Does it do what it says on the tin? – Evaluation of an established UK University Employability Enhancement Award.
Wright, Toni E. and Jeffries-Watts, Sarah (2017) Does it do what it says on the tin? – Evaluation of an established UK University Employability Enhancement Award. Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 8 (1). pp. 152-171. ISSN 1838-3815
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Abstract
University employability awards, in the UK particularly, aim to to assist students to develop career related skills and attributes and thus increase their potential to achieve graduate level employment. Self-report quantitative and qualitative data were collected via questionnaires, interviews and focus groups at intervals from two cohorts (N = 212) of a well-established career development and employability award at a large civic UK university. Findings indicated increases in confidence and aspiration, and in the ability to articulate and apply skills and abilities; also that the award may convey similar benefits to work experience. Survey data from award completers indicated that they had changed their career related behaviour, and students who have completed the award show a consistent small increase in their level of graduate employment when compared to the graduate employment figure for the university as a whole in the UK university destinations data. Employability related values, attitudes and behaviour may all change as a result of award experience. Reported changes implied a sense of improved resourcefulness. It is hypothesised that the award may enhance student employability somewhat via development of psychosocial resources, producing a shift in the student’s perception of self and identity.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | This is the Accepted Manuscript of an article originally published in Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability. |
| Divisions: | Faculty of of Arts, Society and Professional Studies > Department of Health and Behavioural Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Jane Faux |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Mar 2018 16:02 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Mar 2018 16:02 |
| URI: | https://newman.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/17214 |
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