Abstract

This Educational Enhancement Scheme sabbatical research project (February–June 2026) explores what happens when you deliberately link time management and professional development instead of keeping them separate. Academic Support teaches one, Careers & Employability teaches the other, but they never connect for students. Through a pedagogical intervention, I developed a workshop that brings them together. Working with 150+ students across UAL colleges, the results were clear: when this connection happens, something shifts. Students develop new insights about how their approach to time now directly shapes their readiness for professional life after graduation. They start managing their time differently during their studies because it suddenly feels connected to something real. The evidence shows measurable changes in how they engage with time management. I’ll present the evidence and walk colleagues through a MyBlog toolkit designed for immediate implementation

Session and activities

The presentation will share the research journey and findings: the pedagogical question that prompted the work, the framework developed to test it, the evidence collected across workshop deliveries, and the practical resources produced.

Rather than focusing on workshop delivery mechanics, the presentation examines what changed in student confidence, engagement, and readiness, and what this reveals about meaningful learning in employability pedagogy at UAL.

What will be presented:

• The pedagogical question: How can integrating time management and professional development create more meaningful student learning?
• The research approach: How I investigated this through interactive workshops, pre/post surveys, and qualitative feedback
• The evidence: Quantitative and qualitative data showing what changed in student confidence and engagement
• The practical toolkit: A MyBlog page containing workshop materials, visual time-tracking worksheets, industry pricing references and resources and guidance on how the framework adapts across different creative disciplines

Discussion focus:

The session will invite colleagues to reflect on these questions:

• How might integrating time management and professional development deepen learning in your own teaching contexts?
• Which aspects of the framework might be adaptable for your discipline or college?
• What additional resources or support would be helpful for implementation?