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Graduates for the 21st Century – Integrating the Enhancement Themes
Philip Winn
University of Strathclyde
Graduates for the 21st Century: what are we doing?
At the heart of this Theme is consolidation of, and reflection on, the work of the Enhancement Theme programme – all Themes and projects started since 2003. The goal of integrating their outcomes relies on updating and refreshing the material that was produced previously.
Graduates for the 21st Century: what are we doing?
Institutional; Areas of shared interest; Sectoral
Teams – all assembled and working
Students – representation on (most) teams
Money – it’s being spent: events, staff, projects, online
Graduates for the 21st Century: what are we doing?
Institutional; Areas of shared interest; Sectoral
Auditing – previous engagements
Linking & integrating – assessment in the first year
Strategic redevelopments – in many HEIs at the moment
Graduate attributes – and curriculum design
Graduates for the 21st Century: what are we doing?
Institutional; Areas of shared interest; Sectoral
Implementation – how to articulate GAs?
Integration – the graduate as the end point
Engagement & progression – from day one
Transitions – heterogeneity of intake; level-to-level
Graduates for the 21st Century: what are we doing?
Institutional; Areas of shared interest; Sectoral
Research-Teaching Linkages: Vicky Gunn, Glasgow
The First Year: James Moir, Abertay Dundee
Assessment & Integrative Assessment: David Nicol, Strathclyde
Employability: Vicky Gunn, Glasgow
Responding to Student Needs: Margaret Harris, Aberdeen
Graduates for 21st Century: what are we doing?
Institutional; Areas of shared interest; Sectoral
Review – David Lines, to help us get started
Synopsis – Dai Hounsell, to help us conclude
Graduates for the 21st Century: what are we doing?
Institutional; Areas of shared interest; Sectoral
Graduates for the 21st Century: what are we doing?
Institutional; Areas of shared interest; Sectoral
Cross Scotland seminar series
Outwith the ETC, these begin in October – invitations are out
• Professor John Haldane
“Research consumes much time and money that could be better spent on teaching students”
• Is the impetus to research diminishing … ?
No – the research agenda in HEIs is a given
Graduates for the 21st Century: pressure … from research
Graduates for the 21st Century: pressure … on time
Surveys: NSS, I-Grad, PRES, PTES, in-house …
Legislation: Visas, Disclosure Scotland, Health & Safety at Work, COSHH, Risk assessment, Ethical review …
The REF: Prep, submit, debrief, prep, submit, debrief …
SFC / QEF: ELIR and internal subject review, HESA data, TRAC & FEC …
Graduates for the 21st Century: pressure … from Government
Graduates for the 21st Century: pressure … from Government
Higher Ambitions – six elements
1. Access – context, flexible delivery, employability, business
5. Engagement – internationalization, e-learning, RDAs, languages
2. Economic recovery and growth – skills, PG provision
3. Research capacity & economic impact – business, consolidate
4. Teaching excellence – information on programmes, externals
Higher Ambitions – the sixth element
6. Maintain excellence with tighter financial constraints –
Benign financial climate cannot continue; diverse funding streams; strategic direction of funding by Government – redistribution, no new money; Universities need to control costs; variable fees.
Graduates for the 21st Century: pressure … from Government
"In future the burden of financing higher education's diversity of excellence will need to be more equitably shared between employers, the taxpayer, and individuals"
Graduates for the 21st Century: pressure … and us
Enhancement Themes must:
- publish digestible material of relevance and utility
- ease pressure on time: “not another initiative”
- help us work with tighter budgets: outputs must be VfM
This isn’t very uplifting …
Graduates for the 21st Century: some optimism
Can we fix it? – Yes we can
Enhancement Themes must:
- publish digestible material of relevance and utility
- ease pressure on time: “not another initiative”
- help us work with tighter budgets: it must be VfM
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