Common use of Graduate destinations Clause in Contracts

Graduate destinations. In excess of 50 pc of our students are from households where income is less than £42,000 pa so we understand the importance of ensuring that students have the knowledge, skills and experiences to be able to fully exploit their journey into Higher Education and gain employment in graduate-level jobs. Using the University’s STEP programme our Careers Service is to introduce specific employability support through a bespoke careers customer relationship management system to enable individual students to access more timely, relevant and pertinent support. Access to job opportunities has been improved as has the management information to support WP students through into the work place and as alumni. Many of our programmes have embedded work placements, links with employers, industry accreditations, as well as sector-specific employability and enterprise modules. We also have a start- up enterprise module that is run by the Business School, available to all students who wish to launch their own business at the end of their studies. To support effective transition to the labour market, we have invested in a progressive work experience programme tailored both to students’ courses and their career aspirations on graduation that launched in 2013-14. This builds upon the existing services and support of our Careers and Employability Service to ensure that students will graduate with:  A good quality, current CV.  Interview preparation.  Experience of a recruitment process.  Transferable skills for the workplace – as per CBI ‘Future Fit’ report of 2009.  Substantive work experience. Our commitment is to make sure that Level 5 students and graduates from all disciplines who register on the programme, and successfully complete the necessary preparation, have the opportunity to apply for an expanded programme of carefully matched short and longer term internships with employers. In response to the Destination of Leavers from Higher Education survey 2012-13 (DLHE) survey the Careers and Employability Service focuses on collaborative working with academic departments principally to deliver experiential learning opportunities to develop employability skills. Using DLHE survey results a gap analysis reveals those departments where the greatest effort to achieve either graduate employability or further study is required.

Graduate destinations. In excess of 50 pc of our students are from households where income is less than £42,000 pa so we understand the importance of ensuring that students have the knowledge, skills and experiences to be able to fully exploit their journey into Higher Education and gain employment in graduate-level jobs. Using the University’s STEP programme our Careers Service is to introduce specific employability support through a bespoke careers customer relationship management system to enable individual students to access more timely, relevant and pertinent support. Access to job opportunities has been improved as has the management information to support WP students through into the work place and as alumni. Many of our programmes have embedded work placements, links with employers, industry accreditations, as well as sector-specific employability and enterprise modules. We also have a start- up enterprise module that is run by the Business SchoolSchool of Enterprise, Management and Leadership that is available to all students who wish to launch their own business at the end of their studies. To support effective transition to the labour market, we have invested in a progressive work experience programme package tailored both to students’ courses and their career aspirations on graduation that launched in 2013-14. This builds upon the existing services and support of our Careers and Employability Service Service. This aims to ensure that students will graduate with:  A good quality, current CV. quality up-to-date CV  Interview preparation. Identified transferable skills  Workplace skills  Substantive relevant work experience  Experience of a recruitment process. process  Transferable skills for the workplace – as per CBI ‘Future Fit’ report of 2009.  Substantive work experienceInterview preparation. Our commitment is to make sure that Level 5 students and graduates from all disciplines who register on the programme, and successfully complete the necessary preparation, have the opportunity to apply for an expanded programme of carefully matched short and longer term internships with employers. In response to the Destination of Leavers from Higher Education survey 20122011-13 12 (DLHE) survey the Careers and Employability Service focuses will be focusing on collaborative working with academic departments principally with an emphasis on careers information tools and job-hunting modules. In addition, the following areas will be further developed: utilising the outcomes of the DHLE statistics to deliver experiential learning opportunities to develop employability skills. Using DLHE survey results work with specific academic departments and other targeted individuals and groups of students via a gap analysis reveals those departments where the greatest effort to achieve either graduate employability better prepare students for employment or further study is requiredstudy.

Graduate destinations. In excess of 50 pc per cent of our students are from households where income is less than £42,000 pa so we understand the importance of ensuring that students have the knowledge, skills and experiences to be able to fully exploit their journey into Higher Education and gain employment in graduate-level jobs. Using the University’s STEP programme our Careers Service is to introduce specific employability support through a bespoke careers customer relationship management system to enable individual students to access more timely, relevant and pertinent support. Access to job opportunities has been improved as has the management information to support WP students through into the work place and as alumni. Many of our programmes have embedded work placements, links with employers, industry accreditations, as well as sector-specific employability and enterprise modules. We also have a start- up enterprise module that is run by the Business School, available to all students who wish to launch their own business at the end of their studies. To support effective transition to the labour market, we have invested in a progressive work experience programme tailored both to students’ courses and their career aspirations on graduation that launched in 2013-14. This builds upon the existing services and support of our Careers and Employability Service to ensure that students will graduate with:  A good quality, current CV.  Interview preparation.  Experience of a recruitment process.  Transferable skills for the workplace – as per CBI ‘Future Fit’ report of 2009.  Substantive work experience. Our commitment is to make sure that Level 5 students and graduates from all disciplines who register on the programme, and successfully complete the necessary preparation, have the opportunity to apply for an expanded programme of carefully matched short and longer term internships with employers. In response to the Destination of Leavers from Higher Education survey 2012-13 (DLHE) survey the Careers and Employability Service focuses on collaborative working with academic departments principally to deliver experiential learning opportunities to develop employability skills. Using DLHE survey results a gap analysis reveals those departments where the greatest effort to achieve either graduate employability or further study is required.

Graduate destinations. In excess of 50 pc of our students are from households where income is less than £42,000 pa so we understand the importance of ensuring that students have the knowledge, skills and experiences to be able to fully exploit their journey into Higher Education and gain employment in graduate-level jobs. Using the University’s STEP programme our Careers Service is to introduce specific employability support through a bespoke careers customer relationship management system to enable individual students to access more timely, relevant and pertinent support. Access to job opportunities has been improved as has the management information to support WP students through into the work place and as alumni. Many of our programmes have embedded work placements, links with employers, industry accreditations, as well as sector-specific employability and enterprise modules. We also have a start- up enterprise module that is run by the Business School, available to all students who wish to launch their own business at the end of their studies. To support effective transition to the labour market, we have invested in a progressive work experience programme tailored both to students’ courses and their career aspirations on graduation that launched in 2013-14. This builds upon the existing services and support of our Careers and Employability Service to ensure that students will graduate with:  • A good quality, current CV.  • Interview preparation.  • Experience of a recruitment process.  • Transferable skills for the workplace – as per CBI ‘Future Fit’ report of 2009.  • Substantive work experience. Our commitment is to make sure that Level 5 students and graduates from all disciplines who register on the programme, and successfully complete the necessary preparation, have the opportunity to apply for an expanded programme of carefully matched short and longer term internships with employers. In response to the Destination of Leavers from Higher Education survey 2012-13 (DLHE) survey the Careers and Employability Service focuses on collaborative working with academic departments principally to deliver experiential learning opportunities to develop employability skills. Using DLHE survey results a gap analysis reveals those departments where the greatest effort to achieve either graduate employability or further study is required.