Enhancing Employability in Higher Education through Work Based Learning
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
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Enhancing Employability in Higher Education through Work Based Learning
Dawn A. Morley Editor
Enhancing Employability in Higher Education through Work Based Learning
Editor Dawn A. Morley Department of Higher Education University of Surrey Guildford, UK
ISBN 978-3-319-75165-8 ISBN 978-3-319-75166-5 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75166-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018938661 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover image © Tatiana Badaeva / Alamy Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer International Publishing AG part of Springer Nature. The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
‘Enhancing employability in higher education through work based learning’ is written at a time when there is increased focus on integrating real life work experience into degree courses. This repositioning of work based learning has been accelerated by debate on the learning gain of students’ university experience through to employment. This book responds to this refocus by presenting innovative initiatives within higher education curriculum where work based learning is seen as a wide and transformative pedagogy for students. The book is intended to inspire and guide all university staff who are instrumental in the integration of work and learning as part of students’ university experience. For ease of accessibility the book is divided into sections: setting up university infrastructures to support students in work based learning, teaching at university to prepare students for work based learning, university strategies to optimise students’ learning while in the work based learning setting, supporting and supervising work based learning, using the universit
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