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Tracking Routes into Public Service Emma Brett Public Service degrees • Image of students in public service Employability “a set of achievements skills, understandings and personal attributes that make graduates more likely to gain employment and be successful in their chosen occupations, which benefits themselves, the workforce, the community and the economy.” (Yorke, Knight et al, 2003) Public Service degrees: Work placements: – WBL1 – WBL2 Guest lectures Public Service Forum Teaching & Assessment Employability module Total responses by year of graduation 14 No. of responses 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 1 2 3 Years since graduation 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Destinations 11% Working in public sector 7% Working in private sector 47% 11% Travelling Further study 24% Low skilled Findings • graphs Which aspects were most helpful? 70 60 50 40 All Public Sector 30 Private sector etc 20 10 0 WBL1* WBL2* Module content Outside speakers PDP Presentations Reports Essays Dissertation Changes • widened range of work placements • made explicit focus on skills and employability in work placement modules – – content and assignment – Employability Service input • Social media • Dissertations Summary • Graduate destinations – Range – Contact • Reflection & articulation • Further research Bibliography • • • • • • • • • • Blasko, Z., Brennan, J. and Shah, T. (2002) Access to what? Analysis of Factors determining Graduate Employability Report to HEFCE by the Centre for Higher Education Research and Information (CHERI). Available from: http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/rdreports/2002/rd14_02 (accessed 14/08/13) CBI (2011) Working towards your future: making the most of your time in higher education London: CBI. Available from: http://aces.shu.ac.uk/employability/resources/CBI_NUS_Employability%20report_May%202011.pdf (accessed 12/08/13) Constable, J. (2012) PhD research presentation, Social Science Research Seminar Series, Anglia Ruskin University, unpublished work in progress Cooper, C.; & Ingram, S. (2004). Retention of Police Officers: A Study of Resignations and Transfers in Ten Forces. RDS Occasional Paper No. 86. London: Home Office Edwards et al, (2002) Increasing response rates to postal questionnaires: a systematic review BMJ 2002; 324: 1183 available at http://www.bmj.com/content/324/7347/1183 (accessed 05/07/12) Harvey, L. (2003) Transitions from Higher Education to Work: A briefing paper prepared by Lee Harvey (Centre for Research and Evaluation, Sheffield Hallam University), with advice from ESECT and LTSN Generic Centre colleagues. Available from: http://bit.ly/oeCgqW (accessed 08/06/12) Hogan-Howe, B. (2012) The Commissioner’s View Metropolitan Police available at http://www.metpolicecareers.co.uk/graduates/commissioners-view.html (accessed 08/06/12) Pegg et al, (2012) Pedagogy for Employability, HEA, available from http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/assets/documents/employability/pedagogy_for_employability_update_2012.pdf (accessed 07/06/13) UKCES (2008) UK Commission for Employment and Skills - Employability Skills Project. Review of Evidence on Best Practice in Teaching and Assessing Employability Skills Available from: http://www.ukces.org.uk/publications/employability-skills-project (accessed 07/06/13) Yorke M & Knight P et al (2003) The Undergraduate Curriculum and Employability [online] LTSN Generic Centre, York, available at http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources.asp?process=full_record§ion=generic&id=248 (accessed 07/06/13)