Industry-linked Projects and Research-informed-and-enriched Curriculum for Sustainable Student Employability Metrics

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  • Sunday Cookey Ekpo Manchester Metropolitan University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33423/jhetp.v20i3.2972

Keywords:

Higher Education, Practice, engagement, formative assessment, intervention strategies, progression, retention

Abstract

This paper presents inclusive industry-linked projects and research-informed-and-enriched curriculum for sustainable improved student educational metrics. A research project questionnaire was designed for data gathering besides the use of the researcher’s historical engineering curriculum teaching and research project supervision data. Monte Carlo simulations, t-test analysis and probability density functions modelling were implemented to obtain future-predicting reliable outcomes. The results of the analyses show that the student engagement improved by over 50 %; 100 % of the students who experienced industry-linked pedagogy with formative assessment feedback and feedforward achieved a distinction grade. 100 % of taught and supervised students gained employment into the industry; and/or embarked on further education (MSc and PhD).

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Published

2020-08-14

How to Cite

Ekpo, S. C. (2020). Industry-linked Projects and Research-informed-and-enriched Curriculum for Sustainable Student Employability Metrics. Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, 20(3). https://doi.org/10.33423/jhetp.v20i3.2972

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