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Examples of practice

Examples of practice from educators across Queen Mary which show how graduate attributes are being embedded and developed

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Developing Key Employability Skills: Collaborating and Managing Social Impact Projects

School of Business and Management

Dr Lisa Morrison

Senior Lecturer in Non-Profit Management; Programme Director for BSc Business Management (Social Change - Degree Apprenticeship)

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Empowering Skill-Based Education through Virtual Reality

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences

Professor Lesley Howell

Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry & Education

Students working and sitting at tables

The Coffee Shop Challenge: An Inclusive, In-Curriculum Business Simulation for Employability Skill-Building.

School of Business and Management

Dr Georgy Petrov

Senior Lecturer in Management; Director of Skills and Employer Engagement

A graphical representation of a COIL virtual exchange

Widening access to international opportunities: a combined virtual international exchange and simulated pandemic exercise

Wolfson Institute of Population Health

Dr Jonathan Kennedy — Dr Jonathan Kennedy

Reader in Politics and Global Health

A group of male students sitting around a laptop

Employability in the Undergraduate Curriculum: Co-Creating with AI for Decision-Making in Business Simulation

School of Business and Management

Dr Andrew Woon

Programme Director for BSc Business Management (Year 3), Senior Lecturer in Strategic Management

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Embedding Employability in the UG Business Management Curriculum: Equipping UG Students with Career Management Skills through a Compulsory Professional Development module.

School of Business and Management

Susan Smith

Career Consultant / Content Creator (Curriculum Lead for School of Business and Management)

Empowering students for sustainable development: embedding sustainability alongside key academic study skills in a first-year undergraduate module

School of Geography

Dr Stephen Taylor

Senior Lecturer in Human Geography

Students and educators in group discussion around tables in a large room

Using Digital Showcase Portfolio to Demonstrate Achievements

School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science

Dr Xianhui Che

Lecturer in Multimedia

Incorporating Queen Mary Graduate Attributes to the Skills and methods module for the Contemporary Live Project Module (Capstone project)

Dr Lilian Schofield

Reader in Management Education; Deputy Director of Education (student experience); Academic Lead, Queen Mary Academy Fellow 2023-24

A small group of students work together on laptop and paper

Mapping graduate attributes and the undergraduate curriculum in Psychology: A co-created approach

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences

Dr Paraskevi Argyriou

Reader in Psychology, Queen Mary Academy Fellow 2024-25

Three students discuss together with tablet device

Developing Graduate Attributes in Undergraduates using Online Portfolios

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences

Dr Timothy Fulton

Deputy Director of Education for Undergraduate Studies; Programme Director (SBBS)

A group of Queen Mary graduates at graduation outside the Queens' Building

EECS Graduate Attributes Programme (GAP)

School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science

Dr Aisha Abuelmaatti

Senior Lecturer and Director of Employability

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On record - keeping a skills log

School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science

Faith Nightingale

Senior Lecturer in Skills for Science and Engineering Transnational Education,Director of Education, Queen Mary Engineering School (Xi'an, China)

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Authentic assessment design for a large first year module

School of Business and Management

Dr Georgy Petrov

Senior Lecturer in Management; Director of Skills and Employer Engagement

Using innovation to educate the next generation of lawyers

School of Law

Eliza Platts-Mills

qLegal Lecturer

mySkills: Empowering students to build a personal brand

School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science

Dr Usman Naeem — Dr Usman Naeem

Reader in Computer Science Education and Queen Mary Academy Fellow 2024-26

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Nurturing students’ confidence and employability through innovative skills mapping

School of Languages, Linguistics and Film

Dr Kasia Mika

Senior Lecturer in Comparative Literature

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Using psychology to improve urban and natural environments

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences

Dr Valdas Noreika

Lecturer in Psychology

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Promoting Social Justice through Queen Mary students

School of Politics and International Relations

Dr Joe Hoover

Reader in Political Theory

Four dental students in masks and aprons practising on models

Socially responsible dentists

Institute of Dentistry

Professor Amitha Ranautha

Professor of Professionalism Education, Deputy Dean, Head of Centre for Teaching and Innovation

Students sitting on a bench at Mile End campus

Queen Mary Legal Advice Centre’s partnership with local schools

School of Law

Professor Frances Ridout

Director of the Legal Advice Centre (Clinical Legal Education), Barrister & Professor of Clinical Legal Education and Pro Bono

Graduate attributes in the School of Engineering and Materials Science

School of Engineering and Materials Science

Professor Julia Shelton

Professor of Biomechanical Engineering