Masters students and Employment
Prof Alastair Pearce
Principal, Rose Bruford College
MA graduates can:
• Demonstrate knowledge• Integrate knowledge• Develop new skills• Demonstrate leadership• Assess teams• Communicate project outcomes• Solve problems• Manage change• Respond to social, scientific and ethical issues
Employers want:
• Effective communication (Written & presentation)• Organisation• Gathering of information• Use of Information Technology• Ability to act/think independently• Working in teams• Making use of information• Analytical skills• Synthesising of ideas and concepts• Thinking critically
Rose Bruford College
• MA in Theatre Practices
• International placement with Transnational European Theatre Network
• Aim: To train the European theatre professional
• Ministries of Culture, Rural Affairs, archaeological dig, local community, an old school, professional theatre, research.
Non-performance elements
• project management• event management• arts administration• festival management• entrepreneurship (including generating new
income streams e.g. European cohesion funds);• cultural tourism• museum management• cultural animation (museums and heritage
centres)
Key points
• Network includes employers from the start
• Network of other Colleges / organizations
• Linked to staff research / development
• Linked to Knowledge Transfer (KT)
• Explicit transferable Skills
Non-performance elements
• project management• event management• arts administration• festival management• entrepreneurship (including generating new
income streams e.g. European cohesion funds);• cultural tourism• museum management• cultural animation (museums and heritage
centres)
Enhancing employment opportunities by course design
• Use Dublin / EQF descriptors
• Involve employers in the design and delivery
• Build on existing KT and research work
• Ensure employment-friendly transferable competences are explicit
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