Enhancing the impact of work-based learners on global issues

03/08/24 • 36 min

In this latest episode we explore ways to enhance the impact of projects carried out by work-based learners – and specifically some of the challenges which part-time students face in combining their academic learning with creating impact from that learning outside of the classroom.

During the episode, our contributors introduce a new toolkit designed to equip educators with the knowledge and the confidence needed to embed impact in their curricula, developed through a QAA-funded Collaborative Enhancement Project run by colleagues based at universities in Liverpool, Oxford and Chester.

The project is informed by a commitment to sustainable development and to embedding a recognition of the importance of such global issues in the practices and impacts of work-based learning initiatives.
Dr Kerr Castle leads a full and lively conversation with Professor Tony Wall, Dr Fiona Armstrong-Gibbs, Dr Geena Whiteman and their student Korben Dean-Young from Liverpool John Moores University's Business School, Dr Lisa Rowe from the University of Chester's Business School, and Dr Simon Smith from Oxford Brookes University's Business School.
To find out more about the project and the launch of the Student Intrapreneur and Entrepreneur (SIE) Toolkit, visit the QAA website.

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Embedding employability

Our latest podcast explores the challenges we face in embedding employability in our curricula, and the kinds of strategies and support that can benefit both educators and their students.

To address these issues, we take a look at a new toolkit focusing on pedagogy, assessment and curriculum content, designed to help students gain the knowledge, skills and experience they need to transition into their lives and careers after HE.

That toolkit was developed through a QAA-funded Collaborative Enhancement Project examining Inclusive Employability Development through the Curriculum – a project supported by our podcast's guest contributors, Aranee Manoharan, Senior Associate Director for Careers & Employability at King's College London, and Gemma Kenyon, Head of Careers at City, University of London. The podcast is chaired by QAA's Dr Kerr Castle.
The project team will also be hosting an in-person launch event on 15 April. More information about this event will be added to the project webpage shortly.

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Competence-based education

In this episode, Dr Kerr Castle introduces a discussion of how the core concepts of competence-based education compare with those of more traditional educational models and how the purposes of assessment might be reimagined through competence-based education.

He is joined by Mike Ewen, the Head of the Teaching Academy at the University of Hull, along with Dr Dom Henri, Senior Lecturer in Zoology, and Dr Andrew Holmes, Senior Lecturer in Education, both also at Hull. They are members of a team that has led a QAA-funded Collaborative Enhancement Project focused on Generating a competence-based education framework.
The same team have now moved on to develop a new Collaborative Enhancement Project on A Competence-Based Assessment Framework.