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Learning from Work: Making Connections between Work and Study (University of Central Lancashire)
This project, undertaken at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN), aimed to change the existing small-scale, disparate and department-based provision of work opportunities to a university-wide system, within an approved quality framework. It also aimed to enhance the competitiveness of regional employers (especially small and medium sized firms) and to help them recognise the benefits of employing graduates.
To underpin and inform the development of a University-wide module, UCLAN undertook primary research which included faculty surveys of existing provision, interviews with students, work providers and academics, as well as a University-wide survey mapping the incidence of undergraduates' part-time, term-time work.
The survey of 1500 students found that 57 per cent were in paid work, and a further 4 per cent in unpaid work. The majority (84 per cent) had one job, but a significant minority (16 per cent) had two or more jobs. The majority (72 per cent) was earning £4.49/hour or less, and almost half (45 per cent) were working 16 hours/week or more. Evidence from primary research indicated that the major concern that needed to be tackled was the perceived distraction from academic study presented by undergraduates' part-time term-time work. This perception was shared across disciplines, and as such provided a familiar focal point around which the project team could develop a "sense of necessity and shared understanding" of the project aims. Primary research also showed that undergraduates do not automatically know how to learn, see the relevance in what they are learning in, or make connections between the situation in which they learn and the opportunities they find to use their learning.
Project outputs include:
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