student engagement, experience and advice - ryan thompson and chris harper
DESCRIPTION
This presentation formed part of the HEA-funded workshop 'Placements with industry experience in Business and Management programmes' Embedding work experience within degree programmes has been identified as a significant positive contributor to improving employability outcomes. In this seminar we explain the development of the University of Exeter Business School’s “with Industrial Experience” scheme, and gauge student evaluation, employer perception, and methods for replication and sustainability of year-long placement programmes. This presentation forms part of a blog post which can be accessed via: http://bit.ly/1eGt47q For further details of HEA Social Sciences work relating to employability and global citizenship please see: http://bit.ly/17n8KnjTRANSCRIPT
Student Engagement, Experience and Advice
Ryan Thompson [Ginsters] Chris Harper [Accenture]
Agenda “Making the Transition”
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“Sources of Strength”
“Just as castles provided the source of strength for medieval towns, and factories provided prosperity in the industrial age, universities are the source of strength in the knowledge-based economy of
the twenty-first century”
(Attributed to Lord Dearing; see Wilson, 2012).
“Supply Chain to Industry”?
Are “workplace skills” taught at University or acquired in work? How does this fit within a “knowledge-based economy”?
• Wilson Review (2012); Czarniawska (2003)
• Shaping up for the Knowledge Economy (2010)
Supply Chain: an interesting metaphor
• Industrial Placement 2011-12
• >3m units per week
• A “Grocer” top-100 company
• My experiences…
Dissertation Research
What is today’s “Knowledge Economy” about?
• Drucker (1969) – “Central Capital”. How is change negotiated?
• Self-efficacy and agency; Bandura (1989)
Interviews and Findings • ‘Define your niche’
• Negotiation with others
• Utilise external interest
“So@ness” of Systems
Blurred roles
Outside experience PreparaGon
Self-‐efficacy
Conclusions about the transition…
1. Encourage self-‐efficacy 2. “Supply-‐chain” seems determinist 3. Agency involves adaptation 4. “Knowledge” is subjective
Preparing for the “transition”
References Bandura, A. (1989). ‘Human Agency in Social Cognitive Theory’ American Psychologist 44(9): 1175-1184 Checkland, P. (2000). ‘Soft Systems Methodology: A Thirty Year Retrospective’ Systems Research and Behavioural Science 17: 11-58 Czarniawska, B. (2003). ‘Forbidden Knowledge Organization Theory in Times of Transition’ Management Learning 34(3): 353–365 Drucker, P. F. (1969). The Age of Discontinuity London: Heinemann Levy, C., and Hopkins, L. (2010). Shaping Up For Innovation: Are we delivering the right skills for the 2020 knowledge economy? A Knowledge Economy programme report. Wilson, T. (2012). A Review of Business–University Collaboration https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/32383/12-610-wilson-review-business-university-collaboration.pdf