Projects - archive

Employability & Enterprise projects

Enhancing Careers Services for English Students - 08/09 (Various HEIs): The English Subject Centre is sponsoring another round of small projects in Careers Services which tailor materials or events specifically to the needs of English students.; Project completed: July 2010; Tags: Employability & Enterprise

The value of literary analysis to City financial institutions (Bangor): This project asked a small sample of English graduates now in merchant banking, stockbroking, pension fund management, and accountancy three principal questions: whether and how the study of English had increased their efficiency, what they thought creativity was in their profession, and how English academics might be of use in extending their business or providing training.; Project completed: October 2008; Tags: Employability & Enterprise

Learning on the Language-Literature Border: Ways of integrating language and literature within final year modules (Central Lancashire): The primary purpose of this project was examine a variety of methods for integrating language and literature within final year modules. A secondary purpose was to evaluate assessment methods that enable final year undergraduates undertaking a Language and Literature programme to reflect on their educational and intellectual experiences of both subjects and to consider their subject, generic and employability skills in a meaningful way.; Project completed: December 2009; Tags: English language, Assessment, Employability & Enterprise

Careers for English Language graduates (York St John): This project created a careers resource specifically for English Language graduates.; Project completed: July 2008; Tags: English language, Employability & Enterprise

Student Employability Profiles for English (English Subject Centre): This project took skills listed in the Benchmark Statement and mapped them to those typically sought by employers so that students are better equipped to demonstrate their skills in a language helpful to employers. A template and supporting documentation are provided.; Project completed: October 2004; Tags: Benchmark statement, Employability & Enterprise

Professionalising the PhD in English (Queen's): This project aimed to provide doctoral students with a knowledge base and set of skills tol enhance their employability both within and without an academic context.; Project completed: July 2004; Tags: Postgraduate studies, Employability & Enterprise

MA Work Project Module Development (Glamorgan): A project which developed a Work Project Module for use at MA Level and investigated the transferability of academic learning into the workplace.; Project completed: July 2004; Tags: Postgraduate studies, Employability & Enterprise

The Dissemination of Speak-Write Research and Materials (Anglia Polytechnic): This project involved further development of materials developed to improve oral and written English, piloting of materials in other institutions and showcasing of resources.; Project completed: January 2003; Tags: Employability & Enterprise, Literacy & Writing skills

English in the Workplace (De Montfort): A project aimed at raising consciousness, both with students and in universities more generally of the specific relation of the English curriculum to career routes.; Project completed: November 2002; Tags: Benchmark statement, Employability & Enterprise