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Exploring Employability Skills in Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Education

This session will delve into the skills development landscape for students in Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. We'll examine the role of curricula in reflecting Sheffield Graduate attributes, pressures to integrate soft and transferable skills, and the importance of promoting employability skills. Panelists from History, Politics, and the Union of Students will share insights, while audience members are encouraged to engage in a lively discussion regarding the significance of skills acquisition and the responsibilities of students in their educational journey.

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Exploring Employability Skills in Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Education

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  1. My Perfect Cousin, what I like to do he doesn’t: Undertones of EmployabilityJoshua Forstenzer, Simon Middleton, Andrew Taylor, Richard WardThe University of Sheffield

  2. Aims of the Session • This session will seek to explore perspectives on the nature of skills development for Arts, Humanities and the Social Sciences. We will consider factors such as: • If and how the curriculum should reflect the Sheffield Graduate attributes; • Pressures to embed soft skills and transferable skills within the curriculum in an explicit manner (including study skills modules and enterprise learning) e.g. to meet the needs of employers; • Whether it is necessary promote employability skills; • The responsibility of students for reflecting on their own skills acquisition. 2

  3. The Discussion Panel • Simon Middleton (History) • Andrew Taylor (Politics) • Joshua Forstenzer (President, Union of Students) Facilitator • Richard Ward, LeTS

  4. Achieving ‘Employability’ by Design? • Sheffield Graduate Attributes • Hotter topic after the Browne Review and the Comprehensive Spending Review •  Value for money and employability implicit future criteria for performance judgements • Employers want soft skills and emotional intelligence. • Prospective students may want to judge the potential returns on their choice of degree

  5. Structure of the Session • Panelists will each establish a position on how we should approach teaching and identifying skills in the curriculum that support employability. • Members of the audience will then be invited to challenge the panelists and contribute their own views.

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