How to Support Students with Caring Responsibilities: Insights from the ‘Who Cares?’ Project
University can be a challenge for students with caring responsibilities, while the strengths they bring are often overlooked. Rachel Spacey, Rebecca Sanderson and Amy Zile identify ways in which students with caring responsibilities can thrive at university.
Designing, Co-Producing and Delivering New Modules: Considerations for Collaboration
In this article, Ash Odedra outlines a model for co-production in enhancing course delivery with insights from the Faculty of Business and Law at the Open University.
Beyond Embedding Employability: Towards the Development of Higher Skills and Attributes in Higher Education
It is an opportune moment to intentionally and explicitly embed the development of higher skills into academic curricula.
On Demand Webinar: Getting Started with an Institutional Approach to Inclusive Education
In his webinar, Dr Vicky Greenaway will share the rationale for an institutional approach to inclusive education and will detail the sector research and best practice that points to how to get started.
How Do You Focus Your Service Delivery? Enhancing Careers Guidance at Edge Hill University
In this article, Becka Colley-Foster explores how Edge Hill University have tailored service delivery to respond to the personal needs of individual students through a data-focused approach.
A New Approach to Graduate Employability Skills: Creative Education for a Changing World
This article provides an overview of the strategic approach being adopted by Arts University Plymouth, and outlines some of the activities being developed that aim to enhance our students’ employability skills and facilitate their progression into professional creative practice.
On Demand Webinar: Delivering Employability Support With an Ethos of Social Justice
Careers professionals at London Metropolitan University discuss how they developed and implemented the Careers Education Framework, which is based on an ethos of social justice.
Key Considerations for Senior Leaders When Supporting Students with the Use of Generative AI
Senior leaders should be asking themselves: how can we best prepare students for an AI enabled world of work?
Understanding Student Decision Making: Insights from StudentCrowd
This article details the decision-making process of students. It outlines the stages of awareness, consideration, and decision, emphasising the role of research and peer reviews.
Webinar | Enhancing Your Content Strategy: Creating Content That Resonates With Prospective Students
Lucy O’Grady and Lauren Podd will be sharing their best practices in Canterbury Christ Church University’s content strategy, whilst highlighting the need for collaboration and a strong brand identity across the institution.
Lifelong Learning at the University of Leeds: Being Open, Reaching Out
This article explores how professionals at the Lifelong Learning Centre at the University of Leeds are striving to align marketing and outreach strategies for greater impact.
Unlocking the Power of Data Democratisation with ChatGPT in Higher Education: Reflections from the University of Law
Following on from our 2024 event on A Whole University Approach to Generative AI, Andy Ramsden explores data democratisation in higher education with insights from the University of Law.
UCEA Report Explores the Highs and Lows of Working in HE
A recent report, commissioned by UCEA via People Insight, explores what it’s really like to work in HE for professional services staff.
The Evolution of Careers Advisers as HE Professionals: Insights from the University of the West of England (UWE)
This article explores the shifting landscape of careers service delivery in higher education and reflects on how employability advisers are creating new professional identities within this context.
Webinar: Reducing Workload Collaboratively Across HE Professional Services
Understand why workload projects fail, explore how to lead a collaborative approach to reducing workload and assess the main offenders of needless complexity.
Queen’s University Belfast: Supporting Care Experienced Young People
This article explores how Queen’s University Belfast supports current care experienced students, as well as how we use outreach to raise aspirations from an early age.
Case Study: Diversity of Thought Employer Partnership Programme at the University of East London
The Diversity of Thought (DoT) programme was developed to drive aspiration and social mobility, and to address the key stages of the recruitment cycle where those from marginalised backgrounds were less likely to be represented.
Webinar: Developing Leadership Skills in Employability
This webinar will introduce the various elements that can potentially lead to more effective collaboration and impactful leadership of this agenda, as well as providing practical insight into the journey Manchester Met has been on over the last five years.
Webinar: Building Inclusive Employability across the Whole Student Experience
This webinar will introduce practical strategies through which universities and HE professionals can take an inclusive approach to employability development, via their own practice as well as through collaborative working across the university environment.
The Rules of (Employer) Engagement
Explore the importance and practicalities of employer engagement for university careers and employability services, with insights from Queen Mary, University of London.