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Employability and work-related learning in legal education
Interested in exploring employability and employer engagement? UKCLE supports the development and dissemination of innovative approaches to learning and teaching law by providing seedcorn funding – if you would like to investigate, evaluate or develop academic practice in …
Enhancing employability in law schools
briefing on helping departments to develop employability, followed up by a request for an outline of the law school’s approach to employability. Responses from Brighton, De Montfort, Staffordshire and Westminster are given below. University of Brighton (Brighton Busines…
Enhancing the employability of law graduates
LAGREN has now been superseded by the Law Employability Network at London Metropolitan University. There is a widespread recognition that the legal profession has not yet achieved equality of access. Women and ethnic minorities are disproportionately likely to miss out on tra…
The internationalisation of law degrees and enhancement of graduate employability
furthering European integration and graduate employability Start date: July 2009 UKCLE funding: £1,652 Globalisation confronts the employment market with new challenges, and graduates need a wide range of key competences to adapt to the rapidly changing and highly interconnect…
Enhancing and promoting student skills: pro bono and CV development
to develop what might be regarded as key employability skills, while at the same time contributing to the local community in a positive manner. The paper discusses the results of a survey conducted with students engaging in such pro bono work at Leeds, reflecting upon the extent…
The Leeds integrated skills model
for enhancing student skills and improving employability, an integrated approach including a website, a bank of resources and numerous activities. He presented current arrangements in Leeds School of Law for the development of skills, in particular activities designed to support…
Intensive law degrees – hitting the ground running
of learning and b) student engagement and employability. a) Flexibility of learning This paper explores the structure of the programme as initially designed, and its underlying rationale. Changes to that structure have already been thought necessary for two main reasons, f…
Learning in Law Annual Conference 2008: (Dis)integration...designs on the law curriculum
Law School) read report below Enhancing employability: developing professionalism within the curriculum – Charlotte Woodhead (University of Derby) read report below International survey on the teaching of ethics Nigel and Sara presented an interim report on thei…
Access to legal work experience and its role in the (re)production of legal professional identity
expectations might enhance law students’ future employability. This two year project aims to: explore the processes of legal work experience – how it is obtained, how students experience it and how employers ‘manage’ it review different teaching and …
From education, education, education to skills, skills, skills!
Editorial by Julian Webb (UKCLE Director) from the Autumn 2007 issue of Directions on the government’s skills strategy for England. This editorial focuses on an issue that has implications not just for legal education, but for the whole of English higher education. On 1…
Quality enhancement the Scottish way
(2003-04) Flexible delivery (2004-06) Employability (2004-06) Integrative assessment (2005-06) The first year (2006-08) Research-teaching linkages: enhancing graduate attributes (2006-08) Graduates for the 21st century: integrating the enhancement themes (2009- ) …
UKCLE professional development seminars
staff assessment e-learning embedding employability and enterprise within the curriculum diversity and widening participation, including retention and accessibility issues Each seminar is tailored to meet specific requirements and costs are calculated on an individua…
Chair's report: Richard Owen
methods, with a considerable emphasis on employability. As a result, assessment methods involve a synergy between academic knowledge and practical experience. Assessment is seen as a vehicle for enhancing the student experience and enthusiasm. New technologies are seen as key to…
Enhancing retention and student success
reflection) was developed in respect of employability but applies more generally to student success. Meta-analyses indicate the importance of encouraging the development of self efficacy and metacognition (the E and M of USEM). USEM as it applies to employability is discussed in…
Why should I consider using portfolios?
a problem?) provide evidence of ‘employability’ by showing employers what students can do, as well as what they know be an effective way of proving that a programme meets the Quality Assurance Agency’s requirements on benchmarking. This may be achieved eith…
Chair's report: Sonia Kalsi
as assistance on how to evidence relevant employability skills. This holistic approach was well received as a useful opportunity for improving student recognition of skills and the development of student employability. …
UKCLE Associates Scheme
(then UKCLE) on a review of the student employability profile for law and its adoption by UK law schools Working with UKCLE today As a result of our evaluation of the Associates project, UKCLE has created two new ways of working drawing on the considerable experience of th…
LILI 2003 panel discussion
The following topics were discussed: employability – the role of the academic stage of legal education in preparing students for employment and the profession, the relationship between the academic and vocational stages and its effect on the curriculum, skills deve…
Aren't clinics too expensive?
educational and other benefits (student employability, publicity, relations with the profession, community links) justify the expenditure – see for example the discussion in Brayne, Duncan & Grimes (1998: 259-60). …
Chair's report: Maureen Spencer
learning and enhanced student engagement and employability. Attendance in particular had proved to be high. The presenters acknowledged that adjustments were required on the part of staff, in particular by extending personal tutorials. More attention was given to enabling stu…
Leading today's people towards tomorrow's law school
help students develop skills that enhance employability and are professionally relevant. Using technology to deliver revision lectures in a virtual chat facility was so successful that the number logged on to the system caused it to crash! The feedback was excellent and the modu…
Portfolio assessment: should we start with the academics having a go?
the first academic year in preparation for employability. The portfolio would form the basis for summative assessment because learning tasks set throughout the academic year would match the intended learning outcomes for students. Formative assessment of whether students are mee…
What do employers want?
UK has started to focus not just on the employability of graduates but also on the nature and extent of engagement between higher education institutions and employers. This shift of emphasis reflects a number of principles underpinning the Leitch proposals: the economic cas…
Chair's report: Caroline Maughan
improve student motivation and increase employability. Consultation with graduates, employers and academics has produced a set of competences, together with their development through student-centred learning approaches. The presenters showed us how some of these competences ha…
Why should law schools focus on general transferable skills?
higher education should contribute to the employability of graduates not simply by giving them a degree, but also by the content of the education which they receive. General transferable skills are an integral part of that content which enhance the employability of st…
General transferable skills: context
carefully on the broad abilities necessary for employability in a range of fields. The need to adapt within a specific profession and to change between professions as part of a career is now a commonplace understanding shaping national policy and views of the labour mark…
Reflective journals and essays on an LLM
essay. Observations and recommendations Reflection aids employability – the internship and reflective practice element provides invaluable practical experience of legal practice that is extremely attractive to potential employers Reflection takes practice –…
General transferable skills: University of Manchester
skills, knowledge and experience to enhance employability. In the course of achieving these objectives, students are expected to: locate and use various information and source material carry out independent research and learn how manage a project develop cognitive s…
Getting started with e-portfolios: University of Cumbria
learning supported the development of students’ employability skills by providing a vehicle for reflection on work experience opportunities and CV writing provided a vehicle for recording academic acheivements and skills development Students indicated that further …
Supporting new law teachers
UKCLE holds regular events for new law teachers and is developing a toolkit for law teachers aimed at supporting them in delivering high quality learning and teaching. A series of tips pages on key topics has grown out of our events for new law teachers: Assessing student…
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From Northumbria to Bologna: Alternative routes to qualification in law
The professional bodies are aiming to encourage alternative and more flexible routes to qualification as a lawyer. Employers in general are becoming more vociferous about the expectations that they have of graduates. Law schools, in the light of increasing student numbers and dwi...…
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