Enhancing industry engagement with work-integrated learning: Capacity building for industry partners

Work-integrated learning (WIL) enables the embedding of relevant real-world learning into curriculum resulting in students that are better prepared to enter the workforce and meet demands of employers seeking work-ready graduates. Research confirms students who undertake WIL as part of their degree...

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Main Authors: Ferns, Sonia, Russell, L., Kay, J.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education 2016
Online Access:http://www.apjce.org/files/APJCE_17_4_363_375.pdf
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/52059
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description Work-integrated learning (WIL) enables the embedding of relevant real-world learning into curriculum resulting in students that are better prepared to enter the workforce and meet demands of employers seeking work-ready graduates. Research confirms students who undertake WIL as part of their degree consistently achieve better employment outcomes. Industry's role in WIL is critical and, therefore, engagement with industry partners is essential to determine what is required to support their engagement and contribution to WIL. This Office of Learning and Teaching funded research project, aimed to determine the topics, format and mode of resources industry perceives as most useful The project used a mixed methods approach to gather data from a range of sources with findings confirming industry are seeking resources on assessment, feedback and supervision of students as well as information on clarification of roles and negotiating partnerships. The project outcomes informed the development of user-friendly and accessible resources for industry.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-520592017-10-10T07:05:42Z Enhancing industry engagement with work-integrated learning: Capacity building for industry partners Ferns, Sonia Russell, L. Kay, J. Work-integrated learning (WIL) enables the embedding of relevant real-world learning into curriculum resulting in students that are better prepared to enter the workforce and meet demands of employers seeking work-ready graduates. Research confirms students who undertake WIL as part of their degree consistently achieve better employment outcomes. Industry's role in WIL is critical and, therefore, engagement with industry partners is essential to determine what is required to support their engagement and contribution to WIL. This Office of Learning and Teaching funded research project, aimed to determine the topics, format and mode of resources industry perceives as most useful The project used a mixed methods approach to gather data from a range of sources with findings confirming industry are seeking resources on assessment, feedback and supervision of students as well as information on clarification of roles and negotiating partnerships. The project outcomes informed the development of user-friendly and accessible resources for industry. 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/52059 http://www.apjce.org/files/APJCE_17_4_363_375.pdf Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education restricted
spellingShingle Ferns, Sonia
Russell, L.
Kay, J.
Enhancing industry engagement with work-integrated learning: Capacity building for industry partners
title Enhancing industry engagement with work-integrated learning: Capacity building for industry partners
title_full Enhancing industry engagement with work-integrated learning: Capacity building for industry partners
title_fullStr Enhancing industry engagement with work-integrated learning: Capacity building for industry partners
title_full_unstemmed Enhancing industry engagement with work-integrated learning: Capacity building for industry partners
title_short Enhancing industry engagement with work-integrated learning: Capacity building for industry partners
title_sort enhancing industry engagement with work-integrated learning: capacity building for industry partners
url http://www.apjce.org/files/APJCE_17_4_363_375.pdf
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/52059