The Oxfordian College Employability Advantage
In February 2024, Oxfordian College proudly launched the “Employability Framework,” an innovative initiative designed to enhance the lives of our students by equipping them with the skills needed to thrive in today’s competitive job market. This comprehensive framework aims to upskill students, significantly boosting their employability and enabling them to advance in their chosen careers. At the heart of our mission is the desire to see our students succeed—whether by securing meaningful employment, progressing professionally, or pursuing further studies that align with their aspirations.
Through this initiative, we are deeply committed to ensuring that our students develop the practical skills, knowledge, and attributes that employers are actively seeking. By bridging the gap between education and employment, the Employability Framework serves as a vital tool to empower our students to realize their potential, achieve their goals, and ultimately live the dreams they have envisioned for their futures.
What is Oxfordian College Employability Framework?
As per the OfS guidelines on employability, “… the additional skills and competencies that an individual gains as they progress through higher education, which improve and enhance their employment and career. The Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) adds that employability consists of knowledge, skills and social capital.”
To align with these expectations, the College makes sure that:
- Employability is integrated into the student’s life cycle.
- Students receive specialised employability support in order to meet these expectations.
- Graduates receive career guidance to help them advance into the workforce or further study.
- Work placement or employability skills should be ingrained in the courses offered.
- Advice to students should be reflected in their academic activities during studies.
How can Students Benefit from Our Employability Framework?
The College anticipates that our students should have an entrepreneurial outlook and attitude whether they go into employment or start their own business. In particular, we provide our students with an advantage in the job market because they have:
Excellent staff with academic expertise and up to date business experience.
Required skills and attributes that employers look for.
What is Offered by the Oxfordian College Employability Framework?
- Learning and teaching practices are informed by evaluation of the professional practice and experience of teaching staff.
- External examiners/assessors are drawn from business, industry or the professions.
- Endeavour to maintain contact with students who have found employment after completing their studies and to obtain feedback from them and their employers.
- Organising career guidance, opportunity and employability workshops.
- Career and skill development certifications.
- Work based learnings.
- Group presentations based on real life corporate scenarios with local employers invited to sit in for feedback during presentations.
- Links with other institutions regarding employability theme.
Academic industrial tours. - Work Shadowing: short term, informal activities where a student will spend time on company premises but will have no contract or expectation of making a working contribution as it is an observational activity.
- Students’ participation to employment related workshops and seminars.
- Recognition for exhibiting the skills.
Regular workshops for CV writing, interview skills, personal profile development, Digital Skills, Career Decision, Self- Awareness, Presentation on Interviews and Interpersonal Skills.
An Internship Opportunity for Our Students
You can also apply for internships speculatively, i.e., contact employers of your interest and enquire about an opportunity. Your Oxfordian Employability team will be able to help you.
Once you find a consultancy project/internship/industrial placement opportunity relevant to your career interests, become familiar with it (which may mean you need to get in touch with the company) and then Oxfordian Employability team can help you to write a first-class cover letter before submitting your application for a job.
