The Pegasus programme at Portsmouth Polytechnic

Abstract

Pegasus is an initiative aimed at getting a greater level of career education and personal skill development work into the academic experience of the student in higher education. It is designed for undergraduates in the central and final years of their studies. Building on work already developed and well advanced in some institutions, it aims to respond to the concerns of employers that graduates often lack a sense of direction or identity in terms of their careers, and in selection and interview often fail to demonstrate well developed personal skills or self-confidence. The project therefore draws upon, and overlaps with, such activities as study skills programmes, the fostering of enabling skills within the academic course, and workshops and informational sessions traditionally offered by the Careers Service.