Employability A-Z

 

Please click on the appropriate link/letter below to locate the information you wish to find. Should you have any comments or feedback on this site please e-mail Anita Norcott at:  anorcott@uwic.ac.uk

 

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Alliance of Sector Skills Council - a collective body made up of all 25 SSCs. 

ASET - National professional body for work based learning practitioners

ASET - Managing Placements with IT and Online - 200, publication.

 

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C

Careers Education Benchmark Statement - AGCAS, (Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Service)

Career Development Services (CDS) - UWIC, link to homepage

 

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Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education Survey (DLHE) - information currently being updated.

Disabled Students:  Providing Work Placements for Disabled Students, booklet

 

E

Education and Skills - Welsh Assembly Government

Effective Learning and Employability - QAA for HE

Employability and Enterprise - The Higher Education Academy, search through the list of employability resources.

Employability (working definition, UWIC)

Employability Skills Profiles for Students -  (CIHE - Council for Industry and Higher Education) A Guide for Higher Education Practitioners and A Guide for Employers

Employability Model & Employability Development Opportunities for students at UWIC

Employabilty Best Practice in Learning Teaching & Assessment (introduction)

Employability and the Challenge of Assessment, Mantz Yorke.  Powerpoint slides from HEA Enterprise and Employability Conf May 2007

Enterprise and Employability: Prof Lee Harvey powerpoint slides from HEA conference of same title May 2007

Enhancing Employability, Recognising Diversity, report by Lee Harvey for CSU/UUK

 

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G

GO Wales: work placements, student and graduate opportunities

Graduate Labour Market - "Seven Years On"  - Research by Professor Peter Elias and Professor Kate Purcell.

 

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Health and Safety in work placement at UWIC

The Higher Education Academy - home page

Higher Education Funding Council for Wales  (HEFCW) - Welsh Graduates and their Jobs

 

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J

Jobshop (UWIC)

Jobs for graduates - explore types of jobs on Prospects (the UKs official graduate careers website)

 

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L

Learning and Skills Observatory Wales - Future Skills Wales

Learning and Employability Series - This series is a range of guides intended for academic staff and senior managers who are reviewing or developing strategies and practice for the enhancement of student employability.

Learning and Skills Network (LSN) - An independent organisation committed to making a difference to education and training

The Learning Country, a comprehensive education and lifelong learning programme to 2010 in Wales, Welsh Assembly Government

Learning and Teaching Strategy

Labour market information UK - Prospects site (the UKs official graduate careers website)

Labour market information Wales - Learning and Skills Observatory Wales

 

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National Council for Work Experience - Placement tutor's handbook 

National Council for Work Experience - Student Guide to work experience. A good resource for tutors to give to students.

 

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Placements - Tutor's Handbook. National Council for Work Experience

Placements - Student Guide to work experience. National Council for Work Experience 

Placements  & Work Tasters for Students - click here for Go Wales link

Policy and procedures for work placement at UWIC, pp 281-284 of Academic Handbook

Policy for careers education, information and guidance, UWIC, p285-287 of Academic Handbook

PDP and Employability - current (2007).  Case Studies at a range of UK Universities and collected by the Higher Education Academy to support 2007 publication of the same title.

 

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QAA Code of Practice for Placement Learning, 2007

QAA Code of Practice for Careers Education, Information and Guidance, 2001

 

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Reaching Higher - A Strategy for the Higher Education Sector in Wales, Welsh Assembly Government, March 2002

 

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Skill - National Bureau for Students with Disabilities

Skills That Work For Wales: A skills and employment strategy, WAG

'Seven Years On' - Research into graduates and their careers, by Professor Peter Elias and Professor Kate Purcell.

 

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Teaching for Employability Audit - for Learning, Teaching and Assessment Practitioners

 

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UKCES: UK Commission for Employment and Skills

 

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Welsh Assembly Government - home page

Welsh Assembly Government - Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills

Welsh Assembly Government - The Learning Country - A Comprehensive Education and Lifelong Learning Programme to 2010 in Wales. Downloadable document available.

Workforce Development and HE (ref Leitch Review) – powerpoint presentation by Prof Fred Tallantyre at HEA and Employability Conference May 2007

 

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