Project details
As the peak professional body of the Careers and Employment Services for student graduates of Australian universities, NAGCAS is well positioned to engage in collaborative applied research and development amongst universities and industry sectors.
NAGCAS provides key channels between students, graduates, academics, and employers. This NAGCAS Carrick project will provide Australian universities and associated industry stakeholders with a set of valuable resources for student career development learning and engagement with industry. The project represents an important and pragmatic means of addressing international acknowledgement of the nexus between career development learning and the processes and outcomes of higher education.
The project will include:
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an international literature review in the areas of : Career Development Learning; Work Integrated Learning; and their connections to student transitions;
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consultation with key Australian stakeholders, such as university career development practitioners, WiL managers, field placement staff, co-operative education staff, academics delivering for-credit subjects, employers and professional associations;
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a national action research symposium, on the 19th June 2008 in Melbourne, with national and international participation The Symposium has invited a number of local and international presenters and workshop chairpersons
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development of national guidelines and benchmarks for maximising the contribution of career development learning to student transitions and the relationships to teaching and learning contexts;
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construction of a model for career development learning which has the potential to be integrated into the curriculum in Australian universities, and maximises the leverage from WIL opportunities. This will help to create graduates who have career management skills to enable them to be active contributors to Australian society, consistent with the approach of the Australian Blueprint for Career Development; and
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production of a Practice Manual for Higher Education Institutions. This will be of immediate value to higher education institutions and to industry stakeholders.
