... is a pivotal pedagogical approach that bridges skills gaps by embedding real-world experiences within the academic curriculum. Defined broadly, WIL encompasses various practice-based methods such as cooperative education, consultancy, simulation, clinical practice, work placements and projects (Berndtsson...

... statement: No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors. 23 02 2026 10 04 2026 18 04 2026 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Neurodiversity Higher education Employability Work placement Stigma...

... learning through part-time work, placement, job shadowing and service learning. Among these practices, placement is a common structured form of training in professional education. It involves students working under supervision, guidance and mentoring from employers, often performing real workplace tasks...

...-based learning Work placement Allied health and social work (AHSW) professionals are distinct from medicine and nursing professionals and are responsible for the delivery of diverse health services relating to the identification, evaluation, rehabilitation, management and/or prevention...

... dilemma” (Mezirow, 2000). This “dilemma” is usually a culminating experience (Roberts, 2006). It is well established in the education literature that students' work placements – while beneficial in the long run (Purdie et al., 2013) – come with their own set of challenges or “dilemmas”. Examples...

... and learning self-efficacy. Design/methodology/approach The authors used a three-wave repeated cross-sectional data collected from 509 final-year undergraduate students of 11 Nigerian public universities, who had completed the compulsory work placement to analyze the influence of PSS on learner’s career...