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Our projects' aim, over the course of a year, has been to improve the dissemination of findings and material from the previous round of Innovations Fund Projects, which were undertaken in various Institutions between 1998 and 2000. With this in mind we have produced our own material in order to provide an introduction, or "taster", of the 56 projects methodology and findings.
We have also added to a document created by the National Co-ordination Team concerning creating an effective dissemination strategy.
The following set of briefing papers relate to each of the key themes of the project work carried out. The 8 themes covered by the projects were:
Their findings provide useful material in many of the issues concerning current agendas relating to graduate employability and economic development. Simply click on the title of the paper to view the full text
The DfEE Innovations Fund (1998-2000) funded ten projects under the theme of "Key Skills". These addressed the development, implementation, assessment, and continued monitoring of key skills programmes within higher education institutions. An overview of their findings is presented here.
How graduates are prepared for self-employment is becoming increasingly important. The five projects in this theme consider what can best be done to support graduates in business ventures.
The seven Innovations Fund projects on Lifelong Learning look at some of the issues surrounding implementation of lifelong learning and continued professional development within the Higher Education Sector.
The DfEE funded eight projects on careers guidance to graduates, which explored different ways to support graduates and employers. Their aim was to help graduates take the difficult step from University into employment.
The DfEE funded six projects which reflect the variety of ways in which records of achievement have been introduced. Many institutions are developing web and paper versions of records that can be used by other institutions this paper provides an overview of the differing ways in which this has been approached by different institutions.
Six projects were funded under this theme with the intention of "facilitating the use of labour market intellegence in a strategic way enabling higher education to respond better to the changing needs and expectations of individuals and employers."
Several studies have shown that students' ability to learn in an in-depth and creative way decreases during their university years. The four cases summarised in this briefing show that it is possible to reverse this trend.
The National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education recommended that the sector should (a) increase the numbers of students who have some work experience as part of their undergraduates careers and (b) increase the number of employers offering work experience opportunities. The nine projects in the work experience theme have taken up this challenge.
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