Recognising work-based learning in higher education
 

Here you will find further information about HE@Work and a selection of documents, guides and papers on the topic of work-based learning. We hope you find them useful.

 

HE@Work

HE@Work brochure PDF   HE@Work brochure: Further details about HE@Work; how we work and what we offer.

Full specification for HEIs PDF   Full specification for HEIs: explains what we look for in our partnering HEIs.

Selecting universities for accrediting WBL PDF   Selecting universities for accrediting WBL : a description of the process used for tendering for projects with our partner HEIs

 

Survey Results

HE@Work second survey of large private businesses, 2009 PDF   HE@Work second survey of large private businesses, 2009: Paper presented by Prof Simon Roodhouse at the Work-based Learning Futures III conference, University of Derby, April 2009.

Employee Perceptions of Workplace Learning PDF   Employee Perceptions of Workplace Learning: a report of our 2008 survey which is a snapshot insight into attitudes to learning in the workplace

Employee Perceptions of Workplace Learning PDF   Work Based Learning: Policy into Practice? HE@Work Ltd: Three Year Longitudinal Employee Learning Attitudes Survey Of Large Private Businesses, 2008 – 10

 

Related articles and reports

UVAC and HE@Work response to the DIUS consultation   DIUS consultation Response: Our joint response with UVAC to their 2008 consultation on ‘Higher Education at Work – High Skills: High Value’.

Overview of overseas universities providing validation and accreditation services to large businesses PDF   Overview of overseas universities providing validation and accreditation services to large businesses: A literature review carried out for HE@Work by UVAC, 2009:

Technical Education Revisited PDF   Technical Education Revisited : A draft of an article written by Dr John Mumford and Prof Simon Roodhouse on workplace learning.

Employers, Skills and Higher Education by Simon Roodhouse & Stephen Swailes PDF   Employers, Skills and Higher Education by Simon Roodhouse & Stephen Swailes : A book written by Simon Roodhouse and Stephen Swailes which examines and summarises the issues around the vocational debate over the last 5 years.

Funding Higher Education in the UK PDF   Funding Higher Education: a paper describing higher education funding available for work-based learning qualifications, based on a report written by UVAC for HE @Work (for the detailed paper see the UVAC website, www.uvac.ac.uk)

 

Useful Links:

The days of plenty are gone, so let's embrace the employer-led degree: Article by Prof Simon Roodhouse in The Guardian, Feb 2010. http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/feb/09/employer-led-degree-new-university

Training to beat the recession: Article by Dr John Mumford about our latest research, pub May 2009

Using demand to shape supply: An assessment of the higher level skills needs of employers in England

A report from CFE which is part of a series which aims to develop a more sophisticated understanding of the higher level skills needs of employers. This report aggregates findings from three regional surveys, a series of focus groups and refers to the findings of similar studies such as the CBI’s Stepping Higher report.