“Some examples of potential benefits include Improves student outcomes. Improves student engagement. Helps students see their studies as current, stimulating and exciting.” (Curriculum Framework, 2019)
To strengthen the professional development of information, skills, and understanding and to foster the relationship between career education and networks of professional support, both during and after graduation, my research may be used to enhance industry interaction with students in my practice. Employers might view my research as a positive step in helping them encourage student engagement since it exposes them to the institution’s principles and ethical standards, enabling them to provide valuable learning support (SAGE Publications Ltd, 2016).
My research has allowed me to see that, by imparting knowledge of the values and ethics at LCC/UAL through training (in this case, EDI), The Employability Hub at LCC can influence social justice within student and industry engagement. This study bolsters the idea that all professionals should receive training before providing a career session or event. This training would influence the content of the provision and affect professional’s interaction with the students after it ends, irrespective of the industrial sectors. Therefore, the ethics and principles of UAL/LCC are sufficiently general to apply and be practiced in a variety of fields and industries.
Through this study, I have also been able to recognise that completing a training module offered by the university can promote industry thought on a certain topic and have a good effect on a professional’s role, professional standing, or industry sector.
“ Action research is at high risk for research biases” (George, 2023)
Action research is sometimes associated with a misconception that participants may feel under pressure to engage or to participate in a particular way and that the study might be ethically complex in its structural design. As a result, these results could be highly susceptible to study flaws, including selection bias, social desirability bias, and other cognitive biases (George, 2023).
This idea is challenged by the results of my research, which show that said high-risk variables were not present during the investigation. All my participants had reservations and concerns regarding the activity’s duration and more than half of them declined to participate based just on the argument that it was too long. It can be claimed, therefore, that bias (as previously noted) did not affect the data from my research; rather, the participants’ honesty, transparency, and lack of bias caused only two out of the five to carry out the advised action.
Consequently, my investigation has compelled me to see that the length of time the training might take is the one thing that could prevent professionals from participating in university-hosted training before engaging with students. This could therefore impede the experience of the professional, as well as the interaction of students and the industry.
I have been able to draw the following conclusion from my research on how The Employability Hub at LCC could influence social justice in students and industry engagement: by offering training to industry professionals before the start of an employability session, they can be introduced to the college’s values and ethics, which will prepare them for interactions with student, by influencing their language, content, and possibly behaviour. The one thing that might prevent a professional from doing the course of action, though, is how long it might require to complete it.
References
Curriculum Framework. (2019). Benefits of Research & Enquiry. [online] Available at: https://sites.reading.ac.uk/curriculum-framework/benefits-of-research-enquiry/#:~:text=Some%20examples%20of%20potential%20benefits [Accessed 13 Jan. 2024].
SAGE Publications Ltd. (2016). What are the benefits of educational research for teachers? [online] Available at: https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/what-are-the-benefits-of-educational-research-for-teachers#:~:text=Research%20can%3A
George, T. (2023). What Is Action Research? | Definition & Examples. [online] Scribbr. Available at: https://www.scribbr.com/methodology/action-research/#:~:text=to%20their%20communities.-