Research to show which students ‘employability’ initiatives work best
14 March 2014
Employability initiatives provided by universities and colleges to their students could become more effective as a result of new research.
Fri, 14 Mar 2014Employability initiatives provided by universities and colleges to their students could become more effective as a result of new research.
The study is commissioned by the Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR) in partnership with the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) for Higher Education.
“We want to find out how universities and colleges across the UK are engaging with employers to help make their students employable, and, crucially, what works best,” says Richard Jarman, director of public engagement at QAA.
“I'm looking forward to the findings, which I'm sure will be both interesting and above all useful to the higher education sector and to employers themselves.”
Recent QAA-funded research from King's College London identified that students' primary purpose in entering higher education was to improve their career prospects.
Almost all universities and colleges offer some form of employability initiatives to students, ranging from work-based or placement learning to mentoring or extra-curricular award schemes. However, there is no comprehensive data about what is offered and no broad-based analysis of what is effective in making graduates employable.
Expressions of interest are being sought from individuals or organisations who would be interested in undertaking this work, and who have knowledge and experience of issues relating to graduate employability.
The findings will be publicly available.
The study is commissioned by the Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR) in partnership with the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) for Higher Education.
“We want to find out how universities and colleges across the UK are engaging with employers to help make their students employable, and, crucially, what works best,” says Richard Jarman, director of public engagement at QAA.
“I'm looking forward to the findings, which I'm sure will be both interesting and above all useful to the higher education sector and to employers themselves.”
Recent QAA-funded research from King's College London identified that students' primary purpose in entering higher education was to improve their career prospects.
Almost all universities and colleges offer some form of employability initiatives to students, ranging from work-based or placement learning to mentoring or extra-curricular award schemes. However, there is no comprehensive data about what is offered and no broad-based analysis of what is effective in making graduates employable.
Expressions of interest are being sought from individuals or organisations who would be interested in undertaking this work, and who have knowledge and experience of issues relating to graduate employability.
The findings will be publicly available.
