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