
Excellence in Education for us at the University of Bath means that 'our graduates have high levels of personal, professional, and academic skills enabling them to fulfil their potential and thrive in their chosen employment' (Education Strategy 2016-2021).
This page provides information and guidance related to embedding employability and graduate attributes within the curriculum and our learning community. We ensure that there are opportunities for students to develop knowledge, skills, attributes, experiences, behaviour and achievements to enable them to make successful transitions and contributions to benefit themselves, the economy and their communities.

How will your course?
- Address a gap or skills shortage in the labour market
- Work with employers to identify the knowledge, skills and attributes that graduates need
- Embed and develop employability across the curriculum
- Provide students with opportunities for placements or work-based learning
- Provide opportunities for employer/alumni engagement
- Encourage students to make connections between discipline specific knowledge, skills and attributes and their use in the wider world
- Encourage students to recognise how they are enhancing their employability and confidently articulate this
- Provide students with opportunities to reflect upon what they have learned
- Develop students’ understanding of their professional interests, skills and values
- Encourage students to reflect on and take responsibility for their own personal and professional development
Curriculum Transformation Workshop
Workshop materials for staff to use to engage students with the theme.
Curriculum Development Resources
Examples of employability initiatives from other UK universities:
Aston University: Graduate Employability
University of Bristol: Bristol University Futures
University of Exeter: Employability case studies
University of Leicester: Embedding Employability resources
University of Gloucestershire: Your Future Plan
University of Manchester: Stellify Scheme
UCL: Embedding Employability in Engineering video
Embedding employability skills
Here are some examples of how employability skills can developed within modules:
XX50232 Engineering Management Practicum, level 7 unit at Bath, designed to integrate concepts, techniques and skills to solve a practical business problem and encourage self-reflection
The Consultancy Project, level 7 module at Kingston University
Professional Writing, level 6 module at Plymouth University
Further reading and resources
Develop your students’ employability skills through technology, JISC, 2017
Embedding Employability in HE, Advance HE, 2016
Embedding Employability in HE for Student Success, Advance HE screencast
Employability in Higher Education: A review of practice and strategies around the world, Pearson, 2016
Enterprise & Entrepreneurship Education: Guidance for UK Higher Education Providers, QAA, 2018
Guide to a Career in STEM, Prospects, 2018
Student Success & Employability: synergies and institutional approaches, Advance HE, 2018
The Right Skills: Celebrating Skills in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, The British Academy, 2017
What Do Graduates Do? Prospects/HECSU, 2018