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New careers
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Blog Entry | 1 reply | 03-June-2005 | Alan Brown |
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New Careers
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Discussion Topic | 1 reply 4 Bytes | 15-June-2005 | Gill Frigerio |
I am interested in 'who benefits' from this discourse too.
IN this HE careers service we are very much oriented towards individuals taking control/responsbility. We use that 'love it or hate it' word "empowering" a lot and certainly don't want our clients to be victims. We try to operate within a 'needs based' model so that students can move from one to one support to more independent career management (skills that they will need throughout their 'new careers'). But I am also aware that behind the enabling benefits of this model is a resourcing issue - we need clients to operate independently as we can't possibly see them all one to one.
On the other hand, isn't seeing students as 'in control' (albeit with support) just part of a person centred approach? These tensions replicate the dilemmas we face between the need to be student -centred and support them in whatever they wish to do and the institutional imperative to increase the numbers of graduates in graduate or graduate track employment, improving league table positioning.
Am I onto something interesting here or have I just bought the hype?
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Empowering students? | Discussion Topic | 2 replies | 24-June-2005 | Sally-Anne Barnes |
I have recently learnt of several universities embedding career management in the curriculum as part of credited courses with the aim of improving the employability of their students. Can anyone offer any examples or research of schools and higher education institutions empowering students by teaching them career management skills?
Shouldn't all careers services be about 'empowering' individuals to take control and responsibility for managing their life and career? Therefore, embedding employability and career management skills in the curriculum at all levels and not just leaving it to the responsibility of higher education providers. I have recently learnt of several universities embedding career management in the curriculum as part of credited courses with the aim of improving the employability of their students. If career management skills were embedded in the curriculum and taught in schools would students not be better equipped to understand the opportunities that are available to them and be more effective to make decisions about their career? Perhaps then careers services would be available to see individuals that really needed help on a one-to-one basis. Can anyone offer any examples or research of schools and higher education institutions empowering students by teaching them career management skills? Or am I missing the point - what other career development interventions are there? |
