The EPC’s Inclusive Employability Toolkit is supported by Canterbury Christ Church University, Equal Engineers, The Royal Academy of Engineering, and Wrexham University.
We would like to thank everyone who has contributed to making the Toolkit such a useful and vital resource.
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Crystal Nwagboso is a Project Manager, Research and Editorial Executive/Analyst at the Engineering Professors’ Council. She is responsible for project managing EPC Online – the initial development and its continuous improvement, maintenance, and daily operations – conducting tasks such as WordPress backend & frontend CRM/CMS testing, and collaborating with external website developers. She also leads development meetings, formulates agendas, minutes, and action logs on a weekly basis, analyses data, and is in charge of a project management platform and various spreadsheet logs to document and monitor tests. She is proficient in using HTML coding and has utilised Python programming language software. Crystal was also involved in the now-completed, website content migration process. In conjunction with this, Crystal also formulates, proofreads, and revises material for the website and has created a user manual outlining the technical intricacies of the website. Crystal also worked closely with Dr Sarah Jayne Hitt on the development, creation, and delivery of the EPC’s Siemens and RAEng-funded Sustainability Toolkit project, which she was involved in since the beginning phases. She was in charge of conducting research, analysing data, providing project management and executive support, and was an active member of the Sustainability Toolkit Steering Group – she also played a role in putting the group together. Crystal created and designed all Sustainability Toolkit pages, developed resources, edited and reviewed content, coordinated webinars, produced social media content, and more. Additionally, Crystal was commissioned to create the Sustainability Toolkit Resources Library. She is currently actively engaged in developing and planning the upcoming phases of the toolkit. Crystal was seconded by Canterbury Christ Church University to lead on the rebrand and migration of the EDGE Toolkit (now Inclusive Employability Toolkit) to the EPC website, working in close collaboration with Dr Anne Nortcliffe. Crystal created and designed every Inclusive Employability Toolkit page on EPC Online, further edited and curated content, conducted research, analysed data, co-led interviews with students and academics to gather insights on toolkit usage, developed a case study with Dr. Anne Nortcliffe, made an additional resource for the toolkit (Inclusive Employability Toolkit – University Career Services Library), coordinated events to showcase the toolkit and more. Crystal also works closely with the EPC’s DEI Community of Practice. Additionally, Crystal assists the executive team with a plethora of tasks including planning and coordinating events, scheduling and setting up Zoom webinars and meetings, liaising with over 8,000 EPC members in the database; ensuring all members are informed of the latest developments at the EPC and initiating discussions, conducting research analysis for upcoming projects, updating the EPC’s database and social media channels, social media marketing, assisting with the relaunch of the EPC’s newsletter, minute taking, composing press releases, business development, stakeholder engagement and more. Crystal graduated from King’s College London and has a degree in English Language and Linguistics, that has equipped her with the tools and expertise needed for this role.
Before joining the EPC, Johnny has already worked on many issues of concern to our members. Over the past 25 years, he led Push’s research – such as on drop-out rates and student debt – which has had direct impacts on policy. Johnny’s thought leadership, such as his papers for a graduate levy and a national access fund (2018) and on employability (2015) for the Higher Education Policy Institute, have been influential throughout the sector. Policy issues are also a significant part of his consultancy work, along with communications. His clients have included the European Commission, HEFCE, U-Multirank, as well as many universities, recruiters and charities. He’s a regular speaker at conferences, awards and in schools. In 2013, his novel A Human Script was published.
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