Abstract
Despite the high tuition cost of a university education in the UK it is a disappointing phenomenon that many students fail to capitalise on opportunities at university to develop the ‘softer’ professional skills that they will need to be successful in the fast-paced, evolving, and often uncertain work environment of the future. This study describes first and final year engineering students’ attitudes towards how their employability skills were developed as a result of their experiences at Ulster University and analyses their perceptions about what curriculum developers could do to further improve their employability prospects on graduation.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Unknown Host Publication |
| Publisher | Higher Education Academy |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Publication status | Accepted/In press - 16 Dec 2016 |
| Event | HEA Annual Conference 2017 Generation TEF: Teaching in the spotlight - Manchester Duration: 16 Dec 2016 → … |
Conference
| Conference | HEA Annual Conference 2017 Generation TEF: Teaching in the spotlight |
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| Period | 16/12/16 → … |
Keywords
- Graduate employability
- student perceptions
- active engagement
- professional skills
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Morgan, M., & O'Gorman, P. (Accepted/In press). Improving Engineering students' awareness of employabilty skills: A case study at Ulster University. In Unknown Host Publication Higher Education Academy.