Workplace skills

Building effective partnerships with employers and using feedback to shape curricula and careers services will boost outcomes for students, universities and industry alike

Three recommendations that balance the power of negative and positive thinking to guide career planning for students

May Lim provides insight on how to design effective microcredentials that provide tangible benefits for students’ job function and career aspirations

How to emotionally prepare students for uncertainty and complexity in their future lives by helping them recognise their strengths and embrace change

When students work in teams to examine a real-world problem, the result offers a means to bring teaching and research together. Here, Kate Black and Jonny Hall explain how this pedagogy benefits students, academics and society

The vice-chancellor at Birkbeck, University of London explains why he’s optimistic England’s Lifelong Loan Entitlement will unlock the benefits of lifelong learning

Flavio Olivieri Sangiacomo explains how to inspire an entrepreneurial yet empathetic mindset that can teach students key traits for their future lives and careers

Project-based learning benefits both healthcare students and host organisations during clinical placements. Roma Forbes and Michael Donovan outline the practicalities of supporting authentic workforce experience

In an ever-changing employment landscape, more students than ever are setting up start-ups after graduation. Richard Sant and Victoria Fabbri share how the creative sector has lessons for nurturing future entrepreneurs

As more PhD students express interest in non-academic career paths, it’s essential to evaluate the relevance of traditional PhD programmes for alternative opportunities