Enhancing Employability in Higher Education through Work Based Learning [Hardcover]

This book focuses on a renewed interest in work based learning in higher education. Due to an increased emphasis on employability in the graduate population, supported by wider policy changes, work based learning is becoming an increasingly pressing issue in higher education. The authors detail innovations from a breadth of UK universities, where academics have creatively addressed changes in work based learning structure, pedagogy and support systems. These changes in turn recognise the impact of real-life learning experiences on student progression, on both an academic development and a personally transformative level. Encompassing a wide variety of topics, the examples within the book are supported by theory and carefully detailed practice pedagogy. This valuable edited collection will be of interest to practitioners and scholars of work based learning and higher education, as well as a useful practical guide for academic developers.Chapter 1. Introduction
SECTION I. Setting Up University Infrastructures to Support Students in Work Based Learning
Chapter 2. Effective Management of the Tripartite Relationship of Educational Providers, Participants and Employers in Work Based Learning
Chapter 3. Personalising Work Based Learning for a Mass and Diverse Market
Chapter 4. Managing Degree Apprenticeships Through a Work Based Learning Framework: Opportunities and Challenges
SECTION II. Teaching at University to Prepare Students for Work Based Learning
Chapter 5. Use of Simulation as a Tool for Assessment and for Preparing Students for the Realities and Complexities of the Workplace
Chapter 6. Utilising Interprofessional Learning to Engender Employability
Section III. University Strategies to Optimise Students' Learning While in the Work Based Learning Setting
Chapter 7. Embedding Work Based Learning Opportunities into an Undergraduate Curriculum Through Participation in a Touriló,