Agenda
Thursday 17 October 2024
Cavendish Venues, The Minster Building, 21 Mincing Lane, London
The must-attend event for careers and employability leaders in higher education
Supported by:
08:45 am
Registration, Exhibition and Networking
09:30 am
Chair’s Welcome Address
Richard Mendez
Director of Access, Skills & Apprenticeships (DASA)
University of Chester (CONFIRMED)
09:40 am
Opening Panel Discussion: Maximising Impact and Reach – The Big Questions on Priorities for Employability Leaders
Managing resources and demand amid increased funding restraints
Approaches to measuring and evaluating impact of employability services
Understanding diverse and evolving demand from students and how services leaders can respond
The drive towards integrating employability functions with curriculum development
Making vital decisions on priorities and reach to maximise impact
Helen Smith
Director of Careers & Employability / Associate Director of Student & Academic Services
University of Sheffield (CONFIRMED)
Dr Aranee Manoharan
Senior Associate Director for Careers & Employability
King’s College London (CONFIRMED)
Amy Carpenter
Associate Director, Careers, Employability and Enterprise
University of Suffolk (CONFIRMED)
10:30 am
Value for Money in HE Careers: The Student View
What is value for money in a higher education context and what do students think?
How does this apply to career and employability delivery?
What does this mean for resource allocation and service design?
Paul Gratrick
President
AGCAS (CONFIRMED)
11:00 am
Exhibition, Refreshments and Networking
11:30 am
How Can the Graduate Outcomes Survey Data Support Career Professionals and Graduate Employability?
Gosia Turner
Head of Surveys
Jisc (CONFIRMED)
11:50 am
The State of Graduate Development: How are Employers Adapting?
The challenge on graduate retention and the competition for enhanced pay
Office attendance trends and how demand for face-to-face work is evolving
The decline in career readiness and the core skills that employers are asking for
Managing the transition to graduate employment and the major trends on wellbeing, mental health and mentoring
Georgia Greer
Head of Insights
Institute of Student Employers (ISE) (CONFIRMED)
12:10 pm
Enter into Breakout Sessions
12:20 pm
Employment Market: Breakout Sessions
Breakout A: Industry Collaboration - Integrating Employability in the Curriculum and Assignment: Enabling Students to Build a Practitioner Portfolio Needed for Job Search
Timea Kadar
Associate Dean - Education
Regent College London (CONFIRMED)
Breakout B: The AI Revolution: Preparing Students for Life and Work in the Age of Generative AI
Richard Brown
Visiting Fellow, School of Advanced Study
University of London (CONFIRMED)
12:50 pm
Enhancing Employability Outcomes: Breakout Sessions
Breakout C: Lessons for Careers Teams from the Student Belonging Good Practice Guide
Conor Naughton
Educational Developer
Nottingham Trent University (CONFIRMED)
Breakout D: Enhancing Personal Support through Impactful Peer Mentoring
Emma Norman
Peer Mentoring Officer
University of Exeter (CONFIRMED)
1:20 pm
Networking Lunch and Exhibition
2:20 pm
Enhancing Employability Outcomes: Breakout Sessions
Breakout E: Unlocking Social Capital for Student Success
Adam Crane
Access and Participation Manager
University of Chester (CONFIRMED)
Breakout F: Inclusive Employability Development: Whole Student Lifecycle Approach to Preparing a Diverse Student Population with the Confidence for Success
Dr Aranee Manoharan
Senior Associate Director for Careers & Employability
King’s College London (CONFIRMED)
2:50 pm
Breakout G: Delivering the Career Coach Programme at BCU
Jo Howell
Head of Careers & Employability
Birmingham City University (CONFIRMED)
Breakout H: Embedding Core Skills into Academic Delivery: A Practical Guide
Professor Pat Tissington
Academic Director (Employability and Skills)
University of Warwick (CONFIRMED)
3:20 pm
Exhibition, Refreshments and Networking
3:40 pm
Service Delivery: Breakout Sessions
Breakout I: Peering into the Lives of our Graduates as they Transition into the Labour Market
Dr Alexander Bradley
Graduate Outcomes Manager
University of Portsmouth (CONFIRMED)
Breakout J: Wasted Time and Resources? Let’s Get the Product Right
Tracey Innes
Assistant Director and Head of Careers
University of Aberdeen (CONFIRMED)
4:10 pm
Breakout K: Meeting Growing International Demand: A New Engagement Journey?
Cherise Basslian
Director of Careers and Student Enterprise
University of East London (CONFIRMED)
Helen Atkinson
Career Development and Academic Support Manager
University of Sunderland (CONFIRMED)
Breakout L: You can do it! Building the Confidence of Careers Professionals with Enterprise and Entrepreneurship
Diana Pasek-Atkinson
Enterprise Adviser Manager
Nottingham Trent University (CONFIRMED)
Dr Emily Beaumont
Associate Professor of Enterprise and Entrepreneurship
University of Gloucestershire (CONFIRMED)