Learners who identify themselves as employees first, rather than students, are a significant part of the student body in institutions today.
The Academy is working to support institutions and individual practitioners in addressing the issues and challenges which result from working with this specific set of learners and with employers.This area of work is often also known as employer engagement or workforce development and includes work-based learning.
Many institutions have been working in this field for a considerable amount of time, while many other institutions are newer to the area, or are increasing their work in this area. So, it is important for those who are new to, or developing this area of work, to be able to learn from those with practical experience.
The following pages give some more details of key issues in this area:
Cost of work based learning
Impact of work based learning
The following pages outline some research in subject specific areas:
Drivers, barriers and solutions to Employer Engagement in Engineering and Physical Sciences
Employer Engagement in the Arts Sector
Perceptions and practice related to Employer Engagement in Earth and Environmental Sciences
Developing the workforce for practice in integrated children’s services
Literature Review of the Evidence of Employer Preferences for and Engagement in UK Legal Education
Comments (1)
Nick Livsey said
at 3:10 pm on Feb 23, 2009
Originally added as a comment by Jane Kettle, 03/11/08 on the Higher Education Academy Observatory wiki, Employee Learning page:
I think it is important to extend the definition to include students who may not be employees, who engage in learing about the nature of employability aspart of the university learning
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