Sept 2007 - University Learning & Teaching Fellow for Employability
Centre for Enhancement of Learning & Teaching (CELT) – Birmingham City University
- Embedding employability and Personal Development Planning (PDP) in the curricula and culture of the university - working in collaboration with faculties and central departments on Employability, PDP, Employer Engagement and Enterprise in Learning & Teaching
- M.Ed Module Leader: [sector leading] Embedding Employability in Academic Practice commencing Spring 2012; Personal Tutoring and Supervision commencing Autumn 2012
- Convener of the ‘Employability Developers’ group with international membership of the jiscmail of 720+
- Designer and facilitator of Birmingham City University Student Employability Award and Senior Academic Representatives Award
Personal and professional development: PDP; life-wide learning; career management, self awareness, reflection and action planning; valuing extra-curricular activities
Employability: including graduate destinations, work experience and employer engagement
Life and career management
2012 - Birmingham City University
M.Ed Learning & Teaching in HE
2011-12 Birmingham City University
PG Cert Learning & Teaching in Higher Education (incorporating HEA Fellowship)
2011 Fellowship of SEDA
2011 SEDA Professional Qualification course
Leading Educational Change: Employer Engagement/Work Based Learning
2009 SEDA
Supporting Educational Change (Introductory Online Course)
2007 SEDA / Birmingham City University
Designing and Implementing Student Support (part time)
2006 UCE Birmingham
MA Education (part time) Withdrew
1986 Bristol Polytechnic
Diploma in Careers Guidance (Parts 1 & 2 completed satisfactorily)
1980 Hull University
BA (Hons) History 2:2
Poole C (Ed) (forthcoming) Choosing Nursing: from application to offer and beyond (Part 5: Lawton R, Dodson A-M Beyond Nursing Training) Abingdon, Routledge
Pegg A, Waldock J, Hendy-Isaac S, Lawton R, 2012 Pedagogy for Employability – revised edition Learning & Employability Series, York, Higher Education Academy
Lawton R 2011 (submitted & in review) ‘Playing the Game’: How to encourage students to practice handshakes and networking as a means of enhancing their employability Journal of Teaching & Learning for Graduate Employability
Lawton R 2011 Don’t Underestimate My Potential – article Educational Developments issue 12.2 June 2011 p16
Lawton R 2010 Can Playing a Game Increase Your Social Confidence? article Aspire Birmingham City University Alumni magazine
Lawton R (2010) ‘Start with staff: Embedding personal and professional development in higher education’ accepted for LATHE (BCU e-Journal) March 2010 Birmingham City University, Birmingham UK
A, Hill, C Popovic, N Morton, R Lawton and J Eland, 2010, Creating future-proof graduates using scenario based learning in Errington E (ed) Preparing Graduates for the Professions using Scenario Based Learning, Brisbane, Australia, Post Pressed Publications. Published May 2010
R. Lawton (2010) ‘Anyone for a Game of Networking' Article 'Phoenix' Journal of the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS) Issue 129 January 2010
A Hill, C Popovic, R Lawton, J Eland, N Morton, R Curzon, D Eastcott and C Tomas (2009) Paper 'Using Critical Incidents to Create Learning Pathways Between the Real World and Places of Learning: Findings from a 2 Year Funded Project Aimed at Improving Understanding and Capability in Key Employability Skills' The International Journal of Learning, Volume 16
R. Lawton et al (2009) Paper ‘Transitions to work: Meeting skills gaps in the classroom': University Of Northampton 'transitions' Conference May 2009 and proceedings of HEA Conference 2009
R. Lawton et al ‘Transitions to work: Meeting skills gaps in the classroom’ Higher Education Academy Conference Proceedings 2009
Lawton & Eland ‘Designing and Implementing Student Support: Satisfying a new client group’ Educational Developments Journal (SEDA) Issue 10.3 September 2009
Institutional case study in ‘The Employability Challenge’ UK Commission for Employability and Skills (UKCES) February 2009
Institutional Case study in ‘Personal development planning and employability’ revised edition January 2009 part of the Learning and Employability series – Higher Education Academy
