Embedding 21st century employability into assessment and feedback practice through a student-staff partnership.

ABSTRACT: In-course assessments are an essential part of any coursework because they represent both a physical output of the skills and knowledge acquired at university, but also have the role of supporting student transitions into prospective careers. Therefore, assessments could be used as a conduit to encourage student awareness of the skills needed for the workplace and verify their attainment of these skills, particularly at foundation levels within a degree. Within a second-year Microbiology and Immunology course, students struggled to engage with standalone timetabled careers-related sessions, yet they showed enthusiasm when employability was embedded into assessments. A staff-student partnership project explored these issues, with the overall aim of understanding how to effectively embed emp

SUBMITTER: Zainudden D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9175971 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature