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Bowen, Tracey – Studies in Higher Education, 2018
Work-integrated learning programmes help students acquire professional acumen and provide opportunities for them to experiment with new aspects of self and identity. Twelve internship students were interviewed regarding their perspectives on how they think they learn about professionalism and the information sources they use. They describe how…
Descriptors: Professional Identity, Workplace Learning, Integrated Activities, Professionalism
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Thatcher, James; Alao, Hanan; Brown, Christopher J.; Choudhary, Shahriar – Studies in Higher Education, 2016
The National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education (1996) chaired by Lord Dearing envisioned a university sector central to the UK's knowledge-based economy. With successive government support the university-business partnership ideology has been put into practice. Widening participation has increased in emphasis over recent years, providing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Partnerships in Education, College School Cooperation, Experiential Learning
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Lester, Stan; Costley, Carol – Studies in Higher Education, 2010
Since the 1980s there has been significant growth in the engagement of higher education with workforce development, with among other things the emergence of a distinct if varied area of provision commonly referred to as work-based learning. Recent examination of practice and literature indicates a growing sophistication in the way that work-based…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Workplace Learning, Intellectual Disciplines