The Wilson Review advocated the promotion of work placements as an effective way of improving employability.  Research shows that such integrated work experience also improves degree performance.  This session, run jointly with ASET, who have been advocating the importance of work experience for many years, aims to show case current research on work placements and to provoke discussion, inform practitioners and policy makers.

Programme

11:30         Introductions

11:45         Keynote 1:  Professor David Guile (Institution of Education)

                 Internships research

12:45         Lunch and networking

13:30         Showcasing of current placement research

14:30         Keynote 2:  Jane Artess

                 BIS study on work experience using Futuretrack data

15:30         Final remarks and conclusions

15:45         Close

 

If you are currently working on research into placements and would like to share your work at this event, please contact us on h.e.higson@aston.ac.uk

 

Convenors:

 

Professor Helen E Higson OBE, Professor of Higher Education Learning and Management, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Aston University

 Dr Richard Blackwell, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Southampton Solent University

When
November 8th, 2013 from 11:30 AM to  3:45 PM
Location
SRHE, 73 Collier St, London N1 9BE
Event Fee(s)
Event Fee(s)
Guest Price £45.00
Member Price £0.00
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