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The below reports, surveys and toolkits have been particularly helpful as part of the Student-led Employability Audit Toolkit project in enhancing understanding of student employability in general, as well as offering practical advice and toolkits for conducting employability audits.

Auditing your Course / Module (2004)

Download the report: Auditing_your_module_HEA7.doc

Produced by an HEI's Careers Service, this is a practical tool that allows academics to think about how they might audit the employability skills embedded in their course / module.

CBI - Education & Skills Survey 2011

Download the report: CBI__EDI_Education__Skills_Survey_20112.pdf

This survey indicates that there is growing demand for STEM, particularly in high value sectors such as low carbon, pharmaceuticals and digital media. But over 40% of employers in the survey report difficulties recruiting STEM-skilled staff

Working Towards your Future: Making the most out of your time in higher education (2011)

Download the report: CBI_NUS_Employability_report_May_20112.pdf

Produced in conjunction between the CBI and NUS, this guide is meant to help students prepare for the workplace.

HEA - Employability Audit Toolkit (Bioscience - 2009)

Download the report: HEA_Bioscience_Employability_Audit_Tool6.pdf

This audit is designed to help teachers consider the content and design of a course with respect to the issue of employability and to see where they could improve the course to better address this issue.

HEA - Employability Guide (Engineering - 2005)

Download the report: HEA_Eng_Subject_Centre_Student_Employability_Profile5.pdf

This report focuses on student employability profiles in engineering, with the focus both of getting more suitable students to study engineering and to ensure that students understand how their courses are preparing them for employment within the engineering profession or beyond it.

Mapping Employability Toolkit (2010)

Download the report: MappingEmployabilityToolkit2.pdf

This toolkit aids academics to explore how Employability skills have been embedded and used across programmes and how graduate attributes, including those relating to Employability, are effectively promoted.

Staff involved

Dr Barrie Cooper
Project lead, University of Exeter

Abel Nyamapfene
University of Exeter

Amanda Arthur
University of Exeter

Amy Boylan
University of Exeter

Chloe Cunningham
University of Exeter

Dawn Evans
University of Exeter

Fiona Dyke
Teach First

Greg Craft
Nationwide

Holly Geipel
University of Exeter

James Baxani
Teach First

Jodie Sherman
JP Morgan

Julie Hawkings
Centrax

Kathryn Edwards
Airbus

Lee Stott
Microsoft

Mohit Malik
RBS

Paul Hartley
Devon Education Business Partnership

Richard Whinnett
University of Exeter

Rowanna Smith
University of Exeter