How to Embed Employability within Geography, Earth and Environmental Science Programmes

This timely and practical book shows how to embed employability in the geography, earth, and environmental sciences (GEES) curriculum to set students up for success after graduation.Chapters provide a wealth of real-world approaches, tools, and methods to give students the opportunities to develop the career-ready skills essential for navigating a rapidly-changing global labour market. Contributing authors from a diverse range of academic and professional backgrounds outline different pedagogical approaches to employability including; graduate attributes and skills, accreditation, placements and internships, work-integrated learning, reflective practice, and authentic assessment. The book is illustrated with a wide range of practice-based vignettes which provide specific examples of embedding employability from academics’, students’, and employers’ perspectives.This How To Guide is a vital resource for higher education professionals in geography, earth sciences and environmental sciences. Its insights will also be relevant for educators throughout the wider social sciences interested in integrating employability into their teaching.