🚀 Inside the UK’s Most Ambitious Employability Transformation

A Live Conversation with James Corbin

How do you strategically shift a major university—with 1,300 modules and 40,000+ students—to a skills-first curriculum? And how do you do it while leading your team through unprecedented sector uncertainty?

Join Albert Segura Mollà and James Corbin, Head of Careers, Employability and Skills at the University of Kent, for our final, high-value webinar of 2025.

This is an unfiltered, behind-the-scenes look at strategic change, covering:

• The blueprint for mapping 1,300 modules into tangible skills.
• Designing a skills-first curriculum built with industry.
• Leading through restructures and sector pressure.
• James’ honest reflections on the future of careers.

If you are a leader driving change, this conversation will deliver the clarity and energy you need to finish the year strong.

📅 Wed, Dec 17 | 4:00–5:00 PM CEST / 3:00–4:00 PM UKSeats are limited! Register now.

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Inside the UK’s Most Ambitious Employability Transformation: A Blueprint for Future-Ready Careers Education

In the current climate of intense sector scrutiny and rapid change, simply having a great careers service is no longer the endpoint—it's the starting line for institution-wide transformation. The real challenge is achieving integration, scale, and measurable impact.

For our final CareerOS webinar of 2025, we’re thrilled to host a conversation that promises raw honesty and strategic depth. Our host, Albert Segura Mollà, will sit down with James Corbin, Head of Careers, Employability and Skills at the University of Kent.

The Strategic Challenge: Redesigning Employability at Scale

James is spearheading one of the most significant curriculum transformations in the UK: a full shift from traditional academia to a skills-first education model. This isn't a pilot program—it involves the mammoth task of strategically mapping over 1,300 existing modules to defined skills, attributes, and career pathways for more than 40,000 students. And all of this is happening amid the largest wave of uncertainty and restructures the sector has faced.

This is more than a webinar; it’s an unfiltered masterclass in leading strategic change.

We will be diving deep into the practicalities of this transformation, providing career leaders with actionable insights they can immediately apply to their own institutions.

What We’ll Explore: The Unfiltered Leadership Agenda

• The Module Mapping Playbook: How James led the tactical work of defining and mapping 1,300 modules into clear, industry-aligned skills and career pathways.
• The Skills-First Model: Strategies for building a new curriculum and authentic assessment methods (that mirror real hiring processes) in partnership with industry panels.
• Deep Integration: Practical steps for embedding employability across every school, program, and module, making it a core deliverable, not an optional add-on.
• Leading Through Uncertainty: James’ honest reflections on maintaining team focus and morale while navigating restructures and immense sector-wide pressure.
• Future-Proofing Support: What the skills shift truly means for careers staff, students, and addressing the specific needs of international students in the current UK context.

If you are a career director, manager, or strategy lead weary of the jargon and hungry for real-world leadership and strategic blueprints, join us. Finish 2025 with inspiration, clarity, and the energy to tackle 2026.

👉 Secure your place now for this essential conversation on Wednesday, December 17th.

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