Enhancing Employability in Higher Education through Work Based Learning

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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. Front Matter ....Pages i-xix Introduction (Dawn A. Morley)....Pages 1-10 Front Matter ....Pages 11-11 Effective Management of the Tripartite Relationship of Educational Providers, Participants and Employers in Work Based Learning (L. Rowe, D. Moss, N. Moore)....Pages 13-31 Personalising Work Based Learning for a Mass and Diverse Market (J. Peach, M. Mansfield)....Pages 33-50 Managing Degree Apprenticeships Through a Work Based Learning Framework: Opportunities and Challenges (L. Rowe)....Pages 51-69 Front Matter ....Pages 71-71 Use of Simulation as a Tool for Assessment and for Preparing Students for the Realities and Complexities of the Workplace (M. Hughes, A. Warren)....Pages 73-89 Utilising Interprofessional Learning to Engender Employability (M. Coward, A. Rhodes)....Pages 91-109 Front Matter ....Pages 111-111 Embedding Work Based Learning Opportunities into an Undergraduate Curriculum Through Participation in a Touring Dance Company (C. Childs)....Pages 113-132 Student Experience of Real-Time Management of Peer Working Groups During Field Trips (Dawn A. Morley, A. Diaz, D. Blake, G. Burger, T. Dando, S. Gibbon et al.)....Pages 133-150 Front Matter ....Pages 151-151 Building Students’ Emotional Resilience Through Placement Coaching and Mentoring (S. Eccles, V. Renaud)....Pages 153-172 The ‘Ebb and Flow’ of Student Learning on Placement (Dawn A. Morley)....Pages 173-190 Front Matter ....Pages 191-191 The Role of the Student Ambassador and Its Contribution to Developing Employability Skills: A Creation of Outward Facing Work Roles (H. Baker, K. Sela)....Pages 193-211 Enhancing Psychology Students’ Employability Through ‘Practice to Theory’ Learning Following a Professional Training Year (N. Winstone, R. Avery)....Pages 213-233 Front Matter ....Pages 235-235 Exploring the Power of High-Level Postgraduate International Partnership Work Based Learning Programmes (P. Weston, D. Perrin, D. Meakin)....Pages 237-254 Developing Global Citizenship: Co-creating Employability Attributes in an International Community of Practice (N. Radclyffe-Thomas, A. Peirson-Smith, A. Roncha, A. Lacouture, A. Huang)....Pages 255-275 Back Matter ....Pages 277-278