Ensuring employable graduates - how our sector can help
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The document discusses employability in the sport and physical activity sector in the UK. It notes that over half of major employers say graduates are not work ready, and that £1.1 billion is invested annually in education and training in the sector. However, 20% of vacancies are hard to fill due to skills shortages. It suggests developing an education pathway that maximizes investment, produces a workforce fit for industry needs, is attractive to students, and that employers contribute to. Challenges include perceptions of employability, engaging students and industry, ensuring work experience for all students, and measuring impact. It also discusses creating professional standards to outline the skills required for job roles.
Ensuring employable graduates - how our sector can help
- 1. Ensuring employable graduates – how our sector can help Panel Members • Jeff Lynch, GLL • Jon Glenn, Swim England • Russ Smith, Street Games • Steven Osborne, Cardiff Metropolitan University • Matt Rhodes, AoC Sport • Spencer Moore, CIMSPA
- 2. Setting the scene, recent or old news? • ‘More than half of major employers (UK) say that the graduates they hire are not ‘work ready’ on leaving university’ • ‘Communication skills, teamwork, resilience and punctuality are among the attributes employers want’ (Research conducted by YouGov with 635 employers, Times, 2013)
- 3. Education investment in our sector 2014 / 15 • £112M spent on training apprentices • £113M spent on educating student in FE • £600M spent on educating student in HE • £300M spent on training by employers and individuals • TOTAL of £1.1B per year invested into education and training
- 4. Yet… Most employers in our sector state college and university graduates not fit for purpose 20% of all vacancies in our sector are classed as “hard to fill” due to significant skills shortages (approximately 17,200 vacancies per year). So… We need an education pathway that: • Maximises government investment • Produces a fit for purpose workforce • Is attractive to individuals studying in it • That employers own and “invest” into
- 5. Employability and Employment - Challenges • Perceptions and interpretations • Engagement (Staff, Students and Industry) • Reaching ALL students and joining up the dots • Industry awareness (for all students) • Work - Related Learning (for all students) • Measuring impact
- 6. Creating Professional Standards Professional standard – understanding the knowledge, skills and behaviours an individual needs to be effective in a job role
- 7. Where do we start?