How to Enable the Employability of University Graduates

Edited by the late Saskia Loer Hansen, formerly Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International and Engagement) and Vice-President, RMIT University, Australia and Kathy Daniels, Honorary Professor, Aston University, UK

• Contents:Foreword xviiPreface xixList of abbreviations xxiiiPART I INTRODUCTION AND CONTEXT1 Why employability matters 2Saskia Loer Hansen and Kathy Daniels2 Whose job is it to make a graduate employable? 13Martin Edmondson3 Employability: the student voice 24Omolabake Fakunle and Yuchen XiaoPART II WHAT EMPLOYERS WANT FROM GRADUATES4 Creating a new university to meet the employability challenge 36Ross Renton and Fiona McGonigle5 Developing employability skills through working in a law clinic 47Kaye Howells and Sue Jennings6 Problems delivering the skills employers want? Creativity– a case in point 56Elaine Clarke7 Mind the gap: employers’ and students’ perceptions ofskills and knowledge needed by accounting graduates in Greece 67Efimia Anastasiou, Siobhan Neary and Alison LawsonPART III EMPLOYABILITY AND THE CURRICULUM8 Employer input to curriculum and assessment 79Gillian O’Brien and Darren Siggers9 Real work opportunities in the curriculum: three differentapproaches 89Charles Hancock, Tracy Powell, John Day and Alison Lawson10 Using a professional skills module to develop student confidence 100Parminder Johal and Ruth Smith11 Developing an ecosystem: employability skills andauthentic assessments 109Sarah MontanoPART IV INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO CAREER GUIDANCE12 Using career pathways to tailor and personaliseemployability activities 118Rebekah Marangon13 The Career Studio: peer-to-peer support 127Emma Moore and Paul Gratrick14 Supporting employment outcomes for students from Asia 136Louise NicolPART V PRACTICAL EXAMPLES OFEMPLOYABILITY ACTIVITIES15 Using social action to support skill development 149Fiona Walsh16 The Big Challenge: interdisciplinary development ofemployability skills 159Valerie Derbyshire, Laurice Fretwell and Caroline Harvey17 Modifying the journey to graduate employment throughchanges to work-based learning 168Catherine O’ConnorPART VI ENTERPRISE/ENTREPRENEURIAL OPPORTUNITIES18 ‘One for all and all for one’: the 3Es (employability,enterprise, and entrepreneurship) 179Emily Beaumont19 BSEEN: extra-curricular enterprise and entrepreneurship support 188Carolyn KeenanPART VII WIDENING PARTICIPATION20 Employability monsters: breaking barriers toemployability for widening participation students 198Dawn Lees and Kate Foster21 Supporting ‘first in family’ students: My GenerationCareer Coaching Programme 207Heather Pasero22 Unlocking the potential of under-represented students 215Iwan Williams and Pamela McGee23 Social mobility and London’s left-behind graduates 224Emily DixonPART VIII INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS24 Using the net promoter score to understand internationalalumni satisfaction 234Shane Dillon25 Meeting the employability expectations of internationalstudents in transition to higher education in the UK 244Victoria Wilson-Crane and Linda Cowan26 How partnerships can make a difference to securing jobsfor international students 253Jacklyn Tubb and Caroline FoxPART IX INSIGHTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD27 How England’s policy and regulatory levers have shiftedaccountability for graduate employment 263Lizzy Woodfield28 Approaches to developing graduate employability in Australia 273Judie Kay and Sonia Ferns29 Enabling employability in New Zealand 284Brett Berquist30 Lessons from Germany 295Patrick Glauner31 European University initiative in enabling student success 304Renáta Tomášková, Ida Andersson-Norrie, Bice DellaPiana, Anna Chudy, Melpo Iacovidou and Colombine MadelainePART X INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSE32 Global Professional Award: a three-year skillsdevelopment programme 314James Forde33 An integrated institutional approach to employability 323Dino Willox, Anna Richards and Madelaine-Marie Judd34 A strategic institutional approach to employability 333Susan Smith and Emily Huns35 Student experience(s) and an integrated pastoral approachto employability 342Matthew Vince and Thea JonesPART XI A FINAL REFLECTION36 Reflections on 20 years of research on employability andits effect on policy and practice 351Helen HigsonIndex

‘How to Enable the Employability of University Graduates is a comprehensive blueprint for enabling employability and improving student outcomes. The contributors suggest innovative approaches to embedding employability in the curriculum vis-à-vis strong graduate outcomes and inclusive career opportunities, understanding what employers want from graduates with a strong focus on developing employable graduates who continue to be useful in the long term.’