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My Perfect Cousin, what I like to do he
doesn’t: Undertones of Employability
Joshua Forstenzer, Simon Middleton, Andrew
Taylor, Richard Ward
The University of Sheffield
Aims of the Session
• This session will seek to explore perspectives on the
nature of skills development for Arts, Humanities and the
Social Sciences. We will consider factors such as:
• If and how the curriculum should reflect the Sheffield Graduate
attributes;
• Pressures to embed soft skills and transferable skills within the
curriculum in an explicit manner (including study skills modules
and enterprise learning) e.g. to meet the needs of employers;
• Whether it is necessary promote employability skills;
• The responsibility of students for reflecting on their own skills
acquisition.
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The Discussion Panel
• Simon Middleton (History)
• Andrew Taylor (Politics)
• Joshua Forstenzer (President, Union of
Students)
Facilitator
• Richard Ward, LeTS
Achieving ‘Employability’ by Design?
• Sheffield Graduate Attributes
• Hotter topic after the Browne Review and the
Comprehensive Spending Review
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Value for money and employability implicit future criteria
for performance judgements
• Employers want soft skills and emotional intelligence.
• Prospective students may want to judge the potential
returns on their choice of degree
Structure of the Session
• Panelists will each establish a position on
how we should approach teaching and
identifying skills in the curriculum that
support employability.
• Members of the audience will then be
invited to challenge the panelists and
contribute their own views.