Western Sydney University is developing a professional learning module for staff about partnership pedagogy, to be launched in November. Partnership Pedagogy is the co-creation of curriculum by staff with students and external partners. It is a signature concept in the shaping of curriculum transformation at Western, enabling the university and… Read more
Griffith University is currently creating case studies of practice, distillation of principles and processes, and active capacity building to support educators across all disciplines at Griffith University to make the most of digital affordances for WIL with emphasis on preparing students, staff and industry partners for WIL experiences. Contact: Ruth… Read more
La Trobe University is developing support and training resources for students, academics, and industry partners. Contact: Marnie Long marnie.long@latrobe.edu.au Read more
Staff enrolled in Flinders Foundation of University Teaching (FFOUT) are required to complete three online WIL modules, which takes 35 minutes: (1) What is WIL? (2) The why and forms of WIL (3) Where to with WIL? In module three staff complete an activity that will determine if they need… Read more
The University of Waterloo, Canada is ranked first in Canada for employer-student connections (QS World University Rankings). It has produced a handy word cloud of WIL themes that can be clicked on to view resources / research articles associated with that theme. Visit Website Read more
A twenty page online booklet produced by Andy Martin, Malcolm Rees and Manvir Edwards for Ako Aotearoa (New Zealand). It discusses six key factors that were derived through the analysis interviews with academic supervisors in different disciplines. The information is aimed at both academic and workplace supervisors for them to… Read more
A sixteen page online booklet produced by Andrew Martin and Helen Hughes for Ako Aotearoa (New Zealand). It covers nine key competencies that academics can help students to develop during their WIL experiences: communication skills, self confidence, customer relationship management, enthusiastic participation, industry and business knowledge, self-sufficiency, personal organisation, professional… Read more
This is an online professional learning program for staff, developed by representatives of four national associations: Australian Collaborative Education Network (ACEN); Co-operative Education and Work-Integrated Learning Canada (CEWIL); New Zealand Association of Cooperative Education (NZACE); and The Vilar Network (Sweden). Global Perspectives in Work-Integrated Learning provides practitioners with the opportunity… Read more
The IRU webinar series ‘Reimagining work integrated learning’ showcases innovative examples of work integrated learning (WIL) from experts in Australia and internationally. The videos are available at https://www.iru.edu.au/action/student-success/ (half way down the page) and cover the following topics: Simulation in health professional education (19:19) – Felicity Blackstock, WSU – https://youtu.be/bUrghEcsze4… Read more
A series of reports produced from the 2014 national graduate employability project that provide case studies about enhancing graduate employability. There are 11 reports – 1) Multi-national corporations 2) Competitive sports, athletes and employability 3) Entrepreneurship 4) Government as employer 5) Private institutions 6) Career services 7) Indigenous employment and… Read more
