Pepple, Dennis Gabriel and Akaighe, Godbless Onoriode and Sambo, Aliyu and George-Aremu, Ololade and Bosah, Genevieve and Trollman, Hana (2025) Using guest lectures to enhance student employability: pedagogical considerations. Cogent Education, 12 (1). ISSN 2331-186X
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The quest to boost student employability remains a critical focus in higher education. Accordingly, employability is a fundamental yardstick for the performance of universities, which reflects the capability of the institutions to support students in getting and keeping roles suitable to their education while adding value to themselves and society. Although the literature underscores the importance of graduate employability, the significance of guest lectures in meeting this goal – and strategies for convening it – has received limited attention. This study draws on the Self-determination theory (SDT) and pedagogical considerations to propose a framework for setting up impactful guest lectures that bolster student employability. Therefore, we employ the framework to provide guest lectures for a diverse group of 495 postgraduate students in the UK and collect qualitative data for analysis. Through a qualitative deductive approach, we uncovered how using diverse presentation styles while linking theory and practice supports the autonomy needs of students, exposure to the future role supports their need for competence, and linking guest speaker sessions to assignment tasks and co-creative environment supports their relatedness need. Our study offers novelty through an SDT-based framework for implementing guest lecture sessions that engender high levels of participation and engagement.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | ** Article version: VoR ** From Crossref journal articles via Jisc Publications Router ** History: received 30-09-2024; revised 03-01-2025; accepted 07-01-2025; epub 15-01-2025; issued 15-01-2025; published 15-01-2025; ppub 31-12-2025. ** Licence for VoR version of this article starting on 15-01-2025: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education |
| Divisions: | Institutes and Academies > Institute of Inner City Learning |
| SWORD Depositor: | JISC Publications Router |
| Depositing User: | JISC Publications Router |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Jan 2025 12:10 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Jan 2025 12:10 |
| URI: | https://repository.uwtsd.ac.uk/id/eprint/3345 |
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