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Are placement Are placement students better students better
prepared for life and prepared for life and work?work?
An international comparison studyAn international comparison study
Fiona Purdie Fiona Purdie
Research AssistantResearch Assistant
The Team
Professor Nigel King Lisa Ward Dr Tina McAdie Human & Health Sciences TALI Manager Human & Health
Sciences
International Partners:
University of Waterloo, Canada (Lead)
University of Central Florida, USA
University West, Sweden
Liverpool John Moores University
The BackgroundGraduate employment challenges The cultivation of higher order employment skills in students is a matter of
growing concern Record numbers of graduates in the UK Increasing difficulty in securing employment post-secondary education Higher expectations as a result of imminent tuition fee reforms.
Result: A challenge to design programs and courses better equipped to enable students acquire the skills, knowledge, competence, and experience that increase employability and lead to more satisfying careers.
A possible solution? Work integrated learning, i.e. placements, sandwich education, professional
training and internships Provides a plausible mechanism to develop crucial skills > advantage in the
labour market.
The Background
The impact of work integrated learning Better careers, salaries and degree outcomes Skills in collaboration Improved decision making Interpersonal and self management skills The application of theoretical knowledge in workplace
environments, Professional networking skills Leadership skills
BUT The psychological and vocational outcomes of work integrated
learning are not yet fully established or understood
The ProjectOur aims: To examine the relationship between WIL and the psychological variables
believed to play an important role for graduate employment.
To determine if there are differences between students WIL and more traditional degree programme in the following psychological factors:
Self-concept Self-efficacy Hope Procrastination, Study skills/work ethic
This research will also be shared with international partners in Europe, Canada and the USA as part of an international comparison study
The Survey We need as many students as possible to fill in an online
questionnaire at www.survey.bris.ac.uk/hud/WIL_2011
Target response: 1000 students
It takes approximately 15-20 minutes to fill in.
This gives them the opportunity to win £50 in love to shop vouchers.
Launched by email today, deadline: 19th June
The Survey Tool
The Recruitment Process
Where you come in…
Our ideas Posters Flyers Plasma Screens (please!) Screensavers Article in the Student Newspaper Article in the careers service E-newsletter
Your ideas….
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
Questions and comments???
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