HEQCO’s Harvey Weingarten makes a critical point about Work Integrated Learning (WIL) and Experiential Education (EE): let’s not fall back into the trap of bean-counting and ticking… Read more “HEQCO – Hunting for Good WIL: Put quality before quantity | it’s not academic”
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Skills crisis: New system to train artisans | Features | financialmail
Good to see the College Industry Partnership Initiative, which I started with Marianne Scott at the National Business Initiative a decade ago, gaining traction in the ongoing… Read more “Skills crisis: New system to train artisans | Features | financialmail”
A Canadian Accomplishment | HESA
Good blog by Alex Usher on the many strengths of Canada’s work-oriented higher education programmes via A Canadian Accomplishment | HESA
Group wants workplace stints for all postsecondary students – The Globe and Mail
Watch this space: a potentially interesting initiative by Business Higher Education Round Table brings business, college and university leaders together in a quest to provide workplace experience… Read more “Group wants workplace stints for all postsecondary students – The Globe and Mail”
Integrated work practice key to raising employability – University World News
Useful survey of university co-op and work-integrated learning in various countries highlights different models and approaches. High marks given to Canadian universities and the Canadian co-op model,… Read more “Integrated work practice key to raising employability – University World News”
