University of South Wales national cyber security academy – creating cyber graduates who can ‘hit the ground running’: an innovative project based approach

University of South Wales national cyber security academy – creating cyber graduates who can ‘hit the ground running’: an innovative project based approach

Higher Education institutions understand that there is a need to embed professional skills within degree programmes. However, evidence shows that graduates, whilst having developed good theoretical knowledge, lack experience and confidence when entering the workplace. Employers view the importance o...

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Main Author: Clare Johnson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-01-01
Series:Higher Education Pedagogies
Subjects:
cyber security
project based learning
pedagogy
stem
work-ready
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23752696.2019.1605837
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University of South Wales national cyber security academy – creating cyber graduates who can ‘hit the ground running’: an innovative project based approach
Higher Education Pedagogies
cyber security
project based learning
pedagogy
stem
work-ready
author_facet Clare Johnson
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title University of South Wales national cyber security academy – creating cyber graduates who can ‘hit the ground running’: an innovative project based approach
title_short University of South Wales national cyber security academy – creating cyber graduates who can ‘hit the ground running’: an innovative project based approach
title_full University of South Wales national cyber security academy – creating cyber graduates who can ‘hit the ground running’: an innovative project based approach
title_fullStr University of South Wales national cyber security academy – creating cyber graduates who can ‘hit the ground running’: an innovative project based approach
title_full_unstemmed University of South Wales national cyber security academy – creating cyber graduates who can ‘hit the ground running’: an innovative project based approach
title_sort university of south wales national cyber security academy – creating cyber graduates who can ‘hit the ground running’: an innovative project based approach
publisher Taylor & Francis Group
series Higher Education Pedagogies
issn 2375-2696
publishDate 2019-01-01
description Higher Education institutions understand that there is a need to embed professional skills within degree programmes. However, evidence shows that graduates, whilst having developed good theoretical knowledge, lack experience and confidence when entering the workplace. Employers view the importance of degree-related skills as only a part of the skills needed to be work ready. This opinion piece discusses an innovative approach to curriculum design in the field of cybersecurity, which uses a project-based approach with limited formal teaching to develop students’ skills, and engages them with industry from the very outset of their course. Early indications show that the course has many successes to celebrate, but that it is not without its challenges.
topic cyber security
project based learning
pedagogy
stem
work-ready
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23752696.2019.1605837
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