Presentation to CELT and EdTech Support July 2021

1. Toolkit Webpage
Wireframe
Embedding Employability Project

2. Overview
• Important Definitions
• Aims of Toolkit
• Toolbar Tabs
• Indicative Content for Tabs
• Graduate Attribute-led - Quadrant Structure
• Exemplar Activities – Quadrant Structure
• 10-dot Matrix
• Exemplar Activity - Prototype

3. Important
Definitions
GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES
• the core abilities and values a higher education institute
community agrees all its graduates should develop
• abilities employers deem necessary for today’s knowledge
workers
EMPLOYABILITY
• the set of achievements, skills, understandings, and
personal attributes graduates possess upon completion of
a higher education qualification
EXEMPLAR ACTIVITIES
• Employability enhancement activities, assessed or not,
deemed best practice for employability skills
development
10-DOT MATRIX
• a conceptual structure we use to measure the quality of
embedding employability activities

4. Aims of Toolkit
1. Aid Staff to Embed Employability in Curricula
2. Offer Guidance on Attribute-led Embedded Employability
3. Provide Exemplars of Best Practice Employability Activities
4. Offer Guidance on Creating Connected Awareness for
Students to Employability
5. Create a Central Webpage for Staff CPD on Employability

5. Toolkit Tabs
Home Page
Aims &
Rationale
Guide to
Toolkit
Graduate
Attributes
Employability
Activities
Embedding
Skills
Awareness
Self-Assess
Your
Programme
CPD Sign-Up
Page

6. Indicative Content for Tabs
Home Page – Welcome Content
Aims & Rationale – Background to Embedding Employability
Guide to Toolkit – Synopsis of Embedding Employability: How to Use Toolkit
Graduate Attributes – Model with Clickable Links to Sample Activities
Employability Activities – Catalogue of Worked Samples
Embedding Skills Awareness – Guidance on Helping Students Connect Activities with Employability
Self Assess – Is Your Programme Employability Ready?
CPD Sign-Up Page – Upcoming Workshops, e-Badge, Employability Module

7. Each Graduate Attribute to Click Through to Activity Exemplar(s)
Practical
• Technically Skilled
• Knowledgeable
• Practical
• Work Ready
• Enterprising
• Data Fluent
Communicative
• Communicators
• Public Engagers
• Creative
• Digitally Fluent
• Emotionally Intelligent
• Self-Promoters
Confident
• Professionally Confident
• Adaptable & Flexible
• Critical Thinkers
• Problem Solvers
• Lifelong Learners
• Resilient
Collaborative
• Team Players
• Innovative Partners
• Leaders
• Networkers
• Socially Enterprising
• Operationally Savvy

8. Activity Exemplar(s) to Appear Beneath GA Capstone Quadrants
Practical
• Practical Assignments
• Reflective Logs
• Portfolio Development
• ...
Communicative
• Making Pitch to a Company
• Creating an Advice Blog
• Formal Presentations
• ...
Confident
• LinkedIn Profile Exercises
• Work Placement
• Jobs Research Aligned with
Discipline
• ...
Collaborative
• Group Work Assignments
• Industry-Partnered
Assessment
• Mentoring Programmes
• ...

9. Embedding Employability Guide 10-dot Matrix
(max score 10-dot)
ACTIVITY CV-
WORTHY
PLACEMENT INDUSTRY-
PARTNERED
CA GRADUATE
ATTRIBUTE(S)
PROFESSIONS
REQUIREMENT
EMPLOYABILITY
REQUIREMENT
DOT
SCORE
Placement 7-dot +
Industry-
Partnered
Assessment
4-dot +
Jobs Research 4-dot +
Online Profile
Exercises
4-dot +
Reflective Logs 4-dot +
Groupwork
Projects 5-dot +
Formal
Presenting 5-dot +
CV-Worthy Maybe CV-Worthy Graduate Attribute(s): Quadrant 1,2,3 or 4

10. Each Graduate Attribute to Click Through to Activity Exemplar(s)
Confident
LinkedIn Profile Exercises
Graduate Attribute in Focus –
Professional Confidence
Constructive Alignment –
Module-Related Job Spec
EXEMPLAR ACTIVITIES
i. Create a Lin Profile
ii. Research a Lin Job
iii. Write a CV for Lin Job
iv. Write a Cover Letter for Lin Job
v. Write a Lin Post – To Match Job
vi. Apply for Lin Job
4-dot +
+Dots Additional Graduate Attribute
Development Triggered:
Lin Post = Communication

11. Content Development for Tabs
Home Page
Aims &
Rationale
Guide to
Toolkit
Graduate
Attributes
Employability
Activities
Embedding
Skills
Awareness
Self-Assess
Your
Programme
CPD Sign-Up
Page