{"id":221,"date":"2016-08-07T20:01:22","date_gmt":"2016-08-07T10:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.futurecapable.com\/?p=221"},"modified":"2016-08-07T20:01:22","modified_gmt":"2016-08-07T10:01:22","slug":"graduate-employability-2-0-learning-for-professional-connectedness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.futurecapable.com\/?p=221","title":{"rendered":"Graduate employability 2.0: Learning for professional connectedness"},"content":{"rendered":"

July was a busy month for me. I interviewed 43 people in different roles from a total of 26 Australian universities, to build a national picture of higher education engagement with learning and teaching for professional connectedness. The team have also profiled a number of humanities, arts and social sciences graduates and industry \/ community representatives across Australia to explore how professional connections and networks are important for success in 21st<\/sup> century work and life (more on these findings later).<\/span><\/p>\n

Key findings of the higher education interviews<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Australia wide, universities are stepping up to the challenge of fostering graduate employability through industry and community engagement. There is a national movement towards the development of university-wide employability strategies and infusion of employability skills and career development learning into all levels of the curriculum and elements of the university experience.<\/span><\/p>\n

We are using a range of broad pedagogic approaches that support support the university-wide strategies, including: new models of WIL, alumni engagement, direct industry teaching, co-curricular facilitation and recognition, social media and professional identity building online, and connected learning.<\/span><\/p>\n

We continue to struggle with the resource-intensiveness of effective industry engagement, and the scalability of our programs. The ad hoc approaches that used to work with a small number of students across a few programs and a few industry partners are proving less effective as we move into an era where 100% of our students will experience learning that is integrated with, related to, and\/or otherwise connected with the world of work.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some specific thoughts about students’ professional connectedness capabilities<\/span>
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