This information is difficult to provide as employability is factored into many different roles and projects within the business. The new initiative relating to appointing a director with additional resources for careers and entrepreneurship is estimated to result in $600,000 Annual payroll cost. Employability initiatives remain a key element driving the continuous improvement and development of SAE curriculum.
The central careers service budget $150,000
Funding for employability comes from both divisional operational budgets as well as a specific Student Strategy budget line for Employability. As part of the Student Strategy funding allocation, faculties have been allocated $300K per year from 2018 - 2021 to support and develop employability initiatives. Within the Student Affairs division, Student Strategy funding was allocated to implement and operate the following two initiatives:
- Discipline-specific CDL and WIL approaches and services, delivered locally and flexibly to complement discipline-specific teams in Faculties via a collaborative (or embedded) service model (hub-spoke structure);
- Expansion of short-term global employability (mobility) experiences, to widen opportunity for all students.
Funding that has been assigned to other Student Strategy projects, such as blended learning, and students partnerships, also contribute to the advancement of the employability agenda at the institution.
There is a non-salary budget per year for employability within the Careers & Employability team of approximately $30, 000 per year. There are no corporate budget allocations specifically for institution wide employability. There is 1 x FTE Employability Programs Officer in the Careers & Employability team project funding to support employability initiatives for students from a low socio economic background in 2018. This funding will not continue into 2019
Yes. UWA recently signed a one year contract with the CCIWA, at $560,000. This contract will place four placement officers in the faculties to place students on practicums. Priority will be given to Engineering students who cannot find placements for their professional practicum. In the last two years as additional WIL resources have been required, with four placement staff equalling $400,000 per annum have been allocated. A further $20,000 has been allocated to WIL-related professional development.
The University provides 50% of the total budget for Employability as continual operating funds, and there is ongoing. The additional 50% is provided year on year through projects and initiatives of a limited life span.
This information is difficult to provide as employability is factored into many different roles and projects within the ACAP business.
There is no specific budget dedicated for employability across the entire institution. However, there is a dedicated Student Transitions and Employability Team within the Directorate of Student Life with a dedicated budget of approximately $1m pa. As noted in other sections, there are dedicated positions working across areas such as WIL and practicum placements. The intention at ECU is to embed employability in good curriculum design. Curriculum design is about transferable skills and digital skills to ensure students' employability is enhanced. The staff undertaking this work are not part of a specific budget dedicated for employability.
In addition to the Student Transitions and Employability Team, who are dedicated resources for employability, there is a group of 8 FTE Senior Learning Designers, 2 Academic Developers, 1 Advisor, Student Success Strategy and 21 Learning Advisors, who are dedicated to embedding good practice (including employability) into the curriculum.
Budgets are allocated to support specific initiatives, and also for roles such as Employability Champions within Academic Groups however I am not aware of the specifics
Yes, the WIL Office (which leads employability) has a specific budget but it is not framed to capture all employability activities across ICMS.
In addition to the salary costs (x7 staff members), the WIL budget has items allowing for annual industry functions and employer related travel. The annual plan and budget of the WIL Office, sits within the broader Learning and Teaching annual plan and budget; which ultimately informs the ICMS annual strategic plan. The program and subject level employability activities such as industry speakers, site visits and practical / 'hands-on' subjects (such as the hospitality training in the Grand Dining Room) are not budget items in the WIL Office but in the academic budget overseeing those program and subject activities.
Although not explicit at an institutional level in strategy all activity is funded within the Industry Engagement Department Budget
Macquarie does not have a business unit or major budget account named employability. However, the University makes a very substantial investment in employability-related programming through PACE and the Careers and Employment Service, in the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic portfolio. In this context, the employability agenda is supported by Pro Vice-Chancellor, Learning and Teaching and Director Student Experience and Registrar budgets, but heavily contingent upon the engagement and collaboration of Faculties, and the Corporate Engagement and Advancement and Research portfolios.
There is no centralised budget for employability, but there are staff and programs who are dedicated to improving employability. These would include the Career Learning Spine staff, Careers team, WIL Support team, and Launchpad staff. It is uncertain whether our new 2 college structure currently being implemented will include a specific budget for employability.
Yes - $350,000 over a 3 year period.
There is not a specific budget allocated to employability as it is dispersed across the institution and the responsibility of several roles within Faculties and centrally, making it difficult to quantify. Employability is highly devolved and includes such areas as Global Mobility (Curtin International), co-curricular (Careers and Employment), industry and community engagement (several roles across the institution), quality of the student experience and employability outcomes (Curtin Learning and Teaching), professional development for staff (several areas), Research and scholarship (several areas) and Faculty activities. These activities and the staff responsible have a heavy focus on employability.
There is no dedicated budget. Funding is spread out between programmes and initiatives.
Nothing is specifically allocated for employability however employability work around Work Integrated Learning is allocated in Faculty budgets and Student Services and Engagement Career Development Unit budget is allocated for work around employability.
The budget used for employability initiatives is not held as one but is distributed to where the activity is led.
Not Applicable at this time.