Session 2D [Poster 6] Graduate Attributes: recognising and developing skills

Presenters

Helen Kempster – Deputy Director of Careers & Employability

Ben Butler – Student Development Manager

Gemma Kenyon – Director of Careers & Employability

Poster

Graduate Attributes are embedded into all core modules and offer a way for students to engage with their learning from a skills perspective. They are also embedded in extra-curricular activities, which engages students in recognising their skills development through these activities.

The poster will outline the development of and rationale for the City St. George’s Graduate Attributes. It will detail the Attributes themselves, how they were developed, and their intended impact on the skills development of students. It will give examples of how the Attributes have been embedded in the curriculum across all core modules, and also how they have been embedded across co-curricular activities. It will highlight the online Skills Hub which support students to find opportunities to develop the Attributes and also to reflect on their learning, including through earning the City St. George’s Employability Award.

This is relevant to all students as Graduate Atributes are identified in core modules across all taught programmes; all students need to be able to recongnise and articulate their skills developed through their studies and extra-curricular activity in order to secure their next step (employment or further study).

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References

[1] Graduate attributes frameworks or powerful knowledge? Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, Volume 41, 2019 – Issue 4

[2] Graduate Attributes in Higher Education, Attitudes on Attributes from Across the Disciplines, Routledge

[3] A mapping of graduate attributes: what can we expect from UK university students? https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2021.1882405

[4] Institute of Student Employers. (2022). Student development survey 2022: Supporting the learning and development of entry-level hires. London: Institute of Student Employers.

[5] Gazibara, S. (2020). “Head, Heart and Hands Learning” – A challenge for contemporary education. Journal of Education Culture and Society, 4(1), 71–82. https://doi.org/10.15503/jecs20131.71.82

[6] 2018 Annual Employer Survey, the Institute of Student Employers

[7] Green, Wendy and Hammer, Sara and Star, Cassandra (2009) Facing up to the challenge: why is it so hard to develop graduate attributes. Higher Education Research and Development, 28 (1). pp. 17-29. ISSN ISSN1469-8366

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