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Work-based Learning Current Practices from the UK Frank Lyons Director of Foundation Direct National Teaching Fellow University of Portsmouth. ACEN Network, Victoria University, Melbourne August 8 2006. Work-based and Placement Learning Company Partnerships
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Work-based Learning Current Practices from the UK Frank Lyons Director of Foundation Direct National Teaching Fellow University of Portsmouth ACEN Network, Victoria University, Melbourne August 8 2006
Work-based and Placement Learning Company Partnerships Learning Contract managed Work-based Learning Foundation degrees: frameworks and portfolio Personal Development Planning Corporate degrees Assessing the work-based learner QAA Precepts about work-based Learning Quality Assured Work-based learning
Company Partnerships • Aerospace: Lockheed Martin, Matra-Marconi. • Business: Citibank, Fluor Daniel, Zurich insurance. • Communications: ITT Cannon, Ericsson, Vodafone. • Computing: IBM, QED, Racal. • Defence: RN, Siemens, Plessy, Thales. • Service Sector: NHS, Schools, Local Government • Manufacturing: Ford, Pall Europe, Pirelli, TRW. Partnership means engagement in the design, delivery and review of learning
Learning Contract: Topside redesign of HMS Illustrious Learning Outcomes Project planning Electro Magnetism & Mutual Interference CAD Topside design
Employer involvementSkills and Knowledge relevant to work sectorWork-based learning minimum of 25%APEL240 credits but articulation to Bachelors with honoursReflective PracticePersonal Development Planning Foundation Degree Framework WBL needs coordinated support for students, tutors and mentors
Early Years Care & Education Applied Medical Technology Education Learning Support Medicines ManagementEducation Administration Medical Imaging Working with Young People Oncological Therapy and Young People’s Services Paramedic ScienceElectronic Engineering Business and Management Construction & Enterprise Police Studies Creative Technology and EnterpriseInvestigation and EvidenceYouth Justice Portsmouth Foundation Degrees
Foundation Direct Centre of Excellence in Teaching & Learning FD Professional Development Unit University Units Critical Thinking Professional Ethics Benchmark Professional Skills: WBL & Mentor management Progress Review End Review Work practice WBL Project Mentor
Curriculum planning and legislation Assessing WBL in Early Years Care and Education LOutcome: Ability to know and put into practice in a designed curriculum the relevant aspects of legislation, regulations and guidance relating to early years curriculum provision that meets the needs of individual children.
WBL Projects • Multicultural welcomes (FD with Rose Lodge nursery) • EW Operational Support Centre (CD with German MoD) • Licence to service and repair aero engines (LC with Hants & Sussex Aviation and Pratt and Whitney) • Biometric Identity project with MotionTouch (FD Creative Technology and Enterprise Learning at Work: Learning for Profit
Assessing work-based learning outcomes Work –based learners: • master lots of information • use complicated procedures accurately • apply difficult concepts and theories • make fresh demands • apply established knowledge in fresh, often-messy settings • radically explore • transform old knowledge • synthesise theory, practice and self understanding Employers want graduates with knowledge; intellect; willingness to learn; self management skills; communication skills team working; interpersonal skills (Lee Harvey 1997)
Work-based (and Placement) Learning • Explicit, planned and appropriately articulated learning • Appropriate assessment artefacts • Building on existing achievements and knowledge base • Multidisciplinary and complex learning\ • Responsibilities for learning is shared and understood by stakeholders • Staff development A planned period of learning, normally outside the institution at which the student is enrolled, where the learning outcomes are an intended part of a programme of study(QAA. 2001)
FD criteria Sector Skills and Industry standards Academy WBL Precepts Flexible LOs APEL PDP QualityAssuredFDs Trained mentor, student and tutor connoisseurs Company and Academy engagement