Dr Roy Priest, Associate Professor at Birmingham City University, gave an overview of their Employability Ecosystems at the Learner Success Community of Practice session on 28 March 2025.

Employability Ecosystems improve learner engagement, and support successful graduate outcomes by embedding employability into the curriculum and connecting learners with industry throughout their programme of study. They use informal frameworks to maximise the potential for ongoing connection between learners, industry-based professionals and academic staff. The holistic approach encompasses research, knowledge transfer, curriculum development, course and programme marketing.  

In the presentation, Roy discusses what the approach looks like in practice and the support the university has put in place for academic staff to enhance learner outcomes through informal engagement with industry. The session closed with a robust questions and answers discussion.

We plan to host Dr Roy Priest at two more Community of Practice sessions later in the year.

Watch the presentation at Learner Success Community of Practice.

Learner Success Community of Practice sessions

The Tertiary Education Commission hosts online Community of Practice sessions in partnership with the tertiary sector. The aim is to connect tertiary education organisations to share knowledge, collaborate, and promote individual, group and organisational development to improve the success of their learners.

To find out about upcoming sessions, please contact 0800 601 301 or customerservice@tec.govt.nz with the subject line [EDUMIS # Learner Success Community of Practice].

To view recordings of previous sessions, visit Learner Success Community of Practice.