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Support of WBL & Employer Engagement
Prof Mark Stiles, Richard Benefer, Fleur Corfield
Staffordshire University Regional Federation
Summary• Background to SURF• Background to FDs in Surf• Supply vs Demand• Models of WBL in FDs• Issues of WBL development • Mentoring• FE Tutors and Liaison• Patterns of Delivery• Genesis of WBL-Way• The Approach and Progress of SURF WBL-Way• What we want from you!
About SURF
SURF and Foundation Degrees
• HEFCE recognised funding consortium formed in 2000
• University-led with 11 FE colleges in Staffordshire and Shropshire
• 2,500 students on HNC, HND, Foundation Year, Foundation Degree, PGCE, Cert Ed
• Management Board, Management Committee, Quality Committee and others
The History of FD’s
2001/02 1 title 90 students
2002/03 1 title 100 students
2003/04 4 titles 290 students
2004/05 10 titles 600 students
2005/06 14 titles 780 students
2006/07 20 titles 895 students
2007/08 30 titles 1400 students
Supply vs Demand in FD Development
• Fd Applied Technology meets a local demand for highly skilled engineers
• Fd Early Years meets the government’s demand for high level skills in the sector
• Fd Telecommunications meets the demands of a national employer
Some Models of FD Development
• Local employer ‘bespoke award’
• Pathways
• National employer
Issues of WBL Development and Delivery
• Knowledge and awareness• Cost – time and money• Relevance to the business• Work-based learning and mentoring• Speed of response and validation• Is the Fd a business solution?
Issues of Supporting WBL Development and Delivery
• College or University-led
• Award leader and Link Tutor
• College, University, Workplace delivery
• Workbased learning
• Approval and Quality processes
• Supporting Employer engagement
Mentoring WBL
THE key role? -• Linking WBL to the academic
experience• Reflection• Finding and Training Mentors• Mentors, Tutors and Learners• Mentoring and Appraisal• Barriers• “Real Projects”
FE Tutors and Liaison
• More about the Link Tutor
• HE as part of the total FE curriculum
• FE tutors as Mentors
Patterns of delivery
• “Traditional” classroom-based
• Entirely on-site at employers’ premises
• Mixture
Genesis of WBL-Way
CourseDescription
Portal and Services
SURF WBL-Way
SURF X4L
SURF WBL
COVARM
SUNIWE
XCRi
Reuse &Repurposing
Generic WBLResources
Validation Issues
Work Based Learning Personalised Access Point
Partners• Main Project Partners
– Staffordshire University– Shrewsbury College of Arts and Technology– Burton Upon Trent College– Stoke On Trent College
• Supporting Partners– Foundation Degree Forward– AimHigher West Midlands– Harvest Road– Foundation Direct CETL– Engineering Council– Portsmouth University– SEMTA
Issues from SURF WBL
• Employers / mentors have no online access to information on employee learning
• No easy reference to generic support materials
• No centralised information about WBL across SURF
SURF WBL Outputs• Over 80 Learning objects covering:
– Mentoring– Negotiated Learning– AP(E)L– Key Skills– Health and Safety– Communication in WBL– Ethics– Study Skills– Curriculum Management
• A Study of Policy & Organisational Implications of Resourcing and Supporting WBL in a Consortium– Based on project experiences from partner colleges
Project Approach
• Use Case Driven• Drawing on experience and tools
from previous projects– SURF WBL & X4L– SUNIWE
• Access for all involved in WBL
Tasks• Identify stakeholders• Interview stakeholders• Write scenarios for stakeholders• Create use cases and storyboards for
stakeholders based on scenarios• Review portal software• Review institutions systems and data• Develop related portlets, linking to
institutional systems• Create missing materials to support
scenarios
Where we are
• Work with college partners, employers, FDF and SURF started
• Links built on existing project work• Scenarios been written and use
cases and storyboards started• Blog created by each project partner• Reviews of institutional systems and
data taking place• Missing materials being identified
Stakeholders
Employers
Engaged
Un-Engaged
Employees
Learners
Mentors
Human Resources
Institutional Staff
Course Developers
Course Deliverers
Course Managers
Unengaged employee
Comments from Employers
• Requests for– Up to date course descriptors & start dates– Progression for Work Based Learning– Case Studies– Learner Progress information– Advice for potential learners and
employers– Information on short courses that can be
built on– Links to Personnel
WBL Training Opportunities
Yes
No
Need more support
Are you aware of training opportunities within local colleges that include Work Based Learning ?
AimHigher West Midlands 2007
Understanding progression routes
Yes
No
Not completely
Are you aware what the progression routes for your learners beyond foundation degrees are?
AimHigher West Midlands 2007
Scenarios
• I am an employer with employees on different courses, I want to see what stage they are at and what they can progress to
• I am an employer interested in foundation degrees but don’t know who to contact and how much of my time it would involved
Use Cases
• Employer view:– Employee learner status & course details– Contact details for colleges delivering
foundation degrees– Support documents for foundation
degrees– WBL courses linked to the company
sector– College events related to employers
If I was a HR Manager...
What we want from you…
– Does this fit with your experiences?
– Have you found other requirements? What are they?
– How would you meet those requirements?
Thank you
• Contact Information– Fleur Corfield f.m.corfield@staffs.ac.uk– Mark Stiles m.j.stiles@staffs.ac.uk– Richard Benefer
• Project Websites– http://www.staffs.ac.uk/COSE/WBLWAY– http://surfwblway.blogspot.com/
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