Conference programme

Below is the full agenda for the conference. Here you can watch the keynote and panel recordings from the main session. To watch the recordings from the parallel sessions please click on the session title.

09:15 – 09:30

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09:30 – 09:40

Welcome Address (including directions to poster displays)

Dr Liz Marr – PVC Students, The Open University
Dr Doug Cole – Deputy Director of Employability, Nottingham Trent University

09:40 – 10:20

Opening Keynote Presentation

Reimagining success in Higher Education - Dr Cath Bishop

10:20 – 10:25

Break to allow delegates to join their chosen session: Posters on display

10:25 – 11:25

Parallel Session 1 (1 hour)

A: Future Focused employability

B: Employability, Access and Participation

C: Employer engagement in curriculum, learning and teaching

D: The Student Experience

Presentation: 30 minutes

Six Pedagogical Principles for Careers and Employability Learning in Higher Education

Michael Healy

Career Ahead, Australia

Lightning Talk: 15 minutes

Early career mobility of female doctorate holders

Dr Inma Álvarez, Dr Clare Horáčková & Dr Jitka Vseteckova

The Open University

Lightning Talk: 15 minutes

Optimising the Employability of our Students through Co-Design

Lauren Moriarty

Leeds Beckett University

Lightning Talk: 15 minutes

To create an affordable, calm, creative and collaborative space for students embarking on their higher education journey

Julia De Meo & Jitse van Ameijde (OU) - students from Bangladesh university

The Open University and Batayon Pathagar, Bangladesh

Presentation: 30 minutes

Rethinking the Relations Between Graduate Employability and Employment

Dr Jason Brown

Career Ahead & The University of Southern Queensland, Australia

Workshop: 45 minutes

Enhancing social care worker employability through innovative cross-sector professional learning provision

Sylvia Warnecke, Bärbel Brash & Rosi Mele

The Open University and Lingo Flamingo

Lightning Talk: 15 minutes

Value of work-integrated learning to support student transition into career roles

Sarah Carnegie

Newcastle University Business School

Lightning Talk: 15 minutes

Psychological Wellbeing and Sustainable Careers: Insights from Graduates in India

Dr Nimmi P Mohandas &

Dr William E Donald

Adishankara Business School, ASIET & University of Southampton

Presentation: 30 minutes

Live Briefs – ARU’s approach to integrating real world professional experiences within the curriculum

Sarah Janes & Dr Marina Boz

Anglia Ruskin University

Presentation: 30 minutes

Critical ‘employability’ within the realms of sociology – a movement toward ‘social justice’

Dr Richard Gee

Nottingham Trent University

11:25 – 11:35	*Break: Posters on display*
11:35 – 12:35	Parallel Session 2 (1 hour)
11:35 – 12:35	A: Future Focused employability	B: Employability, Access and Participation	C: Employer engagement in curriculum, learning and teaching	D: The Student Experience
	Presentation: 30 minutes The student-led committee: a model for developing autonomy, self-efficacy, interpersonal skills, shared ownership, responsibility and resilience Rebecca Gamble & Chris Jones Nottingham Trent University	Workshop: 45 minutes Supporting the employability of adults aged 50+ in the post Covid-19 era Dr Emma Bolger University of the West of Scotland	Presentation: 30 minutes Employer Engagement in the physics curriculum: enhancing students’ career readiness Dr Andrew Hirst, Dr Samantha Pugh & Siddeequah Azmi White Rose Industrial Physics Academy (University of York & University of Leeds)	Presentation: 30 minutes The Professional Ecology of Careers and Employability Support in Higher Education: Lessons from Australia Michael Healy Career Ahead, Australia
	Presentation: 30 minutes Work-ready graduates: Building employability skills for a hybrid world Liz Spratt & Matt Swarbrick Chartered Management Institute	Lightning Talk: 15 minutes Making it Work makes the case for Specialist Support Laura Millar Fife Gingerbread	Presentation: 30 minutes Beyond the classroom: A new model to demonstrate how experiential learning can develop soft skills and aid employability Dr Rod Brazier London College of Contemporary Arts	Presentation: 30 minutes Career Stage Framework: Meeting students where they are in their employability journey Laura Brammar & Liz Wilkinson The Careers Group, University of London
12:35 –13:05	*Lunch: Posters on display*
13:05 – 13:55	*Keynote Presentation 2* An Integrating Perspective on Lifelong-Lifewide Learning for Employability and Sustainable Regenerative Futures - Prof Norman Jackson, Emeritus Professor, University of Surrey
13:55 – 14:00	*Break to allow delegates to join their chosen session: Posters on display*

14:00 – 15:00	Parallel Session 3 (1 hour)
	A: Future Focused employability	B: Employability, Access and Participation	C: Employer engagement in curriculum, learning and teaching	D: The Student Experience
	Presentation: 30 minutes We need to talk about Albert: Employability is Sustainability Kenneth Fox Canterbury Christ Church University	Presentation: 30 minutes Start as you mean to go on - Orientate, Apply and Connect: Transition pedagogy to introduce the concept of employability to new Higher Education learners Charmayne Myers Sheffield Hallam University	Lightning Talk: 15 minutes How higher education institutions (HEIs) create alliances with small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) Katie McAllister University Centre Peterborough	Lightning Talk: 15 minutes Learning to tell a powerful graduate story Angela Vesey & Anne Owen Nottingham Trent University
	Presentation: 30 minutes Reinforcing the Employability-Sustainability Nexus: the case of Nottingham Business School Fiona Winfield & Dr Muhammad Mazhar Nottingham Trent University	Presentation: 30 minutes Identity and Employability: Challenges and Opportunities in the context of Covid-19 Chris Jones & Cassie White Nottingham Trent University	Workshop: 45 minutes Using visual methods to enhance our understanding of international student employability Dr Xin Zhao & Dr Emma Parry The University of Sheffield	Lightning Talk: 15 minutes Data, Data Everywhere but what do students think? Evidencing employability in careers provision through quality assurance and student voice Lydia Lauder & Dr Victoria Crowe The Open University
				Presentation: 30 minutes Pinning down employability -- digital badging on an undergraduate module at The Open University Business School Terry O’Sullivan The Open University
15:00 – 15:10	*Break: Posters on display*
15:10 – 15:55	*Panel Discussion: Employability: expanding the narrative for a rapidly changing world – continuing the conversation* Chair: Mick McCormick, The Open University Panel members: DebbIe McVitty (WonkHE), Employer Voice: Mark Andrews (Adobe) Dr Doug Cole (Deputy Director of Employability, Nottingham Trent University) and Dr Cath Bishop
15:55 – 16:00	Close – Dr Sally Hayes

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