How the University through its Police Student Volunteer scheme helped develop employability skills to prepare students for a career in the police service.

Within Higher Education in the UK, there has been an increased drive to increase employability with the curriculum. The subject of graduate employability has been debated for over 25 years from the Dearing Report to the Wilson Review, through to the Advance HE Student Success Framework Series. Whilst student and graduate employability is a key area of development for universities and despite an increase in research in this area there has not been a ‘one size fits all’ model, and indeed there is a tendency for a more localised method of delivery from institution to institution. One such way of engaging students and developing not only generic employability skills, such as communication, team working and leadership skills, but also specialised skills relevant to certain industries, is to encourage students to volunteer within the industry either through work experience, placements, or more structured volunteer work schemes. This has led to many Higher Education Institution’s developing and integrating learning

Name dc:type.qualificationname

dprof

Level dc:type.qualificationlevel

doctoral

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

University of Wales Trinity Saint David

Year dc:date.issued

2024

Author dc:creator

• Williams, Bronwen

• LB2300 Addysg Uwch
• LB2361 Cwricwlwm

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UWTSD

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oai:repository.uwtsd.ac.uk:3191