This lecture focuses on how teaching and learning can be strategically designed to enhance students’ employability and prepare them for the evolving demands of the 21st-century workforce. Employability is not limited to gaining a job—it encompasses developing transferable skills, critical thinking, creativity, adaptability, and lifelong learning abilities.

Students will explore key frameworks for employability in higher education, such as the skills agenda, graduate attributes, and work-integrated learning. The session examines how curriculum design, assessment strategies, and pedagogical approaches—such as project-based learning, reflective practice, and collaboration with industry—can help learners connect theory with professional practice.

By the end of this lecture, students will be able to:

• Define the concept of employability and understand its dimensions in education.

• Identify effective teaching and learning approaches that support skill development and career readiness.

• Analyze examples of curriculum and assessment practices that enhance employability.

• Reflect on how educators can foster partnerships between academia and the workplace.

The lecture includes case studies, discussion of international employability frameworks, and reflective tasks that encourage students to connect employability outcomes with their own educational practice.