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Welcome Back. Barbara Armstrong Programme Director, Business Programmes Birmingham Business School. Service Learning IS. meshing service tasks to learning opportunities in a structured and reciprocal way a learning exchange , bringing value to both community and student.

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Welcome Back

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  1. Welcome Back • Barbara Armstrong • Programme Director, Business Programmes • Birmingham Business School

  2. Service Learning IS • meshing service tasks to learning opportunities in a structured and reciprocal way • a learning exchange, bringing value to both community and student. • letting students put into practice what they have learnt in the classroom • while providing structured time for reflecting on their experience • and developing a sense of caring for others

  3. Service Learning IS NOT • an add on • A quick fix way of earning credits to graduate by performing community service • and it is certainly not a form of punishment.

  4. Beyond the ClockService Learning At Birmingham University • The Quaker legacy – passion for social reform • Active Community Fund • 1000 volunteers • “Old Joe” can be seen for miles around • The original “ivory tower”?

  5. UB is here Critical mass building sustained institutionalisation Furco’s continuum (2002) Beyond the Clockthe path the University of Birmingham travels

  6. Beyond the Clock 5 pilot projects • Business • Dentistry • Health Sciences • the Institute of Applied Social Studies • the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies/the Institute of Local Government Studies.

  7. Beyond the Clock 5 pilot projects • developing a “Birmingham Model” for community based learning • best fitted to the University and community in which we live and work • in keeping with the University’s reputation as a place of scholarship

  8. Beyond the ClockThe Birmingham Business School project • Embedded in the skills agenda • An in programme work experience module • Working for not for profit organisations • Development of 2007 pilot project • Develops the school’s mission for community involvement

  9. A model for Birmingham? • We are not America! • The Learning Exchange • U21 survey • Please give us feedback on our paper

  10. We welcome any input and debate

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