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DEPICT: Developing Employability Programmes using Interactive Curriculum Technologies

DEPICT: Developing Employability Programmes using Interactive Curriculum Technologies. Esme Caulfield DEPICT Project Manager University of Salford e.caulfield@salford.ac.uk 0161 295 2984. Programme:. 11.00am Welcome to Careers and Employability,

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DEPICT: Developing Employability Programmes using Interactive Curriculum Technologies

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  1. DEPICT: Developing Employability Programmes using Interactive Curriculum Technologies Esme Caulfield DEPICT Project Manager University of Salford e.caulfield@salford.ac.uk 0161 295 2984

  2. Programme: 11.00am Welcome to Careers and Employability, Ian Boardman, Head of Careers and Employability 11.05am Introduction and DEPICT project background, benefits of taking part in our research Esme Caulfield, DEPICT Project Manager and Work Experience Consultant 11.15am Introductions 11.30am Deciding the 4 most important employability skills for Creative and Cultural SMEs 12.30am Defining the top 4 skills 1.00pm Conclusions and next steps 1.10pm Lunch and networking

  3. DEPICT – Project Context • Building on learning from ERASMUS-funded Enterprise Bootcamps (2008-2011) • Funded by EU Lifelong Learning Fund • European focused project – working with university and business partners in Spain, Norway and Latvia • Building understanding of SMEs requirements of graduates • Working specifically with SMEs in creative and cultural industries • Investigating whether employability skills can be effectively taught through interactive learning technologies

  4. Who’s involved? Pablo Domingo Aigers Erik Anne Jon Jan Ole Esme Claire

  5. Project timeline: 6 main stages of project: • January-May2012: Research reports written and published • Review of Enterprise Bootcamps • Review of Learning Technologies • Learning technology case studies • Review of Employer requirements from graduates • May-November 2012: Working with Creative and Cultural SMEs to understand their skills requirements from graduates • Questionnaire • Workshop • November 2012-January 2013: Evaluating and choosing learning technologies to investigate (1 per country) • February –August 2013: Delivering seminars to students using on-line technologies • August 2013-January 2014: Evaluating project • January-April 2014: Publishing and disseminating findings

  6. Working with businesses • Literature Review identified the skills employers in Creative and Creative Media industries look for in graduates (through Skills Needs Analysis for the Creative & Cultural Industry (2010), Creative & Cultural Skills and Sector Skills Assessment for the Creative Media Industries in the UK (2011), both published by Skillset • These skills used as basis for questionnaire • Questionnaire sent to Creative and Cultural SMEs in each partner country in May 2012 • Workshop to follow up and gain deeper understanding of your needs from graduates • The top 4 skills identified across the partnership will be taught using interactive learning technologies

  7. Skills that Skillset have identified as priority areas for the Creative industries. • Skills Intelligence – employer needs – Creative Industries

  8. Skills that Skillset have identified as priority areas for the Creative Media industries. • Skills Intelligence – employer needs – Creative Media industries

  9. Key findings from questionnaire: The top 10 skills identified by respondents as required from graduates are: 1. Ability to learn 2. Motivation 3. Team work 4. Communication 5. Focused on quality and improvement 6. Ethics 7. Digital skills 8. Interpersonal skills 9. Responsibility 10. ICT skills

  10. What happens next? • Hold the workshop! • Colloquium in Spain (20th September) to discuss findings further with partners • Report written up by September 2012 • Use findings to improve how we work with you, disseminate to key stakeholders • Skills chosen will be taken forward to the next stage of the project – taught to students using interactive learning technologies • All findings published on our website (website goes live in September 2012)

  11. Further opportunities to work with us/get involved with DEPICT: • Live projects • Recruitment Fairs/Employer presentations • Working with academics on specific courses of study • Tell us about learning technologies you’ve used and like • Work with us to design and deliver seminars to teach employability skills to our students (Jan 2013)

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