Models and strategies for developing student employability: an international perspective

This workshop will bring together academics and teaching and learning advisors interested in enhancing student employability. During the workshop, participants will explore three key quiestions: i) what employability development models are being utilised by universities; ii) on what conceptual frameworks are these models based and iii) what do these mean for learning and teaching. The workshop will draw upon evidence collated through website content analysis of 107 universities across four geographical locations; Australia, Canada, UK and the US and explore defining features of four different employability models; Portfolio, Hands-off, Award and Non-embedded.  These models will be mapped to employability development approaches; position, possession and process. The workshop will provide participants with a framework against which they might understand how employability is being enacted within their own university and challenge them to consider alternative learning and teaching initiatives that might enable a pedagogical shift from one strategy to another.