Bartlett, Deborah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5125-6466 and Sims, Deborah (2023) Interdisciplinary collaboration: working with employers and practitioners to inform curriculum design. In: SHIFT 2023, 11th - 12th January 2023, University of Greenwich, Stockwell Street. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Employability is a central theme in university rhetoric reflecting student priorities and the investment the majority are making in their future (Cheng et al 2021). But to what extent do academics delivering programmes with clearly defined career routes understand industry and potential employer requirements? We are both academics who are previously worked in the engineering and environmental industries, separate disciplines and have a history of collaboration based on our shared interest in Industry Oriented Education (IOE) and the importance of industry/professional body links to an effective Teaching Pedagogy environment (Gharehbaghi 2015).
We are committed to ensuring our graduates can demonstrate competency and relevant employability skills, and to maintaining our reputation for high quality, current and relevant teaching. Our professions both shape every road development scheme, however challenging situations can occur due to the potentially conflicting agendas of ecologists and engineers, with the former focusing on compliance with environmental legislation, and the latter on completing work to time and budget.
We recently held a national conference “Highway Engineering and Ecology; A Roadmap for getting it Right”, involving practitioners from both sectors. In this session we describe how the outcome can help us prepare our graduates for collaborative working.
Cheng M, Adekola O, Albia J C, & Tongji S C (2022) Employability in higher education: a review of key stakeholders’ perspectives. Higher Education Evaluation and Development 16 (1) 16-31 DOI 10.1108/HEED-03-2021-0025 Gharehbaghi K (2015) The importance of industry links in teaching pedagogy: a higher education perspective. American International Journal of contemporary Research 5(1) 17-23 http://www.aijcrnet.com/journals/Vol_5_No_1_February_2015/3.pdf

Item Type:	Conference or Conference Paper (Speech)
Additional Information:	Presentation made to the 'Practice Based Learning' session of the SHIFT 2023.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	employability; highways; engineering; ecology; practice based curriculum design
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General) Q Science > Q Science (General)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Engineering & Science Faculty of Engineering & Science > Biology & Biotechnology Research Group Faculty of Engineering & Science > School of Science (SCI)
Last Modified:	11 Apr 2023 10:54
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/38422

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