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Partnering With Employers
Christopher CostiganDirector of Academic Collaborations, BPP University
Outcomes
Challenges
FHEQ Requirements
The Student Journey
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QAA Chapter B10o “A range of work-based learning that
may involve delivering full programmes, individual modules or elements of programmes for a specific employer, or otherwise using the workplace as a site of learning”
o “placement learning or work-based learning necessary to achieve the relevant learning outcomes “
o “[due diligence] might simply involve checking information at Companies House”
o “degree-awarding bodies may agree to delivery organisation arranging for a third party to provide specific learning opportunities such as placements or work-based learning”
Challenges
Employer Requirements:•Speed;•Validation of internal training;•Teaching the programme;•Bespoke modules/programmes.
High volume of partners / low volume of students – approval and monitoring.
Degree Apprenticeships – degree-level WBL in new contexts
Sales/BD teams need adequate training
FHEQ
Level 4: holders will have the qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment requiring the exercise of some personal responsibility
Level 5: holders will have the qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment requiring the exercise of personal responsibility and decision-making.
Level 6: holders will have the qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment requiring the exercise of initiative and personal responsibility and decision-making in complex and unpredictable contexts
Level 7: [same as Level 6] plus demonstrate self-direction and originality in tackling and solving problems, and act autonomously in planning and implementing tasks.
Student Journey
• Learning designed by the HEI, but realised in the workplace, not through instruction but experience
• The ‘learning contract’: negotiate and identify specific tasks which will intervene to enable the student to realise the knowledge, skills and behaviours to meet the learning outcomes of the module/programme
• Key mechanism for the student, HEI and mentor to ensure that the learner remains on track within the learning journey
• Student Support:• checklists of competencies or critical incident diaries (self-reflection);• work-place mentors;• academic/link-tutors• employers; and• student learning communities.