Putting research into practice
- PROP and HECSU-funded practitioner research
- Keynote speakers session
- More on PROP
- More on practitioner research
- Other workshops
On 12 June 2007, the Higher Education Careers Services Unit (HECSU) and the Higher Education Academy (HEA) hosted a conference at the University of Manchester with the theme of ‘Putting Research into Practice’. The conference aimed to address the issue of a perceived separation between those generating the evidence (researchers) and those conducting career guidance (practitioners). It revealed how practitioners, by conducting their own research and researchers, by working within practice settings, are challenging this separation and finding ways of creating new understandings about how to best support students and graduates.
Participants at the conference were informed of the latest findings from research and development projects. In particular, delegates were the first to hear about the results from the first main survey of Futuretrack and the innovative Putting Research Outcomes into Practice (PROP) project. There was also the opportunity to contribute to the debate on how findings can impact on practice to support career learning in higher education.
In the following sections of Graduate Market Trends, speakers at the conference give a summary of their presentations. To begin with, Jane Artess (HECSU) gives an overview of the PROP project and HECSU-funded practitioner research.
PROP and HECSU-funded practitioner research
Keynote speakers session
- Futuretrack 2006 - see Embarking on higher education (II): Futuretrack 2006 - the bigger picture
- What research means to my practice
More on PROP
- Using VLE Moodle to put research into practice
- One brave step in coaching
- Involving staff and students in research
More on practitioner research
- Career pathways for graduates into the voluntary/community sector
- Researching working class students and the career decision making process
- What do graduates do (Scotland)?
Other workshops
- On-campus student employment: research from America
- The changing face of CaSE
- Building research networks: where next?
- ‘Jobshopping’: Turning chance to choice
- Retail work experience
For more information about the conference and to join our discussion forum, go to HECSU.
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