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Lester, Stan – Work Based Learning e-Journal International, 2022
The introduction and expansion of Degree Apprenticeships, and higher-level apprenticeships more generally, has had a positive effect on widening access to professional and organisational careers as well as in some fields to progression within professions (Lester & Bravenboer 2020; Lillis & Bravenboer 2022). However, as discussed by Talbot…
Descriptors: Work Experience Programs, Apprenticeships, Access to Education, Educational Technology
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Lloyd, Sheree; Waid, Danielle; Avery, Mark – Work Based Learning e-Journal International, 2021
This paper describes the findings of an exploratory study to understand industry satisfaction with administrative procedures and the value of student Work Integrated Learning (WIL) placements in health services management. The research aimed to collect data to identify potential areas for improvement of administrative processes for WIL and to…
Descriptors: Work Experience Programs, Student Placement, Employer Attitudes, Satisfaction
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Attenborough, Julie; Abbott, Stephen; Brook, Judy; Knight, Rachael-Anne – Work Based Learning e-Journal International, 2020
In order to address urgent workforce considerations and changing demographics, in 2017 the National Health Service in the United Kingdom introduced a new role in healthcare, the Nursing Associate. Education for the new role was delivered by work-based learning in partnership with local universities. This paper reports on a qualitative longitudinal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nursing Students, Student Experience, Work Experience Programs
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Fergusson, Lee C.; Brömdal, Annette; Gough, Murray; Mears, Stephen – Work Based Learning e-Journal International, 2020
In the last 40 years, a series of models and frameworks associated with competency, capability and identity have been advanced in the published literature. These models and frameworks have arisen at a time of fundamental shifts in both the type and nature of work in developed countries, for example shifts associated with changes to labour markets…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Identity, Competence, Professionalism
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Namjoshi, Revati – Work Based Learning e-Journal International, 2020
Work-based Learning (WBL) models being implemented across the globe highlight the importance of the role of industry in making the work-environment conducive to learning. This paper discusses various parameters that contribute to build a favorable ecosystem for successful implementation of WBL pedagogy. The findings are based on practices followed…
Descriptors: Industry, Work Experience Programs, Program Implementation, Open Universities
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Zha, Qiang; Wu, Qing – Work Based Learning e-Journal International, 2020
Postsecondary cooperative (PSE co-op) education is a structured method of combining classroom-based education with practical work experience, for which Ontario is termed a "hot bed." Adopting a mixed-methods design, this study explores the status and characteristics of Ontario's PSE co-op in the national and the global contexts through…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Postsecondary Education, Cooperative Education, Global Approach
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Finn, Frances Louise – Work Based Learning e-Journal International, 2020
Due to policy changes across Europe, work-based learning pedagogies are on the increase in Higher Education programmes. This paper discusses the development of a theoretical framework and conceptual model used to underpin an investigation of work-based learning in postgraduate nurse education. An original conceptual model for analyzing the…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Nursing Students, Nursing Education, Work Experience Programs
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Smith, Caroline Louise; Coleman, Sarah Kate; Ferrier, Chrystalla – Work Based Learning e-Journal International, 2019
Training in laboratory competency is an important part of biomedical student skill acquisition in preparation for both the workplace and accreditation. Virtual laboratory simulations are currently used in core modules at University of Westminster to prepare biomedical science students for laboratory sessions. These simulations are used for…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Computer Simulation, Science Laboratories
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Allan, David – Work Based Learning e-Journal International, 2015
This paper examines the current educational discourse on work and learning and explores conceptualisations of work-connected learning; in particular, work-based, work-related and workplace learning. It is argued that varying definitions of work-associated learning has led to conceptual confusion in the literature. Through a conceptual analysis of…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Work Experience Programs, Definitions, Misconceptions