Birmingham wins AGR accolade for graduate development
The University of Birmingham’s Personal Skills Award (PSA) has won the award for Graduate Development Preparation in Higher Education from the Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR). The accolade was received at AGR’s first ever Graduate Development Award Ceremony, which recognised best practice in graduate development.
The submission for Graduate Development Preparation in Higher Education was the only category targeted at universities, in recognition of the important input universities have in the graduate development process. The PSA is Birmingham’s employability award delivered by the Careers and Employability Centre. It enables students to develop, recognise and articulate their employability effectively.
The AGR highlighted the quality and robust nature of the PSA’s design as a key feature. Sarah Jeffries, PSA Programme Manager, said:
'We are absolutely delighted to win this award; the recognition from employers is incredibly important to us.'
The PSA is now the only university programme that has been shortlisted for the overall winner for the Graduate Development Award at the AGR Annual Conference in July.
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Created on: 06 April 2010
Last updated: 06 April 2010