CONFERENCE PROGRAMME 2013

Enhancing and Embedding
Employability and Enterprise
Preparing Graduates for the 21st Century
University of Chichester
Learning andTeaching Conference 2013
Tuesday 11th June
#LTswapshop

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Key Note Speaker
David Bagley
David Bagley has a long history of involvement with Employability and Enterprise at the University
of Central Lancashire.After several years as Head of Management Sciences in the Lancashire
Business School, he became Head of Enterprise during the early nineties on the ‘Enterprise in
Higher Education’ project. Subsequently, he established the Centre for Employability, directing
a number of high profile projects including ‘Careers Education in a Mass HE System’,‘Graduate
Enterprise’ and ‘Learning from Work’. In 2005, he also led the establishment of the Centre for
Employability through the Humanities – the UCLan cetl.
In 2007, David was appointed Head of Employability and Enterprise at UCLan, a role involving
development of the Employability Strategy and establishment of ‘Futures’, the Careers and
Employability Service at UCLan. More recently he has been the director of four international
projects funded by the Prime Minister’s Initiative (PMI2) to collaborate on Employability and
Enterprise with universities in China and Nigeria.
Title:‘Employability isn’t Working’
After 20 years of development work on Employability and Enterprise, there are still arguments
raging over questions such as whether new graduates are (or should be) ready for employment,
what is meant by ‘employability’ (let alone ‘enterprise’), whose responsibility is it to develop
employability in graduates, how success can be measured and even how many graduates do we
need?
This presentation will address some of these issues and ask whether we are on the right track.
Along the way I’ll also offer some reminders of ways in which teachers might seek to develop
graduates who are critical lifelong learners able to make careers in which they can be satisfied
and successful.
Welcome
‘The economic, political and environmental pressures upon Higher Education Institutions have
placed the issue of graduate employability centre stage...yet the key challenge to those working
in this area remains: how can we best integrate and balance different ways of teaching and
learning that promote both effective learning and employability for students?’ (HEA, 2012).
Set against this renewed focus on employability, the focus of this one-day swap-shop is to
highlight best practice in the enhancement and embedding of employability and enterprise
within indicative areas such as learning and teaching, course and module design, problem-based
learning,education for sustainable development,work placement,work-based learning,employer
engagement, research and consultancy, and assessment.
Head of Student Employability
and Enterprise
University of Central
Lancashire
Email: dbagley@uclan.ac.uk

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“Employability is not just about getting a job. Conversely, just because a student
is on a vocational course does not mean that somehow employability is automatic.
Employability is more than about developing attributes, techniques or experience just to
enable a student to get a job, or to progress within a current career. It is about learning
and the emphasis is less on ‘employ’ and more on ‘ability’. In essence, the emphasis is
on developing critical, reflective abilities, with a view to empowering and enhancing the
learner [Harvey, 2003]”
Meeting the industry - Tourism and
Event Management students at the
Best of Britain and Ireland Show

“Embedding employability into the core of higher
education will continue to be a key priority of
Government, universities and colleges, and employers.
This will bring both significant private and public
benefit, demonstrating higher education’s broader role
in contributing to economic growth as well as its vital
role in social and cultural development’
[HEFCE, 2011]
A Level 6 Event Management
student making final preparations
for their live final year event

9.00am Coffee and Registration:
Venue: Cloisters
9.30am Welcome and Introduction
Venue: Mitre Lecture Theatre (MLT)
9.40am Key Note Speaker: David Bagley
‘Employability isn’t Working’
10.20am Sessions 1, 2 and 3
Venues:
Strand 1 - Mitre Lecture Theatre (MLT)
Strand 2 - LO6
11.35am Refreshments: Cloisters
11.55pm Sessions 4 and 5
Venues:
Strand 2 - LO6
12.50pm Lunch
Venue: Cloisters
1.40pm Sessions 6, 7 and 8
Venues:
Strand 2 - LO6

3.00pm Workshop Cafe
Venues:
Workshop 1 - Cloisters
Workshop 2 - E124
Workshop 3 - TBC
Workshop 4 - TBC
4.00pm Q&A and Summary
4.15pm Learning and Teaching: Going Forward
4.20pm University of Chichester Module of the Year Award
Programme Outline

Session 1:
Time: 10.25am to 10.45am
Strand 1 (MLT): ‘EarningWhilst Learning’ - Creating Opportunities
to Support Employability, Drive Enterprise andWiden
Participation
Steve Ellis
Strand 2 (LO6): Coaching Placements -Values and Contributions to
Student Learning and the Industry Skills Gap
Phil Crisp
Session 2:
Strand 1 (MLT): Enhancing Student EmployabilityThroughAcademic
Intervention:The Case of York St John Business School
Stefanos Nachmias
Strand 2 (LO6): DisplayingVisual Intelligence
Christopher McHugh
Session 3:
Strand 1 (MLT): Experiences from Embedding Employability
EnhancementsAcross a Large Multi-Disciplinary
Faculty
Paul Cashian
Strand 2 (LO6): Singing from the Same Song Book:The Nexus
of Enterprise Education and Local Enterprise
Partnerships
Lyn Batchelor

Session 4:
Time: 12.00pm to 12.20pm
Strand 1 (MLT): Using‘Creativity’ as aVehicle for Enhancing Student
Development and Employability
Hazel Messenger
Strand 2 (LO6): Debates Series in Enterprise and Sustainability
Anthony Johnson
Programme

Session 5:
Strand 1 (MLT): Producing London’s Most Business Ready Graduates:An
Example of Best Practice from London Metropolitan
University
Dr Jane Neal-Smith and Dr Wendy Bloisi
Strand 2 (LO6): Supporting EarlyYears Practitioners to Manage the
Complexities of Policy Change
Shirley Allen and Angela Scollan
Session 6:
Strand 1 (MLT): Networking for Employer Engagement – Southampton
Solent University HRM Network
Christine Fountain
Strand 2 (LO6): Enterprise & Creativity – Learning by Doing
Bonnie Hacking
Session 7:
Strand 1 (MLT): TheValue and Challenges of Using RealWorld
Experiences for PersonalTraining Students
Martin Skivington and Ian Harris
Strand 2 (LO6): A Stepping StoneApproachTo Employability
Nerys Brick
Session 8:
Strand 1 (MLT): The Development of Partnerships to Enhance the
Employability of Sports Graduates at Southampton
Solent University
Ian Harris, Paul Davies and Phil Green
Strand 2 (LO6): FineArt External Projects
Rachel Johnston
Programme

Workshop Cafe
Time: 3pm to 4pm
Workshop 1: Visualising an Employable Self: Planning Careers, Self-
Employment and Student Start-ups with the Business
Model Canvas
Faciliator: Lyn Batchelor
Venue: Cloisters
Workshop 2: Keeping it Real: Introducing Business Skills to the
Uninitiated Using SimVenture
Faciliator: Chris Dancer
Venue: LO3
Workshop 3: Learning for the Future - Employability and Education
for Sustainable Development
Faciliator: Hugh Dunkerley and Duncan Reavey
Venue: E124
Workshop 4: Creative and CollaborativeApproaches to Employability
in the Curriculum
Faciliator: Melanie Hall
Venue: LO6
Workshop 5: Damned ifYou Do and Damned ifYou Don’t
Faciliator: Dr Wendy Seal and Shonali Rodriguez
Venue: College House Room 10
Workshop 6: Learning andTeaching Strategy ConsultationWorkshop
Faciliator: Dr Andy Clegg
Venue: College House Room 11
Programme

“mapdance is very much one of the leading players in
terms of graduate performance of contemporary dance
… it transcended what we may perceive to be student
dance and held its own in terms of disciplined, focussed
and innovative work from a very accomplished young
ensemble’
[Adrian Berry Director of Jackson’s Lane, London]
Launched in September 2006, mapdance is the
University of Chichester’s MA Student Performance
Company jointly directed by Jerwood Award Winner,
Yael Flexer (Bedlam Dance Company) and Detta Howe
(Ginger Dance Theatre). mapdance has established itself
as an exciting company of young, dynamic dancers
recruited nationally and internationally, performing
a diverse repertoire by renowned and upcoming
contemporary choreographers.

Venue: Mitre Lecture Theatre
Title: ‘EarningWhilst Learning’ - Creating Opportunities to Support Employability,
Drive Enterprise andWiden Participation
Contributor(s): Steve Ellis, Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management
Institution: School of Enterprise Management and Leadership, University of Chichester
Contact: s.ellis@chi.ac.uk
This session focusses on our experience of the creation and delivery of a new Day Release Degree
in Business Studies which commenced in 2012 at the Bognor Regis Campus of the University of
Chichester, School of Enterprise, Management and Leadership (SEMAL). There were four main
drivers for introducing the programme all reflective of the local business market these were the
perceived increased costs of full time study potentially reducing applications from qualified students,
the ongoing desire of experienced people in employment to obtain a degree, local employers
seeking ways of retaining and attracting young, talented employees, motivated unemployed people
seeking employment alongside an opportunity to study. All of these factors were instrumental in
increasing the diversity of the SEMAL Offer.
Direct benefits of the programme are student learning and confidence boosted over both long and
short term, extended (cost effective) use of existing SEMAL resources (buildings, staff etc.) through
the day-release, 3 term based model, inroad to new markets of potential, part-time students now
open (e.g. mature, self –employed, unemployed). Indirect benefits were also foreseen in that new
relationships between employers and SEMAL would be created, positive stories for more effective
future marketing and PR would be generated,we would resurrected a moribund Foundation Degree
programme, coaching and mentoring support for all partner employers would be offered. The key
challenges of delivering the programme were, generating the applications and matching them with
partner organisations, aligning internal systems which are understandably hard-wired for full time
undergraduate programmes, keeping engagement and support from partner organisations for the
trainees/employees.
Venue: LO6
Title: Coaching Placements -Values and Contributions to Student Learning and the
Industry Skills Gap
Contributor(s): Phil Crisp, Senior Lecturer
Institution: Department of Sport Development and Management, University of Chichester
Contact: p.crisp@chi.ac.uk
At time of writing, both SkillsActive (the Sector Skills Council for Active Leisure, Learning & Well-
being), and SportsCoach UK (the lead agency articulating the nature and direction of coaching
in the UK) have expressed concerns regarding skills gaps within the UK for the coaching sector.
This presentation examines the learning experiences of a level five foundation degree cohort who
undertook supported coaching placements as part of two 15 credit modules at the University of
Chichester, and more specifically, the presentation explores the role of formative assessments in
addressing skills gaps that have been identified by the sports coaching industry.
In order to do this,the presentation outlines how reflection and action points,in the context of work-
related teaching and learning, can aid student development and enhance graduate employability,
thereby meeting many of the wider professional sector’s identified skills gaps, such asinitiative,
planning, and inter and intrapersonal skills.
Session 1

Title: Enhancing Student EmployabilityThroughAcademic Intervention:The Case of
York St John Business School
Contributor(s): Dr Stefanos Nachmias, Head of Programme MA Leadership and Management
Institution: York St John Business School
Contact: s.nachmias@yorksj.ac.uk
The session aims to explore how academic intervention in teaching and assessment could enhance
student employability. Higher education institutions have been encouraged to establish degree
courses that develop essential skills and attributes (Tomlinson, 2007). The substantial increase
in the number of new business graduates has triggered a heightened level of discussion about
the different approaches to graduate employability (O’Regan, 2010).This has been the subject of
contest and debate for many key stakeholders (educators, employers and policy makers) involve in
this dynamic process (Feltz and Payment, 2005). Some researchers have criticised the increasing
emphasis on employability and skills as it threatens other developmental outcomes (Keep and
Mayhew, 2004). Nevertheless, an effective approach to employability should encourage students
to become independent learners and critical thinkers necessary to gain confidence in their ability
to take effective and appropriate career actions.The development of skills and attributes which go
beyond the disciplinary expertise or technical knowledge can be achieved through:active citizenship,
critical thinking and effective communication, learning and personal development and academic
excellence.
Venue: LO6
Title: DisplayingVisual Intelligence
Contributor(s): Chris McHugh, Senior Lecturer Fine Arts
Institution: University of Chichester
Contact: c.mchugh@chi.ac.uk
Visual display is, by definition, intrinsic to art practice – this, after all, is how we usually encounter art - and
an understanding of its complexities and potential is vital for employability in the arts. At the University of
Chichester display is intrinsic to how we structure the study of Fine Art.This can be seen through a range of
activities; from students’ summative exhibitions at the end of the programme in the publicly-facing Degree
Show in May, to undergraduate, post graduate and research exhibitions in the Otter Gallery, to assessment
displays in the studios of artOne through the year and student and staff works enhancing the estate at BOC
and BRC.We build the issues and processes of curation and display into the Learning andTeaching plans for
our various modules and our Research strategy…. and make particular use of the Otter Gallery exhibitions
to provide explorative and experiential activities for students. In this presentation we highlight instructive
examples to examine the challenges and benefits of calling upon different intelligences in this aspect of L&T
in Fine Art. And further, we consider how an engagement in the processes of curation, display, interpretation
and discourse are really key transferable skills for employability.
Session 2

Title: Experiences from Embedding Employability EnhancementsAcross a Large Multi-
Disciplinary Faculty
Contributor(s): Paul Cashian, Director of Learning and Teaching, Faculty of Business, Environment and
Society,
Institution: Coventry University
Contact: bsx057@coventry.ac.uk
The Faculty of Business, Environment and Society is a large Faculty which includes Coventry Business School,
Coventry Law School plus a range of Social Science and Humanities discipline areas. Seven years ago the
Faculty introduced a range of enhancements, both within and around the curriculum, aimed at improving our
students’ employability.The original approach adopted was based around the USEM model developed by the
ESECT team which recognised the holistic and essentially personal nature of employability. Enhancements
included academic credit for a range of work experiences, not just the traditional sandwich placements; the
establishment of an Employability and Placements Unit; the use of department-based employability tutors;
and the embedding of 10 credit career development modules at levels 1 and 2 across all programmes.
The purpose of the presentation is to share how, over the last seven years, our original employability
enhancements and support processes have evolved in the light of our experience. One key development
has been the recognition that whilst the enhancements were developing ‘employability’ (the ability to sustain
and develop a graduate career) they were not impacting on ‘employment’ (making the initial transition into
a graduate job).This has led to the Faculty employing a team of department-based employment tutors who
have recent hands-on experience as graduate recruiters and provide sector specific employment support to
students.
Venue: LO6
Title: Singing from the Same Song Book:The Nexus of Enterprise Education and
Local Enterprise Partnerships
Contributor(s): Dr Lyn Batchelor, School of Enterprise Management and Leadership
Contact: l.batchelor@chi.ac.uk
The Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) aims to encourage enterprise growth in the region at
grass roots level by working with enterprise educators in the region. It engaged the University of Chichester
to outline good practice for a Framework for Enterprise in Education and develop a Handbook for Enterprise
Education.The handbook will be used to help drive greater consistency and impact in enterprise education
in higher education, further education, secondary and primary. It has designed this handbook to serve as a
map of the‘who,what and how of developing enterprising mindsets in students at all levels of education in the
region.While it is obvious that many,if not all,of the attributes of an enterprising individual are outcomes of a
well-designed curriculum, these attributes also need to be channelled into an enterprise framework to have a
positive impact on both employability and start-up outcomes. The Handbook is a detailed but not exhaustive
document and it is intended that by summarising the providers and the provision of enterprise support that
educators will consider a greater range of support and activities without having to comb the internet.
This session will give examples of good practice and resources from and for the Coast to Capital area
centred on creating an Enterprising Mindset at all levels of education. It outlines the responsibilities of senior
management teams, curriculum, activities, employer engagement, combining internal and external provision,
partnership and networking, as well as the importance of funding to maximise the opportunities for learners.
Session 3

Title: Using‘Creativity’ as aVehicle for Enhancing Student Development and
Employability
Contributor(s): Hazel Messenger, Senior Lecturer, Management, Strategy, Leadership
Institution: London Metropolitan University Business School
Contact: h.messenger@londonmet.ac.uk
This session proposes that developing ‘employability’ is not a straightforward activity involving the acquisition
of sets of skills, but a developmental process involving self-awareness and the ability to act skilfully according
to the context.
Using the development of creativity as a vehicle, this session reports on a level 5 business school module
that aims to develop and demonstrate student awareness of themselves, of contexts that they are familiar
with and to make connections between them.Through a series of activities during the module, students are
encouraged to use non-traditional methods to demonstrate firstly who they are and their aspirations and
finally,their understanding of opportunities and barriers to creativity in a context with which they are familiar.
Contexts that the most recent cohort have chosen to use include part-time work experiences, university life
and studying in a foreign country.
The module has proved to be great fun, with students enjoying learning about each other’s experiences and
being exposed to different types of media, including cartooning, film, Prezi and model making.
Venue: LO6
Title: Debates Series in Enterprise and Sustainability
Contributor(s): Antony Johnston, Centre for Learning and Teaching in Art and Design and
Cara Lee Roth, Student Enterprise and Employability
Institution: University of the Arts London
Contact: a.johnston@arts.ac.uk / c.roth@arts.ac.uk
The motivation for our ‘Debates Series in Enterprise and Sustainability’ emerged out of a discussion about
University of Gloucestershire’s Enterprise Sustainability Report. From looking at this document it became
clear that there was no ‘simple’ or linear approach to thinking about the connection between enterprise and
sustainability;particularly within the context of art,design and creative sectors.The process that we undertook
in debating the report and its relationship to the future of our students emerged as one approach to model
the values of sustainability and to explore the area.This concept was refined into 3 broad themes where
invited speakers from the arts, education and sustainability were invited to discuss their perspective and to
launch a debate between the speakers and the audience. We will be ‘swapping’ some of the issues of trying
to embody the principles of education for sustainability and how this is important for student employability
and enterprise.
Session 4

Title: Producing London’s Most Business Ready Graduates:An Example of Best Practice
from London Metropolitan University
Contributor(s): Dr Jane Neal-Smith and Dr Wendy Bloisi
Institution: London Metropolitan Business School
Contact: s.neal-smith@londonmet.ac.uk / w.bloisi@londonmet.ac.uk
Based in the square mile, LMU is one of the best modern London universities for graduate employment
according to the Destination of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) report, published annually by the
HESA.LMBS as part of the University has a pedagogic strategy focused on embedding key skills within course
and module design.With identified modules focusing on developing and enhancing desirable skills required
in the labour market, LMBS encourages students to complement their academic knowledge with attributes
which will enable them to be employable in their chosen markets.This paper takes the example of one
module – Leadership, Innovation & Entrepreneurship – and explores the approach employed in the design
and assessment and identifies how students develop their employability skills as part of the curriculum.
Venue: LO6
Title: Supporting EarlyYears Practitioners to Manage the Complexities of Policy Change
Contributor(s): Shirley Allen and Angela Scollan, Senior Lecturers Early Childhood Studies
Institution: Middlesex University
Contact: s.f.allen@mdx.ac.uk / a.scollan@mdx.ac.uk
Early Years policy currently emphasises outcomes that are concerned with opportunities for employment
and participation in global economic competition (DfE, 2013). If practitioners are charged with supporting
children’s future economic well-being, it is vital they are empowered to develop ‘personal agency and
resourcefulness’ (Allen et al., 2012) to ‘deal with uncertainty’ (Urban, 2008) in the current economic climate.
This paper explores how Early Years practitioners’ engagement in reflective and reflexive practice is an
essential component of a professional programme.Through this process of critical reflection, practitioners
develop their capacity to analyse and evaluate pedagogical approaches to practice, and consider how they
support young children’s learning and development. Nutbrown (2012) calls for practitioners to have access
to ongoing professional development so they can support the ‘life situations of children’ in their care (Urban,
2008: p149). It is therefore pertinent to consider ways in which the process of reflection can be incorporated
within a professional programme to enable participants to develop their understanding about practice, which,
in turn, will support their confidence and capacity to tackle challenges in managing the complexities of Early
Years policy and future policy change.
Session 5

Title: Networking for Employer Engagement – Southampton Solent University
HRM Network
Contributor(s): Christine Fountain, Principal Lecturer
Institution: Southampton Solent University
Contact: christine.fountain@solent.ac.uk
I shall be swapping (sharing) the concept of employer networking in the business arena. A strong link to the
theme of the conference – this network has enhanced employability skills - we have gained insight as to the
specific skills demanded by employers, live briefs, placements, module design, validation support, focus group
members, research opportunities, work based learning, guest speakers, and a visiting Fellow.
My journey in creating/leading this network (originally HEIF Pump Priming now funded and supported by
Dean and faculty in response to the success the network). The case study formed part of my submission for
my recent successful Senior Fellow HEA award.We have built a number of sustained, long term relationships.
I shall demonstrate how this successful employer network has strengthened relationships/new partnerships,
put our university at the forefront of the mind of these professionals for many different learning/development
interventions, provided work placements and live briefs for both HRM and the wider business school, resulted
in the appointment of a Visiting Fellow, resulted in employment following placement and enhanced social
media networking.
Venue: LO6
Title: Enterprise & Creativity – Learning by Doing
Contributor(s): Bonnie Hacking, Enterprise & Employability Adviser
Institution: University of St Andrews
Contact: bonnie.hacking@st-andrews.ac.uk
Enterprise & Creativity, a 20-credit, interdisciplinary module run within the School of Management, aims to
give second year students from across the university the opportunity to learn how to develop a project by
doing it. Enhancing their own creativity and enterprise skills, students work in a team to design and deliver an
enterprising project. The success of the module relies on students taking a proactive role in managing their
learning.
This session will share with participants St Andrews’ experience of Careers and Academic Staff from the
School of Management working together with colleagues from other disciplines and entrepreneurs to deliver
enterprise education through this interdisciplinary module - Enterprise and Creativity. Practice to be swapped
during this presentation will include: how a practical project integrates skill development and academic
learning, the role of input from academics in other discipline areas, the use of senior honours students as
coaches for the projects, examples of enterprising projects and how they translate into longer term ventures,
and capturing the views of students. Participants will be encouraged to think about how elements of the
module might be incorporated into their own teaching and how they could transfer ideas from this session to
their own institution more generally.
Session 6

Title: TheValue and Challenges of Using RealWorld Experiences for Personal
Training Students
Contributor(s): Martin Skivington, Principal Lecturer Health, Exercise and Sports Science and
Ian Harris, Director of School of Sport, Tourism and Languages
Contact: martin.skivington@solent.ac.uk / ian.harris@solent.ac.uk
Southampton Solent University has developed a strong employability agenda across its courses. The
development of the curriculum at unit level has been seen as a key drive to enhance the employability
prospects of the students by ensuring the students develop the necessary knowledge and skills to create
graduates with impact. However it is clear that to have an impact in the fitness industry, graduates not
only need knowledge and skills, but also relevant experience to enhance their employability prospects. To
enable the development of this experience the use of real clients has become a core part of the curriculum
at SSU. The presentation will outline the practicalities of setting up these initiatives across a range of units,
the benefits to the students, the challenges faced in building the initiatives,along with feedback received from
both students and clients.
Venue: LO6
Title: A Stepping StoneApproachTo Employability
Contributor(s): Nerys Brick, Senior Lecturer, Department of Nursing and Applied Clinical Studies
Institution: Canterbury Christ Church University
Contact: nerys.brick@canterbury.ac.uk
It has been suggested that student nurses are no longer guaranteed the nursing jobs of their choice on
qualifying and so the inference is that the job market is increasingly competitive.Whilst higher education
programmes are written to foster the qualities that employers desire in a more competitive world students
need to be able effectively to demonstrate these qualities in the job application process,including the interview.

To improve students’employability threading certain aspects through their programme rather than approaching
it as a programme adjunct in the latter half of the final year is vital. Start off in year one by developing a
greater recognition of what it is to be a nurse in a particular environment, or using relevant experiences to
inform a view of what they as potential nurses can offer. Later on examine and compare nursing in different
environments and begin to match their own strengths and weaknesses against this. Students should see the
evidence and policy documents, not just as reference material for essays, but also as valuable tools to help
shape them as practitioners.The final year needs to accumulate this work and here we suggest students
engage with the actual processes of application and selection themselves,creating CV and gathering evidence
of their learning, writing applications and the processes of simulated interviews; reflecting on this learning as
they go.

Session 7

Session 8
Title: The Development of Partnerships to Enhance the Employability of Sports
Graduates at Southampton Solent University
Contributor(s): Ian Harris, Director of the School of Sport, Tourism and Languages, Phil Green,
Associate Professor, Director of Sport Solent and Paul Davies, Coach Education,
Manager Sport Solent
Contact: ian.harris@solent.ac.uk / p.green@solent.ac.uk / p.davies@solent.ac.uk
For many years sports students at Southampton Solent University have undertaken National Governing Body
of Sport (NGB) coach education awards within the curriculum. However, a lack of experience of coaching in
the real world limited the impact gained from these qualifications by many students.Therefore initially on a
small scale and voluntary basis, opportunities were developed for students to gain coaching experience at
local schools and clubs, through the individual networking of staff. It became clear that a more coherent and
structured approach to developing opportunities was required if this development was to become sustainable
and widespread.
Initially Sport Solent, the sport and recreation service of SSU, worked with the Southampton City Council and
signed a contract to deliver after school coaching sessions in schools across the city,with the sessions primarily
being delivered by sports students.Then following the 2010 election and subsequent closure of the School
Sport Partnerships across the country,the University bid for and won the contract to maintain a School Sports
Partnership in the city.They then, in 2012, took on the running of the City Sports Development Unit from the
City Council.These initiatives were also supported through the development of the Edusportsolent initiative to
link sport and development projects.
The presentation will outline the development of sports partnerships at SSU, the changes that were made
to the curriculum following the opportunities these partnerships facilitated, and how these initiatives have
impacted on the university profile, the student experience, and enhanced the employability of graduates.
Venue: LO6
Title: FineArt External Projects
Contributor(s): Rachel Johnston, Senior Lecturer Fine Art
Contact: r.johnston@chi.ac.uk
Over the last four years all level 5 fine art students have engaged in projects with organisations in the local
community.Working with schools, in healthcare environments, day centres and galleries (to name but a few)
the students use skills developed through their studio practice to find ways of working with others and
creating commissioned art works for public environments.The benefits of these projects have been enormous,
both to the organisations,who gain high quality arts input supported by tutors,and to the students themselves
who gain skills for employment and experience of working with others. For many students the testing of their
skills in a new environment is challenging, but often yields unexpected results, boosting their confidence once
they are working back in the studio. Some practical examples of projects and the way they are set up, run
and assessed will be given.

Session 9
Venue: Workshop 1 - Cloisters Chamber
Activity Visualising an Employable Self: Planning Careers, Self-Employment and Student
Start-ups with the Business Model Canvas
Facilitator(s): Dr Lyn Batchelor, School of Enterprise Management and Leadership
Contact: l.batchelor@chi.ac.uk
Many graduates are looking for portfolio careers that will fulfil their desire for high pay, travel and other
measures of success, while others who have trained for more vocational pathways will need to plan for self-
employment as a professional in their field, or as expert consultants outside their day jobs, while others will
want to seek profit from their own business. We have had much success across the diverse programme
offering at the University of Chichester using the Business Model Canvas as a tool to model all of these life
scenarios with students.This hands-on workshop offers a taste of how we do it. Come along and join in. It is
fun, interactive and uses lots of sticky notes.
Venue: Workshop 2 - LO3
Activity Keeping it Real: Introducing Business Skills to the Uninitiated Using SimVenture
Facilitator(s): Chris Dancer, School of Enterprise Management and Leadership
Contact: c.dancer@chi.ac.uk
Students new to business concepts can struggle to understand how marketing, financial modelling, and
operations issues mesh together in a real business. Using SimVenture, the business simulation software, at
Level 4 allows students to create and run a virtual company exploring business issues.Come along and take a
Driving Lesson and discover how you can use a simulation with entry level students to illustrate how business
works and at the same time embed enterprise concepts in a module.
Venue: Workshop 3 - E124
Activity Learning for the Future - Employability and Education for Sustainable
Development
Facilitator(s): Hugh Dunkerley, Senior Lecturer in English and Creative Writing
Contact: h.dunkerley@chi.ac.uk
This workshop will examine the question of how we can equip our students for a world which demands a
nimble-footed awareness of risk factors associated with environmental, social and economic change. How
can the idea of Education for Sustainable Development aid our curriculum design and our teaching? The
workshop will encourage staff from a range of subject areas to begin to envisage what a future graduate
may need to look like.

Venue: Workshop 4 - LO6
Activity Creative and CollaborativeApproaches to Employability in the Curriculum
Facilitator(s): Melanie Hall, Careers Service
Contact: melanie.hall@chi.ac.uk
This workshop will discuss a collaborative project run jointly between Media Studies Lecturing staff and career
Staff at University of Chichester.The creative project was part of a level 5 placement preparation module
and involved groups of students scripting,producing and completing a short film to provide advice to students
on employability issues such as how to prepare for interviews. The workshop will exhibit the punchy, pithy
films produced and critique using themes fromWenger (1999) ‘Communities of practice’ the learning which
ensued.
Venue: Workshop 4 - College House Room 10
Activity Damned ifYou Do and Damned ifYou Don’t
Facilitator(s): Dr Wendy Sealy and Shonali Rodriguez, School of Enterprise Management and
Leadership
Contact: w.sealy@chi.ac.uk / s.rodriguez@chi.ac.uk
Freshman students enter HE with unrealistic expectations regarding the employability skills they require for
industry due to their limited career and commercial awareness. Consequently, engaging HE students in work-
based projects can be challenging for both the employer and the academic team.This round table discussion
is an opportunity for academics and employers to exchange ideas on how to best manage this interface.Each
participant will be given one minute to articulate their ideas and experiences and to share best practice with
other participants.
Venue: Workshop 4 - College House Room 11
Activity Learning andTeaching StrategyWorkshop
Facilitator(s): Dr Andy Clegg, Principal Lecturer for Learning and Teaching
Contact: a.clegg@chi.ac.uk
The aim of this consultation workshop is to allow colleagues the opportunity to reflect and contribute thoughts
and ideas to the new Learning andTeaching Strategy.

BUTCHER, V., SMITH, J., KETTLE, J. AND BURTON, L. (2011), Review of Good
Practice in Employability and Enterprise Development by Centres for Excellence in
Teaching and Learning, HEA, York.
HEFCE (2011), Opportunity, Choice and Excellence in Higher Education, HEFCE,
Bristol [available from: http://www.hefce.ac.uk/news/hefce/2011/strategy.htm].
PEGG, A., WALDOCK, J. HENDY-ISACC AND LAWTON, R. (2012), Pegagogy for
Employability, HEA, York.
HEA (2009), Personal Development Planning and Employability, Revised Edition,
HEA, York.
HEA (2012), Report on Teaching and Learning Summit 16-17th May 2012, HEA,
York.
UKCES (2009), The Employability Challenge - Full Report, UK Commission for
Employment and Skills, London.
UKCES (2009), The Employability Challenge - Case Studies, UK Commission for
Employment and Skills, London.
HIGHER EDUCATION ACADEMY - Employability resources available online at
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/employability
Useful Resources
A date for your diary:
Learning andTeaching Conference
June 10th 2014: Education for
Sustainable Development
Conference Organiser:
DrAndy Clegg
Principal Lecturer for Learning and
Teaching, University of Chichester
Email: a.clegg@chi.ac.uk
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Pedagogy for employability
Authors: Ann Pegg, Jeff Waldock, Sonia Hendy-Isaac, Ruth Lawton
Report on Teaching and Learning Summit
16th
-17th
May 2012
‘Learning for life and work: re-configuring employability for the 21st
Century’
Maureen Tibby for HEA
Personal development planning
and employability
revised edition
Learning and
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