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Publication Date: 2011-Feb
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Stories from the Front Line: Unlocking the Voices of Students and Employers Engaged in Innovative Postgraduate Work-Based Learning Programmes in English Universities
Smith, Paul J.; Scott, Jonathan M.
Industry and Higher Education, v25 n1 p25-37 Feb 2011
This paper explores the views that students and employers have on innovative work-based learning (WBL) programmes in English higher education. The experiences of both students and employers were analysed methodologically, using the organizational story-telling framework (Gabriel, 1999). The themes that have emerged are learning support, organizational issues, links between the WBL programme and the workplace and barriers to change. The paper concludes with recommendations for future policy and research. (Contains 2 notes and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Change, Work Experience Programs, Universities, Employees, Employment, Story Telling, Models, Foreign Countries, School Business Relationship, Partnerships in Education, Theory Practice Relationship, Education Work Relationship, Outcomes of Education, Organizational Culture, Case Studies, Discourse Analysis
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