Employability Skills Framework
SELF
MANAGEMENT
COMMUNICATION
ENTERPRISE
RESEARCH
Self-Assessment
Career Planning
Business Skills
Well Being
Core Skills
To become aware of personal
strengths, weaknesses and
interests identify and develop ways
to improve employability, and how
to articulate these when making
applications.
To set realistic and achievable career
goals, with knowledge of national and
global labour markets, their
opportunities and challenges.
Awareness of work and
organisational culture(s), financial
and commercial awareness of
business, numeracy and budgeting
skills, networking skills, submitting
business case/proposals and report
writing; corporate social
responsibility and sustainability
To understand the importance of
managing the health and well-being
of one’s self and employee s when in
a managerial position under the
duty of care for staff.
To ensure that the core skills demanded
by employers such as literacy,
numeracy and IT are at a level required
for the career aspiration and
expectation of the professional body.
Oral Communication and
Presentations
Written Communication
Emotional Intelligence
Team Working
Networking
To be able to present written ideas
and arguments which are relevant,
appropriate to the audience and
clearly communicated
To understand the impact of verbal
and non-verbal communication
upon clients, colleagues or other
receivers, and the importance of
managing one’s own emotions.
To understand the importance of a
team approach that is required for
many tasks and strategies, and to
appreciate different team working
styles including leadership that
individuals can adopt to make a team
successful. Working with, listening
and encouraging the development of
others.
To develop the confidence and
appreciate the benefits that can
emanate from a networking approach
that ranges from personal contact to an
effective use of social media
Entrepreneurship
Initiative
Innovation and Creativity
Commercial Awareness
Develop Opportunities
To know about the technical
aspects and on-going challenges of
setting up a business and keeping
it sustainable.
To develop a mind-set that ensures
an operation or organisation doesn’t
lose sight of the need to generate
profits and be competitive to
maintain survival.
To show creativity, originality and
innovation, including enterprise
and entrepreneurship; generating
new ideas and applying creative
solutions in specific contexts
including self-employment;
understanding creative process
Awareness of work and
organisational culture(s), financial
and commercial awareness of
business, numeracy and budgeting
skills, networking skills, submitting
business case/proposals and report
writing; corporate social
responsibility and sustainability
To identify opportunities that can
enhance a service or product ad have
the confidence and resilience to
develop the potential into a reality.
Information analysis
Project Management
Problem solving
Organisational skills
Resource gathering
To use IT, Internet, library skills,
information literacy; identifying
appropriate resources and
knowing how to use them,
submitting proposals, using
findings to structure and complete
coursework/projects, using
theories, methods, ideas and
approaches in a critical and
scholarly way
To working to a brief (e.g. an
assignment or external project/event
etc.), setting goals and objectives,
scheduling and managing tasks and
putting plans into practice; producing
risk assessment, & evaluation
strategy to assess outcomes and
outputs
To develop decision-making skills,
critical thinking and enquiry-based
learning; sustained and applied
analytical skills, negotiation skills,
managing change and risk, testing
different strategies and choosing
most appropriate solution
To organise an event or carry out a
task. Meeting deadlines for academic,
paid or voluntary work Balancing
study with other responsibilities such
as childcare, employment, social and
community activities.
To be able to source possible funding,
submit bids and maintain records for
audit. To think creatively on the
different types of resources required to
carry out a project.
To be able to present ideas and
arguments which are relevant,
appropriate to the audience and
clearly communicated
Self-Management
–
Self
Assessment
Career Planning
Business Skills
Well Being
Core Skills
Objective
To become aware of personal strengths,
weaknesses and interests identify and develop
ways to improve employability, and how to
articulate these when making applications.
To set realistic and achievable career goals, with
knowledge of national and global labour
markets, their opportunities and challenges
Awareness of work and organisational culture(s),
financial and commercial awareness of business,
numeracy and budgeting skills, networking skills,
submitting business case/proposals and report
writing; corporate social responsibility and
sustainability
To understand the importance of managing the
health and well-being of one’s self and
employee s when in a managerial position under
the duty of care for staff.
To ensure that the core skills demanded by
employers such as literacy, numeracy and IT are
at a level required for the career aspiration and
expectation of the professional body
Means of Achieving Outcome
Resources
Self-assessment sheets
Reflective reports
ML189 Developing Academic and
Employability Skills (DAES)/ My
UniCourse
Preparation for Placement
HR380 Managing and Developing
People
Module materials
DAES workbook
Group FB page
Studentcentral
Placement Handbook
Careers information Room,
resources and website
including Graduate Toolkit on
Studentfolio
Welcome week activities
ML189 DAES
UoB Careers Fair
Access to Careers Advice and
Guidance appointments (ongoing),
including weekly drop-in clinic in
placement office
Business School Careers Service
videos
Use of Careers Service information,
website and facilities, including Active
student and Beepurple
Weekly BBS Power Hour
Core modules: HR173, Organisational
Behaviour and HRM, FN163 Financial
Knowledge and Skills, DB150 Business
Project, OP218 Operations &
Enterprise resource planning
Plus available options in second and
final year
Second placement conference,
Welcome week activities for all years
ML189 DAES explicitly discuss these
skills
Core modules IT218 Managing
Systems and processes
DAES workbook
Placement office
Careers information Room,
resources and website,
including Graduate Toolkit on
Student folio
Module materials
Studentcentral
ASK study guide
Guest speaker programme
Bee Purple
Material provided
Studentcentral
Student services resources
Module Materials
Studentcentral
ASK study guide
Graduate.Tool kit
Staff Involved
Persona/l year
tutors
Relevant Module
tutors
Placement office/
Careers staff
Year tutors,
course leader
Careers staff,
including Career
Development
Adviser
Relevant modules
tutors
Bee Purple staff
Personal year
tutors , Student
Services staff
Personal tutors,
Relevant module
tutors
Level
Assessment
Method
4,5, 6
Included in module
assessment
Obtaining
placement
4, 5, 6
Included in module
assessment criteria
Obtaining
placement job on
graduation
4, 5, 6
Included in module
assessment criteria
Evaluation
Module
feedback,
NSS
External
examiner
reports
NSS
DLHE report
Careers
service
evaluations
Module
Feedback
External
examiner
reports
DLHE report
4, 5, 6
Not formally
assessed
Placement
Conference
Welcome
week
feedback
4, 5, 6
Included in module
assessment criteria
Module
Feedback
examiner
reports
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Core skills are included in all module
Communication
–
Oral
Communication
and Presentations
Objective
To be able to present ideas and arguments
which are relevant, appropriate to the audience
and clearly communicated.
Means of Achieving Outcome
ML189 DAES explicitly discuss these
skills, DB150 Business Project, DB319
Business Project, all research elective
and available options in the second
and final year.
Student ambassador role
Course Representative role
Course handbook
Resources
Module Materials
DAES workbook
Studentcentral
ASK study guide
Student Union
Placement Handbook
Generic Careers Service
Employability Skills Programme
Written
Communication
Emotional
Intelligence
Team Working
To be able to present written ideas and
arguments which are relevant, appropriate to
the audience and clearly communicated
ML189 DEAS explicitly discuss these
skills
Core to all module in each year
To understand the impact of verbal and nonverbal communication upon clients, colleagues
or other receivers, and the importance of
managing one’s own emotions.
HR380 Managing and Developing
People core topic
Placement year
To understand the importance of a team
approach that is required for many tasks and
strategies, and to appreciate different team
working styles including leadership that
individuals can adopt to make a team successful.
Working with, listening and encouraging the
development of others.
Team skills development day (TSDD)
DB150 Business Project
HR173 Organisational Behaviour and
HRM
HR380 Managing and Developing
People
Various options available in year two
and final year
DLHE repor
Staff
Involved
Relevant
module tutors
Course leaders
Student union
staff
Open day
manager
Level
4,5, 6
Assessment
Method
Evaluation
Included in the
module
assessment criteria
Module
Feedback
Student
Ambassador
open day
feedback (if
applicable)
External
examiner
reports
DLHE report
Careers Staff
Module materials
Studentcentral
ASK study guide
DAES workbook
Marking grids
Workshop materials
Studentcentral
Team skills development day
Module Materials
Studentcentral
Relevant
module tutors
Personal/ year
tutors, Relevant
module tutor
Placement
supervisor
Professional
instructors for
TSDD
Relevant
module tutor
4, 5, 6
6
4, 5, 6
Part of the
assessment criteria
of all modules
Part of first
assessment:
Critical factors that
influence
managing and
developing people
Part of module
assessment usually
in the form of
reflection
Module
Feedback
External
Examiner
reports
Module
review of
HR380
Placement
employer
feedback (if
applicable )
DLHE report
Feedback
from TSDD
Review of
DB150
Module
feedback
NSS
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Networking
To develop the confidence and appreciate the
benefits that can emanate from a networking
approach that ranges from personal contact to
an effective use of social media
Course representative
Bee Purple
Student Facebook groups
Final year electives
UoB Careers Fair
UoB Workplacement Fair
Generic Employability Skills
programmes
Enterprise
Objective
Means of Achieving Outcome
–
Entrepreneurships
To know about the technical aspects and ongoing challenges of setting up a business and
keeping it sustainable.
Initiative
Innovation and
Creativity
Commercial
Awareness
Student union
Student central
Facebook groups
Module martials
Bee purple workshops
LinkedIn
SU staff
student social
media rep
relevant
module tutor
Placement staff
Careers Staff
Resources
Staff Involved
DB150 Business Project
Various options in second and final
year
Bee Purple
Module materials
Bee purple workshops
Guest speakers
Relevant Module
tutors
Bee purple staff
To develop a mind-set that ensures an
operation or organisation doesn’t lose sight of
the need to generate profits and be
competitive to maintain survival.
Placement year
Various options available in second
and final year
Module materials
Studentcentral
Placement handbook
Placement
supervisor
Relevant module
tutors
To show creativity, originality and innovation,
including enterprise and entrepreneurship;
generating new ideas and applying creative
solutions in specific contexts including selfemployment; understanding creative process
Various options available in the final
year
Bee Purple
Module Materials
Bee Purple workshops
Relevant Module
tutors
Bee Purple staff
Module Material
Sponsoring organisation (SO)
for DB150
Student central
Relevant Module
Tutor
Staff from
sponsoring
organisation
DB150
Local Business
Dragons
Awareness of work and organisational
culture(s), financial and commercial
awareness of business, numeracy and
budgeting skills, networking skills, submitting
business case/proposals and report writing;
corporate social responsibility and
sustainability
DB150 Business Project
Various options in the second and
final year
not formally
assessed
Final year
electives
evaluation
Bee Purple (if
applicable)
Placement
evaluation
Careers
evaluation
Level
Assessment
Method
Evaluation
4,5, 6
Included in
module
assessment
criteria
Final Year
elective
review
Bee Purple (if
applicable)
4, 5, 6
Reflective
element
included in
Placement
project
Placement
employer
feedback, final
Year elective
review
4, 5, 6
Included in the
module
assessment
Criteria
Final year
elective
review
DLHE report
Included in the
module
assessment
Criteria
Module
feedback
DB150 review
Second/Final
year elective
review
Feedback (SO)
and dragons
4, 5, 6
4, 5, 6
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Develop
Opportunities
Research
–
Information
Analysis
Project
Management
Problem Solving
Organisation
Skills
To identify opportunities that can enhance a
service or product ad have the confidence
and resilience to develop the potential into a
reality.
Objective
To use IT, Internet, library skills, information
literacy; identifying appropriate resources and
knowing how to use them, submitting
proposals, using findings to structure and
complete coursework/projects, using theories,
methods, ideas and approaches in a critical
and scholarly way
Various options in second and final
year
Bee Purple
Module Materials
Bee Purple workshops
Relevant Module
Tutor
Bee Purple staff
Means of Achieving Outcome
Resources
Staff
Involved
All core modules
Placement project
Research Elective
Module Materials
DAES workbook
Studentcentral
Placement Handbook
Mark grids
Relevant
module tutor
Placement
supervisor l
5, 6
Included in the
module
assessment
criteria
Level
Assessment
Method
4, 5, 6
Library Quiz
(ML189 DAES)
Included in module
assessment criteria
4, 5, 6
Included in the
module
assessment
Criteria
Module
feedback
External
examiners
reports
Module
feedback
External
examiner
reports
Module
feedback
Placement
To working to a brief (e.g. an assignment or
external project/event etc.), setting goals and
objectives, scheduling and managing tasks and
putting plans into practice; producing risk
assessment, & evaluation strategy to assess
outcomes and outputs
DB150 Business Project
Placement Project
Various options in the second and
final year
Module Materials
Studentcentral
Basecamp (software)
Placement Handbook
Mark grids
To develop decision-making skills, critical
thinking and enquiry-based learning;
sustained and applied analytical skills,
negotiation skills, managing change and risk,
testing different strategies and choosing most
appropriate solution
Core second year and final year
modules
Placement project or research
elective
Module Materials
Studentcentral
Placement handbook
Mark grids
Relevant
module
tutors
Placement
supervisor
5, 6
Included in the
module
assessment
Criteria
Required for all academic study
ML189 DAES discuss the concept
Placement year
ML189 DAES workbook
Studentcentral, ASK study
guides
Relevant
Module tutor
4, 5, 6
Not formally
assessed,
measured by
To organise an event or carry out a task.
Relevant
module
tutors
Placement
supervisor
Final year
elective
review
Bee Purple
DLHE report
Evaluation
Module
feedback
External
examiners
reports
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Resource
Gathering
Meeting deadlines for academic, paid or
voluntary work Balancing study with other
responsibilities such as childcare,
employment, social and community activities.
Graduate Toolkit/Student
folio
To be able to source possible funding, submit
bids and maintain records for audit. To think
creatively on the different types of resources
required to carry out a project.
Module materials
Placement handbook
Bee Purple workshops
Various final year options
Placement project
Bee Purple
meeting deadlines
Relevant
module tutor
Placement
supervisor
Bee purple
staff
5, 6
Include in the
module
assessment criteria
employer
feedback
Module
feedback
examiner
reports
Placement
employer f/b
Year One: Level Four, Core
Year Two: Level Five, Core
Year Three
Final Year: Level Six
EC163: Global Business Environment(20)
MK187: Principles of Marketing (20)
HR173: Organisational behaviour and HRM (20)
FN163: Financial Knowledge and skills (20)
DB150: Business Project (20)
ML189: Developing academic and employability skills (20)
LW2xx Relevant to each stream
IT218: Managing Systems and Processes (20)
EC221: International Business Analysis (20)
OP218: Operations & enterprise resource planning
(20)
Placement for Management Streams
ST370: Business Strategy (20)- 4 Year Management
Students only
ST372: Corporate Strategy (20)- 3 Year Business
Students only
HR380 Managing and Developing People (20)
DB317: Placement project (20)
Various Research Electives (20)
Year Two: Level Five Core Streams and Options
Option List A - 1 from or core to the relevant stream
EC224: Economic theory & applications (20)
FN243: Understanding Finance Theory (20)
MK285: Marketing & Responsibility (20)
HR250: Working across cultures (20)
Option List B - 1 from
CA270: Creativity in enterprise (20)
OP215: Environmental sustainability (20)
MK291: Design and innovation (20)
OP219: Purchasing and supply (20)
SS251 Community Participation. & Development
And direct into final year for Business Streams
Final Year Options and Core for Streams
Finance Electives
FA361: Corporate governance (10)
FA361: Ethics & accountability (10)
FN380: International finance (20)
MA312 Issues in Cost Management (10)
MA340 Management & Cost Accounting (10)
Marketing electives
MK316: International marketing (10)
MK318: Retail marketing & distribution 1 (10)
MK320: Retail marketing & distribution 2 (10)
MK325: Marketing Communications 1 (10)
MK326: Marketing Communications 2 (10)
MK327: Marketing planning & strategy (20)
MK388: Marketing across cultures (20)
MK385: Business values, responsibility & trust (10)
Economics and Strategy and Entrepreneurship
Electives
EC363: Emerging financial markets (20)
EC364: Game theory in economics, finance & business
(20)
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EC380: Political economy in europe (20)
EC382:Globalisation & international markets (20)
EC384: Labour market analysis (10)
EC390: Environmental economics (10)
ST316 Competitive Advantage & The Global Economy
(10)
ST324 The New European Market Place (10)
CA381 Small Business & Entrepreneurship (20)
CA382 Social Enterprise: New Business Planning (20)
CA380 Entrepreneurship: New Business Planning (10)
HRM Electives
HR325: Understanding employee relations (20)
HR315: Employee selection & development (20)
HR382: International human resource management
(20)
HR388: Human resource management &
organisational change(20)
IT, Operations Management & Logistics
IT311 Electronic Commerce (10)
IT380 Managing the E-Enterprise (20)
IT382 Digital Marketing (10)
OP317 Supply Chain Management (10)
OP314 Purchasing & E-Procurement (10)
This Career Planning Agreement 2014/15 for BA Business and Business Management courses including streams and top-up is produced by Principal Lecturer
Julie Fowlie and Career Development Adviser Christina Keiller, July 2014.
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