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Student Employability Profiles: Acknowledgments
General Information- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Rationale
- Application
- Employability Skills
- Employers' Criteria
- Reflective Questions
- Glossary
The project was undertaken by Bianca Kubler and Peter Forbes, of Employability Works, with warmly appreciated contributions from David Pierce and Patsy Kemp.
It was financed by the Enhancing Student Employability Coordination Team of the Higher Education Academy (ESECT), The Council for Industry and Higher Education (CIHE) and 12 of the Subject Centers in the Higher Education Academy Learning and Teaching Support Network (LTSN), namely:
- BEST - Business, Management and Accountancy
- Built Environment
- Economics
- Engineering
- English
- Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Health Sciences and Practice
- Materials
- Mathematics, Statistics and OR
- Philosophical and Religious Studies
- Physical Sciences
- Psychology
The steering group comprised Peter Knight, ESECT, Val Butcher, Higher Education Academy, Barbara Blake, CIHE, and Carl Gilleard, AGR and they also provided organisational support.
A group of employers and other bodies also provided valuable input and comprised AIESEC, BAE Systems, The Engineering Technology Board, e-skills UK, ExxonMobil, HSBC, LogicaCMG, Network Rail and Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC)
The approach adopted for the project was to respond to Subject Centre specific needs and perspectives in line with ESECT guidance.
In compiling the profiles, we drew on the subject benchmark statements developed and maintained by UK higher education academic communities and copyright by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA). We also took account of the input from the CIHE Employer membership regarding competencies, skills and attributes they valued when recruiting, this information was gathered during the first phase of this work in 2002, further details can be found on the CIHE website.
We also drew on the work of:
- Professor Lee Harvey, Centre for Research and Evaluation Sheffield Hallam University
- Mantz Yorke, Professor of Higher Education, Liverpool John Moores University
- Professor Stephen McNair, Higher Education Adviser, Department for Education and Skills
Further Links
- Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS)
- Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR)
- The Council for Industry and Higher Education (CIHE)
- Enhancing Student Employability Co-ordination Team (ESECT)
- Higher Education Academy
- Skills for Business: Sector Skills Development Agency (SSDA)
This page was originally on the website of The Subject Centre for Philosophical and Religious Studies. It was transfered here following the closure of the Subject Centre at the end of 2011.
