Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning: Volume 1 Issue 2
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The journal of the University Vocational Awards CouncilTable of contents
Are trade unions learning?
Sabina SiebertThe purpose of this paper is to consider whether a university‐based conception of learning in the workplace might bridge the differences that separate the critics and advocates of…
Aligning higher education with the world of work
Ruth HelyerThe purpose of this paper is to examine UK higher level skills gaps. UK universities now have many students who were already learning at a higher level about, for, or through…
Extending and embedding work‐based learning across the university : Change strategies in action
Barbara A. WorkmanThe purpose of this paper is to discuss some of the higher education learning and teaching development strategies used to implement a university‐wide project to extend and embed…
Building the capacity of higher education to deliver programmes of work‐based learning
David Major, Denise Meakin, David PerrinThe purpose of this paper is to inform colleagues working in the field of work‐based learning (WBL) about the development of a Post Graduate Certificate in Work Based Learning…
Deconstructing workplace “know how” and “tacit knowledge”: Exploring the temporal play of being within professional practice
Kevin J. FlintOver the past two decades across a number of sectors of the economy there has been an ever increased interest in attempting to understand the mediation of “tacit knowledge” in…
Accommodating learning styles in international bridging education programs
Lillie Lum, Pat Bradley, Nikhat RasheedBridging education programs have been developed to enhance the ability of internationally educated professionals (IEPs) to access professional employment in Canada. IEPs are…
Project: a trainee‐oriented training method, an empirical approach
Vasiliki BriniaThe purpose of this paper is to propose a new trainee‐oriented teaching method: “The Project Method”. The aforementioned method highlights the important role of the experience of…
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2042-3896Online date, start – end:
2011Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditor:
- Prof Tony Wall