Good Morning and WELCOME

Jon Elsmore, Dean of Students

University Strategic Plan:

Vision – ‘Where we want to be’ To be The Opportunity University renowned for its creativity and innovation, developing students and staff who are entrepreneurial, eminently employable and well-connected within a research and professionally informed environment.

Mission – ‘Our overriding purpose’ To be an employer focused university connected with our local, national and global communities delivering opportunity and academic excellence.

Goals – ‘What we must do to achieve our vision’

(iii). Enhance the employability of our students

KPI - We will measure our success by increasing the number of graduates gaining employment and their value in the marketplace

Publication of Key Information Sets:

Traditionally high proportion of graduates in employment following graduation, or undertaking a further programme of study,

But the 2009/10 DLHE survey results show a decline in the employability of our graduates as well as an improvement in the employability of graduates from other regional competitor universities.

Current performance

To achieve our stated goal then significant improvements are needed.

• Provide all of our students with the opportunity to undertake an element of structured, credit bearing work experience as part of their course:

- full-time, part-time, paid, unpaid, internships, volunteering,

- charity work and consultancy opportunities with University partners, suppliers and tenant companies

- self-employment opportunities- the University will develop increasing opportunities

to employ our own students and graduates.

How we will achieve this:

• Enable increasing numbers of our students to participate in mentoring opportunities (including e-mentoring) provided by our employer contacts and University alumni.

• ‘Employability Award’ to demonstrate to potential employers the work experience, employability skills and the extra curricular activities they have undertaken including involvement in student societies.

• Promote enterprise and entrepreneurship in our curricula providing opportunity for those graduates wishing to start their own businesses through a specific ‘Graduate Incubation Programme’ of support drawing on resources at the University’s Science Park and e-innovation Centre.

• Provide necessary development and support for our academic staff (including Personal Tutors) so that they can provide effective employability and employment advice to our students and through employer-informed curriculum content.

ACADEMIC SCHOOLS:

Leads Employability in the Curriculum

Business Advisory BoardsMentoring

Personal Tutors

Business Solutions Centre:

Leads communication with Businesses

Coordinates KTPs & KEENDevelopment of opportunities

Long-term business relationship growth

Careers & Employment Services:

Leads communication with studentsSandwich Years, Placements, internships, graduate jobs and volunteeringResponsible for Graduate EnterpriseEmployability Award

HEAD OF GRADUATE EMPLOYMENT

Head of Graduate Enterprise

Head of The Workplace

Head of Careers Advisory

Head of Placement Organisation

TARGETS:

Graduate Employment

STEP

Internships

Current Student Employment & Volunteering

TARGETS:

Quality of Careers Advice provision (measured by NSS)

TARGETS:

Sandwich Yr Students and

In Course Placements

TARGETS:

SPEED

Grad Incubation

Self-Employment Social Enterprise

E&E Action Plan:

GOAL 1, 3, 5, 8

E&E Action Plan:

GOAL 1, 3, 5, 8

E&E Action Plan:

GOAL 1, 5, 8

E&E Action Plan:

GOAL 1, 6, 8

EMPLOYABILITY & ENTERPRISE STRATEGY LEADERSHIP GROUP

SCHOOL BUSINESS ADVISORY BOARDS

MENTORING CHAMPIONS

FORUM

PLACEMENT LEARNING FORUM

UNIVERSITY EMPLOYABILITY BOARD

E&E Action Plan:

GOAL 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

E&E Action Plan:

GOAL 1, 3, 5, 6, 8

E&E Action Plan:

GOAL 2, 5, 8

E&E Action Plan:

GOAL 1, 5, 8

EMPLOYABILITY CHAMPIONS

FORUM

It will be found on perusal of this syllabus It will be found on perusal of this syllabus that excellent facilities are offered for all to that excellent facilities are offered for all to continue their education after leaving the continue their education after leaving the

Day School. Day School.

By attendance at the various classes set By attendance at the various classes set forth therein, a splendid opportunity is forth therein, a splendid opportunity is afforded for the acquiring of knowledge afforded for the acquiring of knowledge

to fit one for their future career… to fit one for their future career…

Thank you and have a good day.