Providing Advice and Support for Programmes
In todays competitive market, graduates are required to display key transferable skills and prospective students are likely to want evidence of their future employment prospects.
Consulting employers about the structure and content of the programme curriculum will give you a clear understanding of the skills, knowledge and qualities they most value, and will make employers more aware of the skills that your students will acquire. You can then develop your programme accordingly and enhance the employability of your students.
Employers can get involved in:
HEFCE is prioritising the promotion of higher education learning through employer engagement and workforce development, and employer input into programme design is becoming an increasingly important element in the success of undergraduate programmes. More...
The QAA's interests in this areas centres on the quality assurance of work-based and work-related learning and how higher education institutions assess, accredit, and certificate such learning. More...
Showcase your employer engagement work!
We want this guide to continuously develop and would welcome new case studies to showcase your activities. Please submit case studies to: charlotte.weston@plymouth.ac.uk


