How can science students recognise, articulate, and transfer their skills into the workplace?
In this session, Gayle Brent, Orientation and Transition Coordinator at Griffith University, explores how co‑curricular career development supports employability in science degrees through the Griffith Sciences Plus program.
Gayle outlines a bronze, silver, and gold model for student engagement, designed to meet learners at different stages of their journey and help them reflect on, evidence, and communicate their skills beyond the formal curriculum. Using PebblePad, students capture learning from workshops, life experiences, and discipline‑based study, building confidence to articulate their capabilities to employers and apply them in professional contexts.
Key themes include:
- Making skill transfer explicit rather than assumed
- Using reflection to build employability confidence
- Capturing co‑curricular and lived experience through portfolios
- Motivating opt‑in participation through feedback and rewards
- Aligning student evidence to industry competency frameworks
- Embedding employability at scale across large cohorts
This session provides practical insight for educators looking to design scalable, reflective, and student‑centred employability initiatives in science and STEM programs.
This was filmed at Brisbane 2022 MiniBash.