Agenda

Throughout the Conference you will be able to make use of:

• Match making networking and live delegate meet ups
• Replay functions so you never miss a session
• Live chat, questioning and polling tools
• Real time resources and presentations
• A next generation conference engagement platform

Before proceedings get underway, this short explainer session will explore how you can get the most out of our new next generation Conference platform.

Our Graduate Employability Conference Team will run through how to make virtual connections, creating networking meet ups, accessing content on demand and how to use our new Q&A, chat functions and virtual polling tools.

• What are effective employability outcomes amid the Covid-19 crisis and how can careers services adapt?
• How can the sector drive system-wide improvement by enhancing the evidence-base on graduate outcomes in the labour market?
• Examining the latest OfS work in ensuring the graduate pipeline meets the skills needs of employers
• Examining findings from the £5.6 million OfS programme seeking to enhance graduate employment for students in their home regions

Are traditional careers fairs dead? How do we reengage with employers in crisis? Are virtual placements here to stay? Has the pandemic marked a transition in how careers support is delivered?

These are major questions facing careers service teams as they seek to establish what has worked during the pandemic, what needs to change and how can the crisis be used as a launching pad for delivering more impactful careers provision?

In this opening panel session, careers leaders assess what the future of employability services looks like and how lessons can be learnt in leading service transformation.

Your opportunity to make the most of the virtual Conference, meet up with fellow delegates, make connections and tour our real-time resources and content.

Don’t forget if you’ve missed a session, you can use our replay functions, so you can watch all the content on demand at a time that suits you.

This session will explore what employers are looking for in 2021. After a tumultuous 2020, graduate recruitment seems to be on the up again. But, a lot has changed since 2019. In this session Professor Hooley will examine employers are organising graduate recruitment during 2021. The session will offer insights on the skills employers are looking for, how expectations are evolving and the recruitment priorities for employers of all sizes. This session will also examine what the labour market looks in 2021 and beyond and how careers service leaders can respond.

How have employers been impacted by the pandemic? What will the crisis mean for recruitment in 2021 and beyond? Are virtual interviews and assessment centres here to stay? What are employers looking for in their new graduates?

This is your opportunity to ask major employers how their needs are evolving and how applicants should respond. Come armed with your questions and hear what the post-pandemic recruitment process will look like.

Your opportunity to make the most of the virtual Conference, meet up with fellow delegates, make connections and tour our real-time resources and content.

Don’t forget if you’ve missed a session, you can use our replay functions, so you can watch all the content on demand at a time that suits you.

In these live workshops you will gain practical insights, ideas and hear about the latest innovations taking hold across the sector. This workshop series will assess some of the major challenges now facing students entering the labour market and how careers services can overcome barriers.

Your opportunity to make the most of the virtual Conference, meet up with fellow delegates, make connections and tour our real-time resources and content.

Don’t forget if you’ve missed a session, you can use our replay functions, so you can watch all the content on demand at a time that suits you.

In these live workshops you will gain practical insights, ideas and hear about new innovations taking hold across the sector. This workshop series will allow to develop new solutions for the transformation and enhancement of your careers service based on the rapid change triggered by the Covid-19 crisis.

Throughout the Conference you will be able to make use of:

• Match making networking and live delegate meet ups
• Replay functions so you never miss a session
• Live chat, questioning and polling tools
• Real time resources and presentations
• A next generation conference engagement platform

Before proceedings get underway, this short explainer session will explore how you can get the most out of our new next generation Conference platform.

Our Graduate Employability Conference Team will run through how to make virtual connections, creating networking meet ups, accessing content on demand and how to use our new Q&A, chat functions and virtual polling tools.

Careers service professionals at all levels have been telling the Graduate Employability Conference about their struggle to embed employability within the curriculum and throughout the student lifecycle as their number one challenge.

Whether its engaging with academics, ensuring employability is featured within course design or even just improving awareness of career service provision to new students, the employability agenda must be central to all stages of the student lifecycle.

This panel session will examine how service leaders are ensuring skill development, employability and engagement with careers teams are delivered in an institution-wide approach.

This session will draw upon new research from the University of Kent on what determines students’ career interests and why students so often change their mind over the course of their degree.

This examination of the findings will question what factors influence students in changing their mind on career paths and how demographics may relate to patterns of decision making. The session will also explore how these drivers can help determine your support for students in their decision-making processes.

Your opportunity to make the most of the virtual Conference, meet up with fellow delegates, make connections and tour our real-time resources and content.

Don’t forget if you’ve missed a session, you can use our replay functions, so you can watch all the content on demand at a time that suits you

A collapse in the labour market following Covid-19 has been most keenly felt by those from disadvantaged or underrepresented backgrounds. With regional economies heavily impacted and with the pandemic leading to the collapse of part-time and temporary work, graduate outcomes show growing signs of entrenching inequalities.

This session will examine how social mobility can be supported as part of career service delivery and how disadvantaged students can be prevented from entering a cycle of underemployment.

• A breakdown of the latest Graduate Outcomes statistical release
• Assessing how the data can be interpreted and utilised within your institution
• Expectations on successful submission and engagement with the Graduate Outcomes Survey

Your opportunity to make the most of the virtual Conference, meet up with fellow delegates, make connections and tour our real-time resources and content.

Don’t forget if you’ve missed a session, you can use our replay functions, so you can watch all the content on demand at a time that suits you.

In these live workshops you will gain practical insights, ideas and hear about new innovations taking hold across the sector. This workshop series will focus on the challenges in the labour market, how employers are responding and how career services can have the best impact with employers as partners.

Your opportunity to make the most of the virtual Conference, meet up with fellow delegates, make connections and tour our real-time resources and content.

Don’t forget if you’ve missed a session, you can use our replay functions, so you can watch all the content on demand at a time that suits you.

In these live workshops you will gain practical insights, ideas and hear about new innovations taking hold across the sector. This workshop series will focus delivering placements and work experience support to students and how careers services can develop these opportunities in struggling labour markets.