Turner, S. J. (2015) Enhancing computing student employability skills through partnership working in STEM outreach. Paper presented to: 11th China - Europe International Symposium on Software Engineering Education (CEISEE 2015), Westsächsische Hochschule Zwickau (WHZ), Germany, 2015-04-30.
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| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Abstract: | Student volunteering is growing in the UK and elsewhere, and there is an ongoing debate about whether it is really “self-evidently a ‘good thing’” or whether there is a greater need for reflection of whether this is true (Holdsworth and Quinn, 2010). This paper presents a personal reflection of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) volunteering as a potential route to increasing Computing student’s employability. This paper looks at an approach at the University of Northampton that involves: - Linking but not combining a local STEM volunteering scheme to the National STEM Volunteers (STEMNet 2015) - Creation of a STEM Steering Group that has representation across all parts of the university. Three brief case studies of computing student volunteers at different stages will be presented and end with a personal reflection based on observations over a ten year period. |
| Creators: | Turner, Scott J |
| Faculties, Divisions and Institutes: |
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Research Group > Science and Technology Research in Pedagogy Research Centres > Science and Technology Research in Pedagogy Faculties > Faculty of Arts, Science & Technology > Computing |
| Date: | 30 April 2015 |
| Date Type: | Publication |
| Journal or Publication Title: | 11th China - Europe International Symposium on Software Engineering Education (CEISEE 2015) |
| Event Title: | 11th China - Europe International Symposium on Software Engineering Education (CEISEE 2015) |
| Event Dates: | 2015-04-30 |
| Event Location: | Westsächsische Hochschule Zwickau (WHZ), Germany |
| Event Type: | Other |
| Language: | English |
| Status: | Published / Disseminated |
| Refereed: | Yes |
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| URI: | http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/7571 |
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