Monthly Archives: November 2024

After months of research, reflection, and collaboration, I’m excited to share the final design for the Foundation Careers Support Programme. This programme has been shaped by insights gathered from interviews with pre-degree staff, surveys with employability educators, and data from … Continue reading →

As my action research project evolves, I’ve found reflexive analysis to be an essential tool for synthesising insights gathered from my interviews with pre-degree staff, survey responses from employability educators, and first-year one-to-one (121) data. This reflective process allows me … Continue reading →

As part of my action research project to design a Careers Support for Foundation students at UAL Pre-Degree College, I recently conducted three interviews with key colleagues from the pre-degree school. The aim of these interviews was multi-fold: In preparing … Continue reading →

I recently conducted a survey with employability specialists in UAL, to support progress with my action research project and design a Careers Day Programme for Foundation students at UAL Pre-Degree College. By exploring first-year students’ specific career support needs through … Continue reading →

In continuing to develop my action research project—a Careers Day Programme for Foundation students at UAL Pre-Degree College—I’ve taken a closer look at data on career support demands from first-year students over the past three academic years. In previous blog … Continue reading →

I’ve been delving into research to explore how early career conversations can benefit Foundation students, not just in terms of employability but also by enhancing their overall career well-being, to support developing my survey, interview questions and data focus. From … Continue reading →