Collaborative Initiatives and Work-based Learning Opportunities: A Case Study

dc.creator	John Kerins
dc.date	2007-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:13:21Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:13:21Z
dc.identifier	1473-7507
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/d6609424020e4182a650e458a0bb357c
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/15959
dc.description	Employability is a prominent concern as higher education considers its relationship with employers in equipping graduates to operate successfully in their chosen careers. This paper discusses key issues surrounding work-based learning provision and focuses on recent experience in utilising university resources to provide placements.Collaboration between the Centre for Public Health Research and the Informatics Centre at the University of Chester has led to the implementation of software solutions to support data monitoring and analysis projects. Plans to expand this development provided an opportunity to utilise the University’s Work-based Learning programme to provide stimulating student placements.This paper evaluates the placements in the light of recent findings in the literature and reflects on the successes and limitations of the initiative. The paper also assesses the scope to consolidate and develop the process in view of the likely need for an expansion of employment-focused learning opportunities. Participant feedback demonstrates very positive outcomes from the initiative but a wider investigation would be more representative and might usefully seek to compare these placements with students’ experience in external organisations.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Higher Education Academy Subject Network for Information & Computer Sciences
dc.relation	http://www.ics.heacademy.ac.uk/italics/vol6iss1/kerins.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1473-7507
dc.source	ITALICS, Vol 6, Iss 1 (2007)
dc.subject	work-based learning
dc.subject	employabilty
dc.subject	work-based assessment
dc.subject	software Development
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Collaborative Initiatives and Work-based Learning Opportunities: A Case Study
dc.type	article