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Professor Christina HughesSunil MaherThe University of Warwick
LEGACY - Learning and Employability Gain Assessment CommunitY
• HEFCE Pilot Programme
• 3 Years
– Oct 2015 – Sept 2018
• 4 Work Packages
– Measurement of Learning Gain
– Employability
• Higher Education
• 18 Russell Group Universities
• Birmingham, Bristol, Durham, Cambridge, Exeter, Imperial, Kings, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Queen Mary, Sheffield, Southampton, UCL, Warwick, York
• Identify (new) alternative Learning Gain Assessment Methods
• Evidence Based Recommendations
• Measure ‘Distance Travelled’
• Methodological Comparability
– Longitudinal
– Cross-sectional Measures
Project Aims
LEARNING GAIN
CORE DIMENSIONS
QUALITATIVE/QUANTITIVE ASSESSMENT
IMPACTRESEARCH KNOWLEDGE
SECTOR
DIALOGUE
Objectives
DEVELOP
• PROCESSES
• TOOLS
ENGAGE
• TARGET GROUPS
• SURVEYS, QUESTIONNAIRES & INTERVIEWS
COLLATE• ON-LINE METHODS
ANALYSE• DATA MERGING, ANALYSIS & FINDINGS
Approach
Year 1 2015/16 Year 2 2016/17 Year 3 2017/18
Timeline
Measurement of Learning Gain WP1
R2 Strengths WP2
Career Adaptabilities WP3
International Experience & Employability WP4
• Identify Core Dimensions of Learning Gain– Across different disciplines
• Develop Measurement Instrument– Reliable, validated and usable tool
• Produce New Scientific Knowledge– Longitudinal Development in HE & Disciplines
• Test Explanatory Model – Personal & Environmental Factors
Measurement of Learning Gain(1)
Work Package 1
Year 1 2015/16
Year 2 2016/17
Year 3 2017/18
Lit. Review
Analysis 2
Analysis 1
Findings
Data Merge
Interviews
Student Engagement
Tool Develop. & Test
Measurement of Learning Gain(2)Other outcome measures
Degree outcomeGraduationClassificationGradesScoresGPAs
EmploymentPotentially
Controls
Prior learningA-levelsUCAS pointsReasoning ability
Self-conceptAcademicGlobal
DemographicsGenderAgeHouseholdParentsEmployment
StudyInstitutionSubject
Cognitive component
Critical thinking
Analytical thinking
Cognitive abilities
SynthesisingAnalysingEvaluatingProblem solving
Meta-cognitivecomponent
Self-regulation
Life-long learning attitude and motivation
Learning to learn
Need for cognition (information seeking)
Affectivecomponent
Attitudes towards own discipline and learning/studying
Motivation
Engagement
Professional and academic interest
Socio-communicative component
Levels of belonging in social learning networks
Social embeddedness
Communication skills
Openness dimension epistemological stance; view of intelligence; open-mindedness
Research dimension curiosity; interest in research; interest in knowledge; attitude to sharing ideas
Moral dimension moral reasoning
Longitudinal measurement
Vermunt, Vignoles, Ilie; 2016,
R2 Strengths(1)
Work Package 2
R2 Instrument
• Strength Development
• Confidence Building
Final Year UG
• Career Role Evaluation
• Personal Strengths
• 1:1 Feedback
Metrics
• Self Awareness
• Outcome Focussed Metrics
• Distance Travelled
Year 1 2015/16
Year 2 2016/17
R2 Strengths(2)
Analysis1:1
Feedback
InterviewsStudent
EngagementSurvey
Development
R2 Profile Creation
• CAAI-UK – Career Readiness Measures
• Identify Barriers
• Develop Supportive Action Plan
• Career Support Services Provision
Career AdaptAbilities(1)
Work Package 3
Confidence Control
CuriosityConcern
Year 1 2015/16
Year 2 2016/17
Year 3 2017/18
Career Adaptabilities(2)
Scoping
Analysis
Barriers
Findings
Data Merge
Action Plan
Student Engagement
Tool Develop. & Test
• Builds on 4 UK Universitas 21 partners
• Self-perceived Employability Gains– Study Abroad
– Work Abroad
– On Campus
• Impact of Employability Focussed Interventions
• Development of HEI Resource Bank– Employability of Learning Gain
– International Experiences
International Experience & Employability(1)
On Campus
Study Abroad
Work Abroad
International Experience & Employability(2)
Learning Gain
Outcomes
METRICS
DISCIPLINARY VARIANCES
METHODOLOGIES
MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS
CONSIDERATIONS FOR TEF
SOCIO-ECONOMIC VARIABLES
TOOLS
RESOURCE BANK
HYPER COMPLEXITIES ARTICULATE
LEARNING
TOOLS
Find out more...University of Warwick:
Programme Professor Christina Hughes Lead: [email protected]
Project Sunil MaherManager: [email protected]
Research Dr. Heike BehleFellow: [email protected]
WP Leaders:
Cambridge: Professor Jan Vermunt [email protected] Anna Vignoles [email protected] &Dr. Sonia Ilie [email protected]
Birmingham: Eluned Jones [email protected]
Nottingham: Dr. Nalayini Thambar [email protected]
Warwick: Anne Wilson [email protected]
