Future Students
The demography and demands of students are likely to change in the coming year and this track aims to look at some of the challenges this will bring to teaching and learning. Topics include student engagement, employability, enterprise, work based learning, internships, partnerships with business and employers.
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For more information on the work the Academy does relating to student engagement,
please see the student engagement section of the Academy's website.
Click on the links below to search EvidenceNet for content relating to student engagement:
Relevant content includes:
Selected resources
Hepplestone S, Parkin H, Irwin B, Holden G, Thorpe L (2010)
Report on a project which evaluated how a range of technical interventions might enhance student engagement with feedback.
Johnson M and Denise Robson (2009)
This study examines whether clickers affect learning in an introductory economics course when introduced on a limited 'quizzing' basis in a traditional lecture course
Boyle S (2010)
This case study describes the development of an accessible online e-mentor support system for post-graduate pharmacists who are undertaking the PgDip OSPAP conversion course.
Little B, Locke W, Scesa A, Williams R (2009)
This is a report from a study concerned with institutional and student union processes and practices which seek to inform and enhance the collective student learning experience.
Useful links
- QAA: pages on student engagement
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For more information on the work the Academy does relating to employability,
please see the employability and employee learning section of the Academy's website.
Click on the links below to search EvidenceNet for content relating to employability:
Relevant content includes:
Selected resources
Kemp S (2008)
This paper investigates whether the practice of embedding employability and employer engagement into the curriculum can lead to beneficial outcomes for students, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), participant organisations, and employers.
Costley C et al (2009)
This literature review of work-based learning provides a commentary of the pedagogical issues relating to work-based learning.
CBI (2009)
This report illustrates how universities and business can work together to help equip graduates for their future working lives.
Relevant events
07/09/2010-09/09/2010
Useful links
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E-evolve project: By developing a distinctive curriculum with reference to professional practice, this project (at the University of Central Lancashire) seeks to ensure excellence in the development of knowledgeable, capable and employable graduates.
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For more information on the work the Academy does relating to enterprise,
please visit the Enterprise and Entrepreneurship pages of the Academy's website.
Click on the links below to search EvidenceNet for content relating to enterprise:
Relevant content includes:
Selected resources
Price A et al. (2009)
This report discusses the changing shape of higher education through the impact of enterprise within the curriculum and its potential impact upon the design of HEIs.
HM Treasury and Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (2008)
This strategy sets out the Government's renewed enterprise vision to make the UK the most enterprising economy in the world and the best place to start and grow a business, in response to the opportunities provided by increasing globalisation.
Cumming J (2010)
This article argues that a broader and more holistic conception of doctoral education is required to accommodate the changing nature of the doctoral interface - the points where education, training, research, work and career development intersect.
Rose S (2008)
This project supported Somerset College in developing the curriculum via the use of mobile communications technologies.
Relevant events
01/09/2010-03/09/2010
Useful links
- Institute for Enterprise CETL: This CETL aims to make Leeds Metropolitan University the first choice for students seeking enterprise teaching and learning, by working alongside an inclusive enterprise education community of academics, students, entrepreneurs, business support professionals and employers.
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For more information on the work the Academy does relating to work based learning and employer engagement,
please see the employability and employee learning section of the Academy's website.
Click on the links below to search EvidenceNet for content relating to work based learning:
Relevant content includes:
Selected resources
Lester S and Costely C (2009)
This article examines the recent developments in the field of work-based learning as part of university practice.
Nicholls M (2008)
A compilation of research reports, commissiond by Kent and Medway to provide intelligence on successful models of employer engagement and
work-based learning.
Hillier Y (2009)
This paper attempts to capture innovative ways that VET practitioners practise their profession in response to the changing face of vocational learning.
Graham S; Rhodes G; Shiel G (2006)
This conference paper uses the work based learning programme at Northumbria University to describe what makes for a suitable environment for
critical reflection to take place
Young D and Garnett J (2009)
These are the conference proceedings from the third conference in the Work-based Learning Futures series, held in Derby in April 2009.
Relevant Events
11/11/2010-12/11/2010
Useful links
- The SupraNetwork: A Network of colleagues interested in employer engagement and employee learning.
- Centre for Excellence in Work Based Learning: the CEWBL aims to maximise the impact of excellent practice in Work Based Learning within Middlesex University and to provide a catalyst for dissemination of good practice with other Centres for Excellence and The Higher Education Academy.
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For more information on the work the Academy does to support internships,
please see the employabiltiy and employee learning pages on the Academy's website.
Click on the links below to search EvidenceNet for content relating to internships:
Relevant content includes:
Selected Resources
Conley Tylera M and Bretherton D (2006)
This article describes an internship program as an example of how a program that integrates theory and practice might be implemented within a university context.
Smith M, Brooks S, Lichtenberg A, McIlveen P and Torjul P (2009)
This paper describes a project which scopes the theoretical and practical relationships between career development learning and work-integrated learning in higher education.
This research paper reports on an investigation into whether assessment during medical internship by a portfolio can combine reliability and feasibility.
Useful links
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For more information on the work the Academy does relating to partnerships with business and employers,
please see the employer engagement pages on the Academy's website.
Click on the links below to search EvidenceNet for content relating to partnerships with business and employers:
Relevant content includes:
Selected resources
Arlett C and Dales R (2008)
The Engage project brought together 20 partners from the pre-existing engineering network. This report describes the activities
of four working groups formed as part of the project.
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Network (2008)
This is a case study of a module run at Westminster Kingsway College which aims to improve employability of undergraduate students and invlove employers in the assessment process.
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