Pedagogical Leadership for Academic Staff in Higher Education Institutions to Enhance Graduate Work Readiness and Transition to Work

The increasing numbers of students that graduate every year in a variety of disciplines amidst
rising graduate unemployment and employability skill deficiency is both a risk and potential for
the country. Embedding graduate work readiness and transition to work strategies in University
curricular and pedagogy is one of the employability development strategies that can potentially
address rising graduate unemployment. Owing to the complexity and multi-dimensional
nature of the challenge, the East African School of Higher Education Studies and Development
(EASHESD) in the College of Education and External Studies, Makerere University in
partnership with the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) and technical support
from the National Planning Authority (NPA), sought to engage with stakeholders including;
employers, students, academic staff, pedagogical leadership facilitators and programme leaders
to collaboratively develop a Pedagogical Leadership Programme for academic staff to enhance
graduate work readiness and transition to work.

The PLASHE-WIL Project aimed at developing the capacity of academic staff in Pedagogical
Leadership and Work-Integrated Learning to enhance graduate work readiness and transition to
work competence development.

A Policy Brief and The PLASHE-WIL framework that illuminates Work-Integrated Learning as a
springboard between the university and other stakeholders has been developed.