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Enhancing Undergraduate Employability in Geography Programs: Learning from Leading Universities

This event focuses on embedding career development in geography, earth, and environmental sciences undergraduate programs. Experts share innovative approaches to enhance graduate employability through interactive sessions and discussions.

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Enhancing Undergraduate Employability in Geography Programs: Learning from Leading Universities

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  1. Delivering career and employment development opportunities within undergraduate teaching programmes in Geography, Earth and Environmental SciencesUniversity of Leicester15th June 2012

  2. Programme – 1st session 9.30 9.50 Arrival and coffee 9.50 10.00 Welcome and logistics 10.00 11.15 Umbrella theme: Embedding employability into the curriculum • Martin Stokes - 'Module embedded careers and employment provision for final year Earth Science students: a Plymouth University example' (10 mins) • Kevin Tansey - 'Workplace Geographies: Informing on the importance of a Geography degree leading to a career' (10 minutes) • Dave Holwell - 'Employability in Geology at Leicester: embedding interaction with industry throughout the degree course' (10 minutes) • Colin Pitts - 'Career Development and enhancement for Environmental Science students at the University of Leeds' (10 minutes) Questions and Discussion (35 minutes) 11.15 11.45 Break and coffee

  3. Programme – 2nd session 11.45 13.00 Umbrella theme: Supporting career development and professional practice • Steve Rice - 'Professional Practice in Environmental Management at Loughborough University' (10 minutes) • Jen O'Brien - 'Building alumni networks to create employability opportunities at the University of Manchester' (10 minutes) • Colin Houston – ‘The Institution of Environmental Sciences: Starting students on their career path in the Environmental Sciences’ (10 minutes)’ Questions and Discussion (45 minutes) 13.00 14.00 Lunch & Networking

  4. Programme – 3rd session 14.00 15.30 Umbrella theme: Developing graduates with an extra dimension • Helen Walkington - ''GEES Support from the Higher Education Academy (HEA)’ (10 minutes) • Richard Wilcock - 'Views from the University of Leicester Careers Service' (20 minutes) • Invited Speaker: Simon Reichwald from Bright Futures Resourcing Ltd. - 'Developing talent, skills and competencies in the Institution: views from employers' (30 minutes) Questions & Discussion (30 minutes) 15.30 16.00 Outputs, future workshops and actions 16.00 Close

  5. Other • A planned fire alarm test at 12 noon • Toilets • Lunch • Presentation and brief notes of the discussion points will be collated and distributed. • Made available through a web site (TBD) • Volunteers for chairs for sessions

  6. Rationale • Recently become careers tutor in the department • Dismayed at the graduate prospects for geographers in early years • Understood that many were not job ready • Implemented a new module • What are others doing to improve prospects • How can we all work better together

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