Cracking the employability code in Employability in Programme Development

Hallam’s employability model is at the heart of its civic university agenda, supporting social mobility, inclusivity and raising aspirations of young people now and for their future. Hallam students, regardless of discipline, receive course specific learning opportunities, applying knowledge through a comprehensive work experience framework. Labour Market Information was central to the design of our employability offer; specifically, the South Yorkshire economy consists of a large proportion of SMEs and public sector organisations (Health and Education). This has had a significant impact on the design of our employability framework and has resulted in better alignment with student’s opportunities and the development of skills employers are looking for, thus increasing their ‘work readiness’, their articulation of key competencies and their graduate success