UPSCALE – Upscaling Graduate Employability Tracking and Dual Career Paths in Botswana and Eswatini
Project summery
The UPSCALE project focuses on improving graduate employability and aligning higher education with labour market needs.
It develops national and institutional mechanisms for graduate tracking, strengthens university career guidance services, and pilots dual higher education pathways in partnership with employers.
By fostering evidence-based policy, capacity building, and structured collaboration among ministries, higher education institutions, employers, students, and graduates, UPSCALE contributes to sustainable job creation and more resilient higher education systems in Partner Countries.
Specific objectives
Promote monitoring of higher education graduates’ employability and build national consensus among key stakeholders in Partner Countries by Month 36.
Enrich and advance the legislative and normative framework on graduates’ employability at national and institutional levels by Month 36.
Develop and pilot dual career paths in each Partner Country Higher Education Institution (PCHEI) by Month 36.
Strengthen the capacity of HEI staff to design and run employability tracking surveys, deliver effective career guidance services, and support graduates’ labour-market insertion by Month 36.
Project Results
Project Management Handbook: Comprehensive guide outlining the project’s governance, procedures, and coordination mechanisms.
Project Webpage: Official digital platform ensuring visibility, communication, and access to project resources and outputs.
Monitoring & Evaluation Manual: Operational manual defining indicators, tools, and processes for assessing project performance.
Quality Assurance Report: Report evaluating the quality of project activities, deliverables, and compliance with agreed standards.
Progress Report: Interim report summarising implementation status, achievements, and encountered challenges.
Final External Report: Independent evaluation analysing project effectiveness, results, and long-term impact.
Graduates’ Employability Country Profile (Botswana and Eswatini): Comprehensive profile analysing national trends, policies, and challenges related to graduate employability.
Pilot Graduates’ Employability Tracking Survey: Survey instrument testing methodologies for monitoring employability trajectories of graduates.
Regulation of University Career Guidance Centers in PCHEIs: Policy framework establishing standards and operational rules for career guidance centres in partner HEIs.
Toolkit for Tracking Graduates’ Employability: Practical toolkit providing methodologies and instruments for systematic employability tracking.
Higher Education Graduates’ Employability Report: Analytical report presenting data, findings, and recommendations on graduates’ employability in PCHEIs.
DHE Model: Conceptual framework defining the structure, principles, and implementation pathways of the DHE model.
DHE Study Programmes: Curriculum integrating DHE principles into structured academic programmes at partner HEIs.
Teaching and Learning Materials for Specific DHEMs: Educational resources supporting teaching, training, and dissemination of the DHE model.
Toolkit on DHE Implementation: Practical toolkit guiding institutions in the structured adoption and application of the DHE model.
Dissemination Plan: Strategic plan outlining approaches for communicating, disseminating, and promoting project results.
Exploitation and Impact Maximisation Plan: Comprehensive plan detailing strategies to ensure effective uptake and impact of project outcomes.
Sustainability Plan: Plan defining measures to guarantee the continuity and institutionalisation of project results.
Sustainability and Impact Maximisation Report: Final report assessing long-term adoption, sustainability, and impact of project achievements.