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Institutional Case Studies This case study was as listed in the original 2004 edition of ESECT tools University of Paisley: Employability in the Curriculum: an approach to embedding employability in the structure and content of degree programmes
This case study will outline an approach to curriculum design being adopted by the School of Media, Language and Music situated on the Ayr campus of the University of Paisley for academic session 2004–2005, which places employability for creative and cultural industries at the top of the organising hierarchy for programme frameworks. The School has being developing media as an academic discipline since 1995 and key strands in that development have been a commitment to industry-relevant training and technology; close contacts with Scottish media industries; the development of a generic skills-based approach to media education and training and the provision of practice-orientated learning alongside modules offering critical approaches to media and culture. While the existing provision has obvious strengths for developing valuable skills and attributes to enhance students' employability, the need to provide a more coordinated and coherent approach across the School has been identified. This has been developed over the last academic session in two phases. Phase one involved School Managers producing a Strategic Plan 2003–2007 in which key objectives for the development of Employability have been identified. Phase two looked at what is being taught already across undergraduate programmes and in consultation with Programme Leaders and lecturers devised a framework for provision that attempts to maximise the potential for developing employability in the curriculum while maintaining a distinct identity for each of the degree programmes on offer. This involved discussion of the content, mode of delivery and assessment of modules already included in the School portfolio and consideration of how they might best 'fit' within undergraduate programmes to enhance the development of the key skills and attributes linked to employability in a systematic and coherent way. To download the Paisley case study click here (RWPAISLEY 26.08.04.pdf) To download the additional information click here (PAISLEY attachment 26.08.04.doc).
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