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Engaging Employers to Enhance Teaching and Learning Useful references NCWE www.work-experience.org/ncwe.rd/products_36.jsp Priced products including a Tutor Resource Pack to help prepare students for work experience. PlaceNet – forum for HE placement professionals www.placenet.org.uk Charity for HE Placement Officers and Tutors, employers and others concerned with student placements. Runs a mail base to enable staff to share and communicate, and works with employers to improve placement practices. Practice Based Professional Learning CETL www.open.ac.uk/pbpl Based at the Open University this CETL addresses learning which arises out of, or is focused on, working practice in a chosen job, voluntary work, career, or profession. This includes courses and learning activities linked to formal work placements, those which require the application of course ideas in a work setting and those which build on experience gained in a work setting. QAA Code of practice on work-based and placement learning www.qaa.ac.uk/academicinfrastructure/codeofpractice Guidance on quality standards for work-based and placement learning Rate My Placement www.ratemyplacement.co.uk Students can read reviews of placements written by other students and search for opportunities Step Enterprise www.step.org.uk Offers variety of work placement opportunities including Government schemes. Works with business and universities to make work experience more accessible for students. 20
Engaging Employers to Enhance Teaching and Learning 4 Work-related learning Learning at university based as closely as possible on real work situations and encompassing teaching methods such as case studies, projects, study visits and simulated work environments. Benefits for students • Application of discipline theory and knowledge to practical problems • Development of problem solving and decision making skills • More challenging and energising curriculum • Wider range of relevant experiences to draw on for job interviews and easier transition into the workplace Benefits for the school • Creates the conditions for students to encounter challenging situations in a controlled manner. • Teaching environment can be structured to enhance the learning, improve reflection or focus on particular learning outcomes and assessment tasks in ways not possible within the workplace • Provides realistic experiences that could not logistically be made available in sufficient numbers in actual work places Points to consider Work-related learning depends upon authenticity for effectiveness. Finding appropriate employer contacts to help co-develop authentic material, however, is not always easy. Alternatively, university staff with relevant employment experience may create realistic material. Either approach requires considerable time. Due to the complexity of creating and delivering work-related learning, schools may wish to consider at a programme level how such methods are used most effectively. Annual evaluation can help ensure that the school and employer continue to find the collaboration beneficial. 21
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