Connecting Universities and Businesses by Employability
On this page I showcase some of the innovative activities created in order to bridge the Skills Gap between Higher Education Institutes and External Stakeholders: email me for more details.
Enterprise Challenges bring in companies for the day and they work with students from different disciplines on an issue very relevant to their business. Students learn to quickly think on their feet as they do not know either the company or the challenge in advance:
Enterprise Challenge For School of Natural and Environmental Science Students – YouTube
Sustainable Solutions: A Stage 2 award-winning module that brings in external stakeholders from industry and charitable organisations which sets students working in interdisciplinary teams real-world challenges related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Stage 2 Sustainable Solutions module at Newcastle University – YouTube
Professional Skills for Chemists: Another award-winner, this Stage 3 module for Chemistry students brings in industry and government experts who set Dragon’s Den-type challenges which the students then have to pitch in teams at the end of the module.
Awards:
AdvanceHE CATE Award 2023 (Collaborative Award Teaching Excellence):
A blog on how to create a team to embed employability in to HE – who do you need, when do you need them and how to get started?
CATE 2023: Pizza model: embedding employability and enterprise at university | Advance HE
Royal Society of Chemistry Horizon Award:
Here the focus is on Chemistry undergraduates, getting them on industrial placements, study abroad and creating Hexi modules: