • staff awareness, and their understanding of, employability development • development of employability policies/ strategies • staff development activities • curriculum design

  5. Some voices.... “I used ‘Pedagogy for Employability’ when formulating a paper on employability for the VC, including ideas for its future direction at our college.” “The notion of pedagogy for employment is new in Australia....The ‘Pedagogy for Employability’ papers are a beginning...” “I feel generally better informed and have a greater understanding of all the issues relating to employability.” “I circulate ‘Pedagogy for Employability’ to academics. For example, when a course tutor is developing or revising a programme and needs help to embed employability in the curriculum.” “I use it as a teaching resource within a programme for new lecturers.”

  6. Most useful aspects • Whilst some people mentioned: • definitions • overview of employability • the curriculum and employability • theories • as being of particular interest, the case studies were, by far, the • most popular aspect of this document: • “It’s easy to grasp the practicalities of doing what they’re doing” • “It is good to see what others are doing, and to consider adapting our own practice as a result”

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