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23 Oct 2012
The Universities of Brighton and Sussex's joint careers fair
In the summer of 2011, the building work of Brighton and Hove Albion FC's new stadium was finally completed, situated next door to the University of Brighton and just across the road from the University of Sussex. During construction, it was made very clear to the city of Brighton and Hove that this stadium, the American Express Community Stadium, was going to live up to its name and be a facility for the whole community to enjoy - and not just for watching football.
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23 Oct 2012
University of Reading's placement provision model
The University of Reading has developed a flexible model of placement provision that enables it to offer 'real world' learning opportunities to over 9,000 undergraduates. Placements remain optional, but over 1,000 students registered in the first year. There are three placement models to suit different academic disciplines, though departments may offer more than one type.
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23 Oct 2012
Maximise Your Potential - an LSE initiative
Described by one participant as "everything you need on top of your degree to thrive in the harsh new world", Maximise Your Potential is an innovative way of supporting LSE undergraduates to develop the range of skills they will need as they move through university and into the world of work.
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23 Oct 2012
University of Birmingham - a strategic commitment to employability
In 2010, the University of Birmingham started a year-long process of creating an institutional employability strategy. The process involved robust and objective appraisals of existing employability provision, including evaluation by an external consultant, an internal review focusing on value for money, and impact measurement and assessments on whether provision aligned with institutional strategic goals. The result was the creation of a pan-university employability strategy that included sector-leading investments in its employability services.
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23 Oct 2012
Making the Most of Masters: Collaboration in Scotland
Making the Most of Masters (MMM) is a cross-university collaboration between the universities of Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Stirling funded by the Scottish Funding Council (SFC). The aim is to improve cooperation between employers and universities by providing opportunities for master's students to undertake work-based dissertation projects. The three universities are sharing the same strategic approach and delivery systems, while accommodating practices at each institution.
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15 Oct 2012
What Do Graduates Do? 2012 edition published
What do Graduates Do? 2012 is now available to download. It is a collaboration between the AGCAS Education Liaison Task Group and HECSU: HECSU provides the facts from the DLHE returns; AGCAS writers provide the expertise and articles to make sense of the figures.
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4 Oct 2012
Shortage occupation lists - review
The Home Office is currently reviewing the shortage occupation lists for the UK. This includes consideration of a proposal that all occupations that have been on the lists for longer than two years are removed and asks for comments about the alternatives to using migrant labour and evidence of labour shortages. This is an important consultation and AGCAS would like to hear as many views and collect as much evidence as possible from HE careers and employability professionals before drafting an official response.
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4 Oct 2012
Vacancies on the AGCAS Internationalisation Task Group
The AGCAS Internationalisation Task Group is seeking two new members to join the group and help shape the careers support available to international students at UK universities and encourage UK students to gain an international outlook. The group meets two to three times annually to work on a wide range of events and resources.
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4 Oct 2012
Plymouth University Careers Service wins national enterprise award
Plymouth University Careers Service has won the Enterprise Champion Award at the National Enterprise Education Awards. In partnership with Working Knowledge, Plymouth University has used FLUX, an enterprise challenge for students, as a way of engaging students in the possibility of setting up their own business, while at the same time using FLUX events to develop the employability skills of their students. Working in teams of four to six, students have half a day to create a business idea before presenting it to a panel of business 'dragons'.
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4 Oct 2012
AGCAS and the CDI
AGCAS continues to develop an excellent relationship with the newly-formed Career Development Institute (CDI). The CDI has now registered its articles and rules with Company House and is attracting new members, as well as those from the Careers Profession Alliance's (CPA) previous four formative bodies. With the demise of the CPA, the CDI intends to release monthly bulletins and is working on a prospectus to encourage interest in its services.
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