Work-based learning: a new higher education?

Abstract

Work-based learning in higher education involves students undertaking their qualification primarily in the workplace with their learning opportunities arising from normal work rather than being manufactured for study purposes. This arrangement involves a partnership between the workplace, the learner and the university. This publication locates work-based learning as part of major changes influencing universities and explores the changes in academic work practices associated with work-based learning. Part one, 'Framing work-based learning', contains the following papers: New practices for new times / David Boud, Nicky Solomon and Colin Symes; Repositioning universities and work / David Boud and Nicky Solomon; Knowledge at work: issues of learning / David Boud; Creating a work-based curriculum / David Boud. Part two, 'Case studies', contains: From once upon a time to happily ever after: the story of work-based learning in the UK higher education sector / Norman Evans; Making it work institutionally / Derek Portwood; Ensuring a holistic approach to work-based learning: the capability envelope / John Stephenson; Working with partners to promote intellectual capital / Jonathan Garrett, Alison Comerford and Neville Webb; The possibilities in a traditional university / Lynne Caley; Implementing work-based learning for the first time / Jenny Onyx; Smart work: what industry needs from partnerships / Nicholas Shipley; A challenge to assessment and quality assurance in higher education / Richard Winter; Setting the standards: judging levels of achievement / Frank Lyons and Mike Bement; Earning academic credit for part-time work / Iain S. Marshall and Lynn S. M. Cooper. Part three, 'Past, present and future', contains: Capital degrees: another episode in the history of work and learning / Colin Symes; Future directions for work-based learning: reconfiguring higher education / David Boud and Nicky Solomon.

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