Putting Historians into Work. A discipline-specific example of embedding employability at the centre of the student lifecycle in Higher Education

Citation

Watson E & Turpie T (2020) Putting Historians into Work. A discipline-specific example of embedding employability at the centre of the student lifecycle in Higher Education. In: Norton S & Dalrymple R (eds.) Enhancing Graduate Employability: a case study compendium. Advance HE Employability Symposium: Pedagogy for Employability, York, 29.04.2019-29.04.2019. York: Advance HE, pp. 33-39. https://cris.brighton.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/8766873/AdvHE_Case_study_compendium_1580306728.pdf#page=35

Abstract
This paper explores the development and delivery of a History discipline-specific employability module at the University of Stirling. The two authors # explore the institutional context and frameworks used in the development of the course, explain how it works in practice and discuss the challenges and lessons garnered from three years of successfully and effectively embedding an employability module in the student lifecycle.

Keywords
Employability, Pedagogy

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Dr Tom Turpie

Lecturer, History