Employability and Student Engagement: The GSBS Approach WHAT WE - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Dr Susan Ogden, Head of Department - Business Management Employability and Student Engagement: The GSBS Approach

WHAT WE DO?

From Fashion Business and International Fashion Marketing and Luxury … 3

… to Accountancy, Risk, Banking and Financial Services 4

From International Multimedia and Communications 5 page 5

…to International Business Management and Politics 6

How we do it? 7 page 7

Over-arching Aim of our GSBS Programmes ADD VALUE FOCUS ON END RESULTS / CAREER OUTCOMES PRODUCE ROUNDED GRADUATES 8

So how do we do it ? • Engage with Alumni, Professional Bodies and Industry Contacts • to ensure ‘real world’ learning • to bring internship and graduate opportunities • Encourage students to engage with Careers Service from year one • Provide + Push opportunities for students to engage in ‘profile building’ activities OUTSIDE of university • e.g. Triple E Development programme, Erasmus Exchange 9

EXAMPLES ……. 10

GSBS School Advisory Group Includes: • Diageo • Sainsbury • Glasgow City Council • Enterprise Rent A Car • Santander • RBS • Chamber of Commerce • Scottish Development International 11 page 11

GSBS Graduate Recruitment & Internship Fair… 12

GSBS Graduate Recruitment & Internship Fair… 13

Professional Body Accreditations 14

Professional Body Engagement: CMI Holyrood Event – January 2015 15

Employer Involvement • Scholarships – Moffat • Prizes • Assessment of Work related assignments • Visiting Lectures embedded in timetable / curriculum 16

Award winners pictured with (L-R) Professor John Lennon,Dr Mike Cantlay, Dr Jamie Moffat and Professor John Wilson. 17

Finance & Risk undergraduate students accepting their industry prizes from Murphy Wealth and Munro Partnership . 18

Involvement of employers in teaching 19

Managing Editor of Reuters delivers lecture at GCU. • Paul Ingrassia, Managing Editor of Reuters news agency, gave a lecture to GCU students on the international coverage of the independence referendum on Thursday September 25 th . • The multimedia and multitrack strategies used by Reuters for a major breaking story were discussed during the lecture. 20

Mark Stevenson, Graduate + TV Fiction Writer leads workshop with this years MA TV Fiction Writing cohort. 21

Wide view of Education • Degree • Work • Internship • Third Sector / Volunteer activity • International Exchange 22

Team GSBS at University Business Challenge Semi-final 23

Enactus Society Students Commended in National 2015 Rookie Finals 24

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Internships and Placements 26

Fashion Placement Opportunities in China. 27

Join the GSBS International Business and Society Network for the 2014/2015 session!

Thank you for Listening Your comments and questions are most welcome 29 page 29