Using Assessments of Sandwich Year and Academic Work Performance on a Business Studies Degree Course Available to Purchase

Sandwhich placements in degree courses are often thought to have wide‐ranging benefits for students, employers and educational institutions (CNAA, 1984). Certainly, the student‐orientated goals of a sandwich year as defined by CNAA (1980) are wide‐ranging. A successful sandwich placement should enhance students' capacity to: relate theory to practice, make appropriate career decisions, work effectively with others, understand work situations, and benefit from final year studies. It should also contribute to the student's “personal development”, which means amongst other things their skills and self‐confidence (see also Day, Kelly, Parker and Parr, 1982).