STEM conference 2019: Employer engagement to engaged employers: Reflections on programme co-design and co-implementation with employers

How do you truly engage employers and industry in the co-design and co-delivery of programmes and sustain that participation in order to produce work-ready graduates? I will present case studies of co-designed and co-delivered programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate level at Glasgow Caledonian University and Coventry University and share reflections around key factors for success (inter- and trans-disciplinary approaches to teaching and learning and assessment multi-level strategic partnership operational and business models and requirements value and value recognition change management) and encourage a discussion of what these mean for all Engineering programmes.