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Emily Garant-Jones; Michelle J. Eady; Bonnie Amelia Dean – Higher Education Research and Development, 2024
Work-integrated learning (WIL) is relied upon to meet important shared employability-related goals of institutions of higher education, students and employers. However, research indicates that not all students have access to and experience WIL activities. A clearer understanding of how WIL may be designed for inclusion of a diverse student…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Student Diversity, Inclusion, Equal Education
Vu, Thai; Ferns, Sonia; Ananthram, Subramaniam – Higher Education Research and Development, 2022
Work-integrated learning (WIL), particularly workplace-based WIL, provides international students with opportunities to be exposed to authentic working contexts, consequently enhancing student employability development. However, the literature indicates that many international students struggle in WIL despite continuous efforts by higher education…
Descriptors: Work Experience Programs, Experiential Learning, Foreign Students, Barriers
Boud, David; Costley, Carol; Cranfield, Steven; Desai, Jeenal; Nikolou-Walker, Elda; Nottingham, Paula; Wilson, Dilys – Higher Education Research and Development, 2023
Work-integrated learning (WIL) is proliferating in university courses across many countries. Like many educational practices, students' experience of it is shaped by the assessment processes adopted. Does assessment support or inhibit what WIL seeks to foster? To explore how students experience assessment in WIL, a small-scale investigation was…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, College Students, Student Attitudes, College Role
Jackson, Denise; Dean, Bonnie Amelia – Higher Education Research and Development, 2023
Work-integrated learning (WIL) is widely recognised as significantly contributing to enhancing graduate employability. Empirical evaluation of its impact and value is often confined to work-based WIL (internships/placements/practicums), known to pose challenges with scalability and equitable access. Through the lens of experiential learning, this…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Work Experience Programs, Employment Potential, Internship Programs
Bowen, Tracey – Higher Education Research and Development, 2020
Work-integrated learning (WIL) affords students opportunities to apply skills and knowledge to practical work placements. Students potentially learn professional behaviours appropriate to their chosen industry sector. However, students may also face challenges they may not be prepared to navigate. One of these is gender bias due to assumptions…
Descriptors: Gender Bias, Experiential Learning, Sex Stereotypes, STEM Education
Smith, Calvin – Higher Education Research and Development, 2012
There are many different forms that work-integrated learning (WIL) takes and variants go by a range of different names. Based on current literature, key dimensions, shared by the various and disparate forms of WIL curricula, were identified and operationalised in a measurement model. The key dimensions identified were: authenticity, integrated…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, College Students, Integrated Activities
Bullock, Kate; Gould, Virginia; Hejmadi, Momna; Lock, Gary – Higher Education Research and Development, 2009
The opportunity to experience work placements that complement taught and practical courses in higher education has become a central strand of many undergraduate degree programmes. While there is tacit agreement that such placements are a good thing, in recent years the numbers of students opting for work placements has been declining. This paper…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Undergraduate Students, Work Experience Programs

Garrick, John; Kirkpatrick, Denise – Higher Education Research and Development, 1998
Development of college and university degree programs based entirely on workplace learning is increasing and is characterized by responsiveness to employee educational needs, employer demand, restricted government funding for higher education, and institutions' need to appeal to wider markets. These newer approaches cause considerable tension in…
Descriptors: Corporate Education, Degrees (Academic), Educational Objectives, Experiential Learning

Foster, Elizabeth; Stephenson, John – Higher Education Research and Development, 1998
Discusses work-based learning in the United Kingdom and traces its history, examines the shift from work experience to work-based learning, and the nature of current work-based learning. Key variables that appear to distinguish different styles of work-based learning are identified, and attention is given to the nature of the relationship between…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Competition, Educational History, Educational Trends