Enterprise and employability
About this topic
As well as developing our students into experts in their fields of study, we equip candidates with relevant and transferable skills which can be used in any employment setting.
This topic centres around two related themes:
- Employability: shaping individuals with work ready skills that transfer across disciplines.
- Enterprise: shaping individuals capable of identifying opportunity and novelty.
This includes ensuring students have skills related to communication and interpersonal relations and are able to develop awareness of recognising value in ideas.
This topic offers examples of good practice in higher education, both in terms of case studies of embedded practice but also as standalone educational policy. Furthermore it is anticipated that the subject will also cover aspects of what is expected in terms of employability and enterprise from the point of view of potential employers.
Case Studies
Pod JOMEC Cymraeg
Sian Lloyd and Andrew Weeks
Published 23 Jul 2021 • 15 mins read
In this presentation from the 2021 Learning & Teaching Conference the Pod JOMEC Cymraeg team discuss their series of podcasts and the process of producing and commissioning, developing digital skills and developing skills for the workplace
Topics
Ways of learning | Digital & Information Literacy | Enterprise & Employability | Engaging with student feedback |
-1 recommendations
Wales, Germany... the World!
Rhys Pearce-Palmer
Published 22 Jul 2021 • 7 mins read
This Pecha Kucha presentation from the 2021 Learning & Teaching Conference explores the planning and details that went into delivering the social entrepreneurship programme to inspire and motivate students to engaging with an intensive
Topics
Enterprise & Employability | Designing for distance learners | Mentoring |0 recommendations
YMLAEN: work placements for self-employment
Rhys Pearce-Palmer and Jannat Ahmed
Published 16 Jan 2020 • 7 mins read
In this video Rhys Pearce-Palmer and Jannat Ahmed talk about YMLAEN - a scheme which places aspiring entrepreneurs and freelancers in co-working hubs around the city with a package of financial and expert support.
Topics
Ways of learning | Enterprise & Employability |1 recommendations
Growing Ideas using the Concept Canvas
Rhys Pearce-Palmer, Sian Eddy & Louise Miles-Payne
Published 17 Jan 2020 • 42 minutes read
One of the workshops delivered most frequently by the Enterprise & Start-up Team is about business models. The workshop allows students to discuss and develop business models, improves their commercial awareness and provides the tools they need to
Topics
Enterprise & Employability | Facilitating group work |3 recommendations
The Business of Architecture - A Start-Up Journey
Claire Parry-Witchell
Published 21 Jul 2021 • 7mins read
This Pecha Kucha presentation from the 2021 Learning & Teaching Conference illustrates the design process of the Welsh School of Architecture's 'Virtual Studios' project, and following on, the value the students gained from this experience using
Topics
Ways of learning | Enterprise & Employability |0 recommendations
Students as Partners in an Online Context: A Placement Student Story
Charis Francis
Published 23 Jul 2021 • 15 mins read
This presentation from the 2021 Learning & Teaching Conference explores student engagement in action through student partners on placement, and the impact the COVID crisis has had on working with student partners digitally.
Topics
Enterprise & Employability | Engaging with student feedback |1 recommendations
Cardiff Resources
Computing for Maths
Cardiff University Enterprise Team
Published 19 Apr 2017 • 10 min read
Educational innovation leads to attributes for employment within the School of Mathematics.
Topics
Ways of learning | Learning journeys | Enterprise & Employability |0 recommendations
External resources
Please find a link to the Higher Education Academy's Framework for embedding employability in higher education - https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/enhancement/frameworks/framework-embedding-employability-higher-education
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