Аннотация:Thу paper considers methodology and pedagogical approaches used in higher education in the United Kingdom and Russia in developing transferable employability skills when teaching final-year undergraduates. The paper analyses outcomes of introducing innovative approaches to teaching translation at the University of Bristol and at the Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU). The MSU approach is aimed at the development of self-motivation, continual learning, ability to influence others through effective communication while developing students’ discipline-related skills in the field of translation studies. The innovation introduced at the University of Bristol involves a move from traditional classroom-based delivery to a blended e-learning approach, thus addressing organisational needs (developing an effective mechanism of peer assessment in large translation classes) while achieving a higher quality of work and developing valuable employability skills.