Powerpoint presentation and link to abstract of the peer-reviewed paper Piloting Employer Engagement in OERs Repositories: A new approach to curricular employability in HE; This paper was presented in the apt2012 Employer Engagement in a Digital Age Conference at the University of Greenwich on the 4th of July. It outlines some of the research findings of the second part of the SCORE OU-funded project "Review and Endorsement of OERs by Graduate-Recruiting Employers "in HumBox"

Powerpoint presentation of the paper presented at the HEA-sponsored conference "Employability: Addressing the Gulf between Academic, Student and Employer Perspectives". University of Leeds, 3rd December 2012. It includes references and links to two of the main research outputs of the SCORE-funded project "Review and Endorsement of OER by Graduate-recruiting Employers" to date: The Cambridge 2012 paper in the conference "Innovation and Impact - Openly Collaborating to Enhance Education" and the SCORE Project Final Report.

Research on review and endorsement of Open Educational Resources (OERs) is being conducted using HumBox resources as part of an Open University SCORE Fellowship Project. The aims of this project, led by Antonio Martinez-Arboleda at the University of Leeds, are to explore and develop a feasible model for employer engagement in OERs and to add extra value to existing and future OERs, hence reinforcing our existing Communities of Practice and encouraging high-quality open content publication and re-use. In particular, the project will look at ways of facilitating the review and endorsement of OERs by graduate-recruiting employers in the HumBox, where a vast range of Arts and Humanities OERs of all levels of granularity have been uploaded and shared by an increasing number of practitioners. In connection with this project, Antonio is interested in proposing a more dynamic, case-based and multilateral approach to employability in the area of Arts in UK HE. In this respect, the review and endorsement of OERs by employers can play a crucial role in this transformation. This project will build on the work which is already being done in the area of employers’ engagement in OERs and will consider the different review and endorsement tools introduced by key OERs repositories. If you are interested in having some of your resources reviewed or endorsed by employers or simply finding out more about this project, please contact Antonio Martínez-Arboleda at sllama@leeds.ac.uk

This is a collection of activities for postgraduate researchers to undertake in order to self-assess their skills base at the start of candidature. It focuses on four skills drawn from the Researcher Development Framework (RDF): cognitive abilities; self-management; research-management; and communication.

This resource provides you with the first of two activities to enable you to self-assess your cognitive abilities. The resource is part of a collection of resources which form the SCORE Higher project. This project introduces and contextualises some of the key skills that you, as postgraduate researchers, should look to attain during candidature and provides the means by which you can assess your skills base at the start of your PhD. The resource consists of two documents: the first is the file that describes the actual activity. The second document is the introduction to the whole SCORE project which contextualises the resource.

This resource provides you with the second of two activities to enable you to self-assess your cognitive abilities. The resource is part of a collection of resources which form the SCORE Higher project. This project introduces and contextualises some of the key skills that you, as postgraduate researchers, should look to attain during candidature and provides the means by which you can assess your skills base at the start of your PhD. The resource consists of two documents: the first is the file that describes the actual activity. The second document is the introduction to the whole SCORE project which contextualises the resource.

This resource provides you with the first of two activities to enable you to self-assess your communication skills. The resource is part of a collection of resources which form the SCORE Higher project. This project introduces and contextualises some of the key skills that you, as postgraduate researchers, should look to attain during candidature and provides the means by which you can assess your skills base at the start of your PhD. The resource consists of four documents: the first is the file that describes the actual activity. Documents two and three are the posters you can use for the practical exercise. The forth document is the introduction to the whole SCORE project which contextualises the resource.

This resource provides you with the second of two activities to enable you to self-assess your communication skills. The resource is part of a collection of resources which form the SCORE Higher project. This project introduces and contextualises some of the key skills that you, as postgraduate researchers, should look to attain during candidature and provides the means by which you can assess your skills base at the start of your PhD. The resource consists of four documents: the first is the file that describes the actual activity. Documents two and three are the templates you can use for the practical exercise. The forth document is the introduction to the whole SCORE project which contextualises the resource.

This resource provides you with the template for the cumulative self-assessment of your score across all the SCORE activities you have completed. The resource is part of a collection of resources which form the SCORE Higher project. This project introduces and contextualises some of the key skills that you, as postgraduate researchers, should look to attain during candidature and provides the means by which you can assess your skills base at the start of your PhD.

This document introduces self-assessment for postgraduate researchers, aligned to the Researcher Development Framework (RDF). It explains the SCORE materials, outlines the SCORE project and how the individual activities fit together. We have also allied it to the other SCORE resources in order to contextualise each activity.

This resource provides you with the first of two activities to enable you to self-assess your research management skills. The resource is part of a collection of resources which form the SCORE Higher project. This project introduces and contextualises some of the key skills that you, as postgraduate researchers, should look to attain during candidature and provides the means by which you can assess your skills base at the start of your PhD. The resource consists of two documents: the first is the file that describes the actual activity. The second document is the introduction to the whole SCORE project which contextualises the resource.

This resource provides you with the second of two activities to enable you to self-assess your research management skills. The resource is part of a collection of resources which form the SCORE Higher project. This project introduces and contextualises some of the key skills that you, as postgraduate researchers, should look to attain during candidature and provides the means by which you can assess your skills base at the start of your PhD. The resource consists of two documents: the first is the file that describes the actual activity. The second document is the introduction to the whole SCORE project which contextualises the resource.

This resource provides you with the first of two activities to enable you to self-assess your time-management skills. The resource is part of a collection of resources which form the SCORE Higher project. This project introduces and contextualises some of the key skills that you, as postgraduate researchers, should look to attain during candidature and provides the means by which you can assess your skills base at the start of your PhD. The resource consists of two documents: the first is the file that describes the actual activity. The second document is the introduction to the whole SCORE project which contextualises the resource.

This resource provides you with the second of two activities to enable you to self-assess your ability to manage your own time. The resource is part of a collection of resources which form the SCORE Higher project. This project introduces and contextualises some of the key skills that you, as postgraduate researchers, should look to attain during candidature and provides the means by which you can assess your skills base at the start of your PhD. The resource consists of two documents: the first is the file that describes the actual activity. The second document is the introduction to the whole SCORE project which contextualises the resource.

This is an updated summary of the talk on Simulations and Collaborative Learning given in Cork in November 2011. It includes an interesting bibliography.