Turning Pupils Into Professionals
It’s a long way to the topIf you want to rock & roll
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Don’t waste youreducation @ Edinburgh Napier University
• Free education• HIGH job prospects• Study What You Love• Learn/Explore and Code < />
yawn
you have heard that all before
im not gonna tell you something you already know!
9reasons why you should
get out the classroom
1 – real world experience
its what they want
2 – improve your skills by 200%
lectures are for learning, work is for working
3 – learn how to talk!
get out the comfort zone and learn life-skills
4 – work as a team
skills can be learnt from others, not just stackoverflow
5– new tech
£600 conferences and £1k Google Glass
6 – why cycle when you can drive?
Doing WBL upscales your development
7 –Get a year ahead
Many other students have to work extra to get experience
8 – Integrated Into Your Degree
WBL module counts as 3 units – half a year
9 – money is good!
I earned £16k. My friend earnt £20k.Don’t work in Tesco
The most revolutionary change was that students sought an extension of the work experience element of courses. It would seem that work experience as an integral part of an undergraduate course offers opportunity for advancing skills and knowledge (Holmes & Miller, 2000). The students in this survey emphasised the value of practical work experience and knowledge of the work place that they had gained on placements. Most of the negative perceptions related to organisational problems and the nature of the work either being too demanding or too mundane. Overall, benefits seemed to far outweigh drawbacks. The indication is that students feel greater security with undertaking higher education if they can recognise the employment links
Derek Glover , Sue Law & Andrea Youngman (2002) Graduateness and Employability: student perceptions of the personal outcomes of university education, Research in Post-Compulsory Education,
The most revolutionary change was that students sought an extension of the work experience element of courses. It would seem that work experience as an integral part of an undergraduate course offers opportunity for advancing skills and knowledge (Holmes & Miller, 2000). The students in this survey emphasised the value of practical work experience and knowledge of the work place that they had gained on placements. Most of the negative perceptions related to organisational problems and the nature of the work either being too demanding or too mundane. Overall, benefits seemed to far outweigh drawbacks. The indication is that students feel greater security with undertaking higher education if they can recognise the employment links
Derek Glover , Sue Law & Andrea Youngman (2002) Graduateness and Employability: student perceptions of the personal outcomes of university education, Research in Post-Compulsory Education,
translation from this survey:
• Students want a useful education – jobs!• Students found the placement vital• Students like employment links• Students want good placements
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Academic or Professional
• degree-related experience
• networking & professionalism
• meet cool people who will offer you jobs
• do what you love and specialize for honours
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• Discovered UX design
• Changed course from Software Eng to Web Design & Dev
• Part-Time at a start-up
• Honours project doing UX
• Discovered UX design
• Changed course from Software Eng to Web Design & Dev
• Part-Time at a start-up
• Honours project doing UX
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• Discovered UX design
• Changed course from Software Eng to Web Design & Dev
• Part-Time at a start-up
• Honours project doing UX
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• Discovered UX design
• Changed course from Software Eng to Web Design & Dev
• Part-Time at a start-up
• Honours project doing UX
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