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Presentation slides and recordings
– Day one
Welcome and Keynote Speakers: Dr Andrea Laczik, Professor Prue Huddleston, Nick Chambers, Professor Phillip Brown, Marie-Therese McGivern
- Welcome and Keynote Speakers – slides
- Professor Phillip Brown – Research Link
- Welcome and Keynote Speakers – recording
Breakout 1, session 1. Speakers: Rob Smith, Michaela Brockmann, Vanessa Cui, Susan James Relly, Ashmita Randhawa, James Robson, Jim Hordern
- Apprenticeships: ‘invested’ partnerships as a vehicle for co-producing high quality apprenticeships – slides
- Levelling the playing field: vocational education as prestigious pathway – slides
- Specialised practice and the vocational curriculum – slides
- Breakout 1, session 1 – recording
Breakout 1, session 2. Speakers: Haryanti Affandi, Kristen Osborne, Paul Quigley
- Exploring barriers and the way forward in managing Malaysian industry-institution partnership – slides
- Work-based education in Australian VET – slides
- How Large Employers Engage with Apprenticeships in Scotland – slides
- Breakout 1, session 2 – recording
Breakout 1, session 3. Speakers: Irina Maslo, Roy Priest, Kat Emms, Natasha Kersh, Andrea Laczik
- Efficient opportunities to engage employers within the curriculum: an example of the practice of the University of Latvia – slides
- Cascading the Industrial Mentors Model for University–Industry Interaction. Benefits and Barriers – slides
- Employer Engagement in Higher Education: Developing student employability with two UK case studies – slides
- Breakout 1, session 3 – recording
Breakout 1, session 4. Speakers: David Leat, Robert Craig, Catherine Sezen, Lynne Rogers, Alan McKenna
- What role does brokerage play in planning and delivering curriculum projects involving employers and community partners? – slides
- Better Prepared: Essential skills and employment outcomes for young people – slides
- The role of 14 to 16 delivery in colleges in supporting Education, Engagement and Employability – slides
- Breakout 1, session 4 – recording
Breakout 1, session 5. Speakers: Nicola Stenberg, Katey Curtis, Sam Wood, Kelsy Wharton
Case Study – Westminster Kingsway College – Preparation for Work: Linking Colleges and Employers. Speakers: Paul Jervis
- Case Study – Westminster Kingsway College – slides
- Case Study – Westminster Kingsway College – recording
Breakout 2, session 1. Speakers: Christine Looser, Tina Götschi, David Kaye, Rachel Kitley, Tom Harding, Nigel Harley, Iain Mackinnon
- Leveraging Project-Based Learning and Employer Collaboration to Improve Student Outcomes – slides
- The Ada approach to project based learning with industry partners – slides
- Maritime Future: Working with employers to integrate real world maritime knowledge, skills and experiences into a mainstream secondary school – slides
- Breakout 2, session 1 – recording
Breakout 2, session 2. Speakers: Deirdre Hughes, Ifza Shakoor, Jansev Jemal, David Gallagher, Hannah Blake, Jill Hanson
- Career-related learning in primary schools: A collaborative city-wide approach – slides
- Employer centricity in a decentralised world – slides
- A Comparison of Welsh and English approaches to employer engagement in secondary schools: The importance of strategic collaboration – slides
- Breakout 2, session 2 – recording
Breakout 2, session 3. Speakers: Anna Trocme Latter, Adam Wilson, Fernando Marhuenda
- Employer Engagement: Boosting Attainment and Wellbeing – slides
- WISEs: employer engagement in preparation for work and citizenship – slides
- Breakout 2, session 3 – recording
Breakout 2, session 4. Speakers: Susan McGrath, Sarah Taunton, Maia Madhvani, Emily Kay
- Fulfilling the potential of BTEC learners: from GCSEs to a graduate profession – slides
- Breakout 2, session 4 – recording
Breakout 2, session 5. Speakers: Mary Lyons, Louise Loxton
- Futureproofing Enterprise Engagement – Further Education & Training Policy in Ireland – slides
- Employers as Partners in Learning – The Manchester College (Further Education) – slides
- Breakout 2, session 5 – recording
Panel Session 1 – Employer Engagement: Curriculum, Qualifications and Assessment. Speakers: Professor Prue Huddleston, Suzie Branch-Haddow, Patrick Craven, Jennifer Coupland
– Day two
Panel Session 2 – Skills Development: The Role of Employers. Speakers: Dr Andrea Laczik, Professor Ewart Keep, Professor Hubert Ertl, Gert Rohrmann
Breakout 3, session 1. Speakers: Lynne Rogers, Bev Jones, Ruth Gilbert
- Careers Colleges: a model for embedding employer engagement within the curriculum – slides
- Developing employer partnerships to drive curriculum change – slides
- Breakout 3, session 1 – recording
Breakout 3, session 2. Speakers: Erica Smith, Annette Foley, David Turner, Holly Henderson, Kat Emms
- Preparation for post-school careers in rural and peri-urban Australia: Connections with employers and labour markets – slides
- Employer engagement for Youth Transitions: Crafted for a COVID-impacted world – slides
- Developing online learning in vocational education in small island context of the British Isles – slides
- Breakout 3, session 2 – recording
Breakout 3, session 3. Speakers: Xin Zhao, Belgin Okay-Somerville, Stephanie Allais
- The relevance of employability skills in the 21st-century: the overseas employers’ perspective – slides
- Clash of perspectives: Young people’s vs employers’ views of young people’s soft skills in Turkey – slides
- Linkages between skills production and productive sectors: Social partners’ perceptions from different African countries – slides
- Breakout 3, session 3 – recording
Breakout 3, session 4. Speakers: Isobel Finlay, Allegra Spender, Alma Sobrevilla, Malcolm Greig, Zoe Mackay
- The Enterprise Adviser role: strategic employer engagement in careers education – slides
- Sustainability in School/Business Partnerships – Experience of the Australian Business & Community Network – slides
- Productivity Growth of Modern Apprentices in Scotland – slides
- Breakout 3, session 4 – recording
Breakout 3, session 5. Speakers: Emily Tanner, Emma Parry, Sarah Brooks
- The development of a tool to measure student progress in career readiness across secondary education in England – slides
- Embedding Employer Engagement to Prepare Students for Career Self-Management During and Beyond University – slides
- Breakout 3, session 5 – recording
Case Study – School 21 – Real World Learning. Speakers: Cassie Cramer, Oli de Botton
Breakout 4, session 1. Speakers: Belgin Okay-Somerville, Simon O’Leary, Heidi Ashton
- Understanding graduate employability during COVID 19 pandemic – slides
- Opportunities to enhance graduate employability – slides
- You don’t need a degree: freelancing, employer engagement and the challenges for HE – slides
- Breakout 4, session 1 – recording
Breakout 4, session 2. Speakers: Mark Addis, Stephen Sowa, Graham Attwell, Sophia Roppertz
- Autonomy and expertise in the English workplace – slides
- Primary school pupil’s career aspirations and job automation risks – slides
- Preparation of learners, teachers and trainers in the age of Artificial Intelligence – slides
- Breakout 4, session 2 – recording
Breakout 4, session 3. Speakers: Pauline Holbrook, Carmel McKeogh, Susie Rutkowski
- Educable but employable? – slides
- Developing an international employability curriculum – slides
- Breakout 4, session 3 – recording
Breakout 4, session 4. Speakers: Alison Whelan, Faye Jones, Dan Gourley, Sam Holmes, Aron Rouse
- Developing collaborative project-based learning across FE and industry: Making meaningful links between vocational courses and the world of work – slides
- When learning goals click with learners’ goals: practical pedagogy for impactful employer engagement – slides
- Breakout 4, session 4 – recording
Breakout 4, session 5. Speakers: Niamh McGarry, Freya Jamieson-Smith, Leon Gidigbi
- Youth Employment 2030 (YE2030) – Research and advocacy, led by young people for young people
- Breakout 4, session 5 – recording
Panel Session 3 and Conference Close – Employer Engagement: International Perspectives. Speakers: Ann-Marie Bathmaker, Dr Anthony Mann, Sareena Hopkins, Dr Paul Comyn, Alice Barnard
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