Some recent QAA publications

The QAA has published an information bulletin summarising some of the findings from the IQER process relating to Foundation Degrees. While a significant number of areas of good practice and innovation are identified, areas around assessment, work-based learning, student support and public information continue to be areas in which significant scope for improvement is identified. As highlighted in the publication of another recent report by QAA Scotland ‘Making it work – a guidebook to work-based learning’ – the challenges of developing such learning are not unique to Foundation Degrees. There is much still to learn in all these areas.

Policing and Higher Skills

Much of the higher skills provision delivered by social scientists over the last few years has been in the areas of police training and development. The Higher Education Forum for Learning and Development in Policing was formed a couple of years ago by representatives from HEIs working in this field and now has over twenty institutional members. They are holding their annual conference at UCLAN in September, with speakers from both education and policing sectors. More details can be found on the conference website.

Criminology and Employability

This event may be of interest.

*Support for student employability: Criminology a case study*

The University of Lincoln would like to invite you or a representative from your institution to our Social Science Careers Information Day on July 14th.

The aim of the event: To help you to better support those students who are considering pursuing a non-vocational degree in one of the ‘Social Science’ subjects, including criminology, politics, sociology and social policy.

This free event includes lunch and is supported through funding awarded for a current C-SAP mini-project.

Background: Lincoln University was awarded funding in 2009 to carry out research into the employability of criminology graduates; we think the results of this research will be helpful to any staff involved in advising students through the university application process or about employability issues.

Programme: We have put together what we hope will be an interesting and entertaining programme including contributions from academics, students, HE careers professionals and alumni. A draft programme is included with this invitation.

Location and time: The event is taking place in the new Enterprise@Lincoln centre at the University of Lincoln. Start time 10am until 3pm.


In order for us to plan the catering please could you book your place at the event by emailing Victoria Worricker at vworricker@lincoln.ac.uk by 30th June.
Please also state if you have any specific dietary requirements.


We look forward to seeing you on July 14th.

Jill Jameson – Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences

Mandy Jones – Head of Opportunities


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Draft Programme

Start 9.45 for 10.00

Coffee on registration

Welcome and Introduction to the research project.

What is criminology: Myth and Reality?

• Ice Breaker: What do you think criminology is?
• What employers think criminology is.
• Criminology: The academic discipline.

Coffee

Career aspirations and destinations:

• Undergraduate aspirations.
• DLHE results.
• Alumni destinations.

Employability in the undergraduate criminology curriculum:

• Criminology in the professions: a specialist employability module?
• Student experience.
• ‘Life after criminology’ DVD presentation.

World Café Lunch: Implications for practice beyond criminology…what do you think?

• Pre-entry guidance.
• Employability in the curriculum.
• Graduate careers guidance.

Round-up and departure 15.00 approx