The Returned: Strategic development of alumni relations to embed and enhance employability and provide a model for positive student outcomes and learning gain - HEA Annual Conference 2017 - Generation TEF: Teaching in the spotlight

This workshop will explore how the development of alumni relations embeds and enhances employability in the Film Radio and Television Studies degree at Canterbury Christ Church University and produces alumni (the returned) with industry experience and expertise who have survived the transition to the world of work and returned to offer advice guidance and survival skills to current students as a model for positive student outcomes and learning gain. The session’s objectives include the review of a number of short alumni films the initiation of debate about the most effective use of alumni and a ten-point strategy for promoting and maintaining alumni-student contact and positive interaction through social media.