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Undergraduate Employability Technology-enabled Employer Engagement in Analytical Chemistry

Undergraduate Employability Technology-enabled Employer Engagement in Analytical Chemistry. Project leader: Dr Carolyn Morton , Associate Head of Department for Forensic, Analytical and Chemical Sciences Key researcher: Dr Adrian Crew , Research Fellow, Dept of Applied Sciences.

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Undergraduate Employability Technology-enabled Employer Engagement in Analytical Chemistry

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  1. Undergraduate Employability • Technology-enabled Employer Engagement in Analytical Chemistry • Project leader: • Dr Carolyn Morton, Associate Head of Department forForensic, Analytical and Chemical Sciences • Key researcher: • Dr Adrian Crew, Research Fellow, Dept of Applied Sciences

  2. Why? Employability – Awareness – employer and student Enhancement Issues with employer engagement Time Perceived benefit Project – streamline the process with advantages for employers and students

  3. What? Technology-enabled engagement between employer and student “Dragons’ Den” using video conferencing between • Employers from analytical and forensic science sectors and • Year 2 BSc Forensic Science students undertaking a module in analytical chemistry

  4. Aims: • Employer contact – expand links, enhance curriculum, potential collaborations, work experience, employment • Student experience • increase motivation, see relevance of study, develop presentation and IT skills • Develop guidelines to facilitate adoption of similar approaches by others

  5. Approach: • Recruit willing employers - contacted 36 companies from the forensic, environmental, water, pharmaceutical, food and instrumentation sectors • Develop appropriate task for students - volunteers - 10 minute presentation on laboratory experiment including applications - all – 400 word section in assignment on relevance of the analytical technique in industry – after hearing from employers on video • Research the available technologies - Polycom video conferencing (VCON) – available at UWE - researched 25 online meeting systems

  6. Technologies compared - requirements: FlashMeetingonline meeting technology access to internet with webcam and microphone for all participants convener to register to set up the meeting 2. PolycomVideoconferencing (VCON) system each participant ideally has (any version of) videoconferencing facility – local arrangements alternatively can phone in (audio only) hosted at UWE – book appropriate room(s)

  7. The exercise in action Flash meeting: employer, then student 2. Video conferencing: a) student presenting to employers b) employer giving context c) employer giving information and questioning student

  8. Conclusions: • Quality of video conferencing superior to FlashMeeting • Student perception of relevance of course to employers greatly enhanced • Very positive feedback from employers – impressed by work being done by students, quality of presentations, usefulness of technology

  9. Future: • Expand subject matter for exercise (to include DNA analysis) • Increase the number of employersinvolved • Incorporate in “Graduate Development Programme” – year two support for employability • Encourage adoption by others • Encourage collaborations/research/projects/ • work experience to follow this exercise

  10. Relevance? • - module perceived as difficult but useful for employability skills (specific or generic) • - employers who would be interested to learn what skills our students develop or talent-spot • Top tips • 10-point guidelines on website • Example student assessment • Briefing document for employers

  11. Thanks to: The project team at Bournemouth University Royal Society of Chemistry SW spoke HE STEM Programme

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