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ERIC Number: EJ959259
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Dec
Pages: 8
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1479-7860
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"Here's One We Prepared Earlier": Involving Former Students in Careers Advice
Willmott, Chris
Bioscience Education, v18 Article 3SE Dec 2011
Graduate employability is an important concern for contemporary universities. Alongside the development of employability skills, it is also crucial that students of bioscience, a "non-vocational" subject, have awareness of the breadth of potential careers that can follow from their initial degree. Over the past five years we have developed the Careers After Biological Science (CABS) programme. Former students are invited back to describe their current role and offer practical advice to undergraduates who may be considering moving into a similar discipline. The speakers' career profiles and associated resources are then collated onto an open-access website for the benefit of the wider community. This project is characterised by two principal innovations; the pivotal role of alumni in the delivery of careers education, and the integrated use of multiple social media (web2.0) technologies in both the organisation of careers events and development of an open access repository of careers profiles and associated resources. (Contains 1 figure.)
Centre for Bioscience, The Higher Education Academy. Room 9.15 Worsley Building, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK. Tel: +44-113-343-3001; Fax: +44-113-343-5894; e-mail: beej@leeds.ac.uk; Web site: http://www.bioscience.heacademy.ac.uk/journal
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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