Designing an ecosystem to promote the development of key student competencies required in the future of work

Hamshire, Claire; Grogan, Samuel; Barrett, Neil

Abstract

At the University of Salford our educational purpose is ‘to prepare students for life’. However, understanding students’ experiences of higher education is not always straightforward within institutional structures that quantify their learning, with a focus on snapshots of satisfaction (Hamshire et al., 2017) and quantifiable performance indicators (Buckley, 2012). Whilst there is an annual institutional cycle of processes from recruitment through to graduation, individual experiences of being a student are personal and individual (Hamshire & Jack, 2016). Within this context, we need to view students’ higher education experiences as learning journeys which shift and change as they progress, influenced by both personal and external factors.

Citation

Hamshire, C., Grogan, S., & Barrett, N. (2024, June). Designing an ecosystem to promote the development of key student competencies required in the future of work. Paper presented at ICED 2024, Nairobi, Kenya

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (unpublished)
• Conference Name: ICED 2024
• Conference Location: Nairobi, Kenya.
• Start Date: Jun 5, 2024
• End Date: Jun 7, 2024
• Deposit Date: Jun 5, 2024
• Publisher URL: https://iced24.africa/session-1/