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Can pay, should pay? a comparison of outcomes for paid and unpaid work opportunities for employers and students.

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Prof Sally Smith S.Smith@napier.ac.uk
Head of Graduate Apprenticeships and Skills Development and Professor

Project Description

We have published the following papers:
 
Smith, C., Smith, S., Irving, C. 2013 Can pay? Should pay? A comparison of outcomes for paid and unpaid work opportunities for employers and students, HEA STEM: Annual Learning and Teaching Conference 2013: Where practice and pedagogy meet, Birmingham
 
Smith, S., Caddell, M., Irving, C., Mcilwhan, R., Smith, C. 2013 Can pay, should pay? Exploring perceptions of paid and unpaid work opportunities from employer and student perspectives, International Enhancement Themes Conference, Glasgow
 
We have disseminated at the following events:
 
HEA Innovation Event, February 2013, Edinburgh. Presentation: Can pay, should pay? Exploring placement outcomes for employers and students
 
QAA Work-Based Learning Forum, March 2013, Glasgow. Presentation: Can pay, should pay? Exploring placement outcomes for employers and students
Smith, S. & Smith, C. 2013 Building Employer Partnerships: a regional placement perspective, HEA Annual Conference (to be published)
 
Enhancing Employability through Placements in Higher Education Conference, July 2013, University of Huddersfield. Presentation: Placements: Encouraging the discouraged

Status Project Complete
Funder(s) Advance HE
Value £6,066.00
Project Dates Oct 1, 2012 - Jan 4, 2013

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