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Graduate Employability
03 Mar 2010
What graduates need and employers want. Held at QEII Conference Centre, Westminster, London
This conference set out, for university and college management, how departments and courses can grow and how businesses can access and gain from talented student placements, internships and student engagement.
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Programme
08:00
Carl Gilleard - Association of Graduate Recruiters Pre-conference interview
09:00
Tanith Dodge, Director of HR, Marks and Spencer
10:00
John O'Leary, Editor, Policy Review Magazine, Former Editor, THES
Welcome and introduction from the Conference Chair
10:10
Professor Janice Kay, Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education), University of Exeter
What universities need to offer
10:30
Panel discussion: Session 1
Julie Newlan, Pro-Vice Chancellor (Enterprise) and Dean of the Business School, University of Hertfordshire
Dr Paul Redmond, Head of Careers and Employability Service, University of Liverpool
Tanith Dodge, Director of HR, Marks and Spencer
11:10
Miles Templeman, Director General, Institute of Directors
What businesses want
11:30
Refreshments, networking and exhibition
12:00
Rt Hon David Lammy MP, Minister of State for Higher Education and Intellectual Property, Department for Business Innovation and Skills
Keynote address
Biography: David Lammy MP
12:20
Aaron Porter, Vice President (Education), National Union of Students
What students need
12:40
Panel discussion: Employers finding students
Angela Maher, Project Director, Enhancing Graduate Employability and Principal Lecturer, Oxford Brookes University
Lizzie Holman, Senior Policy Adviser, Education and Skills, CBI
Jane Artess, Director of Research, Higher Education Career Services Unit
13:15
Buffet lunch, networking and exhibition
14:00
David Willetts MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Universities and Skills
Keynote address
14:20
Panel discussion: Defining the competitive edge/what are employable skills
Carl Gilleard, Chief Executive, Association of Graduate Recruiters
Professor John McDermid, Head of Computer Science, University of York
Sian Prime, Lecturer MA Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship, Institute of Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship
James Kewin, Joint Managing Director, CFE
15:00
Refreshments, networking and exhibition
15:20
Key seminars: Session 4
15:30
Professor John McDermid - interview York University
Professor John McDermid is Head of the Department of Computer Science at the University of York