...Mohamed Mousa; Rami Ayoubi; Vesa Puhakka Purpose This paper aims to answer the question: To what extent should neurodiverse students experience improved access to public universities in Egypt and why? Design/methodology/approach A systematic qualitative research method was used with data...

.../value Reflects the ambition and mission of the University Vocational Awards Council. Half a million apprenticeship starts in England in the academic year 2014-2015 [1] represent almost a tripling in the number started each year since 2004. This impressive growth has been driven by a series...

... is a large-scale work-based learning module at the University of Birmingham, the “Professional Development Module”. Students completed questionnaires both before and after they undertaken their placements and the results from the questionnaires were compared. These results were then combined with the results...

...Paul Gibbs; William R. Jones; Susan Oosthuizen; Yvonne Hillier Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how government policy has encouraged universities and their community group partnerships to work together through the relationship between the University of Brighton and members...

...Paul Gibbs; William R. Jones; Susan Oosthuizen; Paul Gibbs; William R. Jones; Susan Oosthuizen Purpose The aim of this paper is to present the second in an annual series of selected papers from the 2012 Conference of the Universities Association for Lifelong Learning (UALL). The Conference...

...Paul Gibbs; William R. Jones; Susan Oosthuizen; Nosheen Rachel Naseem Purpose University education in developing countries is often restricted to students from privileged backgrounds. However, in Pakistan, access to Higher Education, while competitive, is more broadly based. State universities...

...Ruth Helyer; Adrian Anderson; Darryll Bravenboer; David Hemsworth Purpose To date, few universities have been involved in the Government‐funded drive to expand higher apprenticeships across England. Universities have a track record of expertise and innovation in professional and work‐based...

...Chrissy Ogilvie; Gill Homan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the opportunities provided by the workplace as an arena for learning and academic credit for first year undergraduates at Manchester Metropolitan University Business School. The research focuses on the evaluation of a work...

... the project to ascertain the reasons for their lack of engagement. Practical implications There are two separate implications of this project. First, the mentoring scheme was valuable primarily for the mentors and not the mentees; and second, the level of support provided by the University is not the main...

...Alison Felce; Emma Purnell Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify how key external and internal policies can impact on the internal policies of a University in the UK. It explains how the internal structures can be changed to meet the policy demands and how the need to meet those demands...

...Georgina Andrews; Marilyn Russell Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report how one University has sought to test the effectiveness of strategies to enhance employability skills, and the key themes which emerged from this investigation. Design/methodology/approach A survey tool has been...

... investigates corporate governance education and its relation to firms’ performance, to improve the content of business‐related programs at Frederick University. Design/methodology approach Survey analysis, action research and literature review are used in order to apply the findings of corporate governance...

...David Major; Denise Meakin; David Perrin Purpose The purpose of this paper is to inform colleagues working in the field of work‐based learning (WBL) about the development of a Post Graduate Certificate in Work Based Learning Facilitation at the University of Chester. Design/methodology/approach...

...Sabina Siebert Purpose The purpose of this paper is to consider whether a university‐based conception of learning in the workplace might bridge the differences that separate the critics and advocates of workplace learning promoted by trade unions. Design/methodology/approach The paper...

...Barbara A. Workman Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss some of the higher education learning and teaching development strategies used to implement a university‐wide project to extend and embed work‐based learning (WBL) across all four university schools as part of a Centre...

...Pauline Armsby; Norman Jackson Purpose The purpose of this paper is to draw attention to an educational design developed by the SCEPTrE CETL at the University of Surrey, aimed at encouraging, recognising and valuing learning and personal development gained through students’ lifewide (co‐ and extra...

...Pauline Armsby; Sibyl Coldham Purpose The purpose of this paper is to illustrate how activity theory was used as a method of facilitating change in the understanding of work as a driver for disciplinary and professionally‐oriented learning in a UK university. The paper focuses on staff learning...

...John G. Mumford Purpose This paper studies the training and other learning‐related interventions that senior managers typically use to influence organisational capability and relate it to the programmes that a university might offer. The purpose of the paper is to identify potential opportunities...