| London 2003 |
HELP Conference - April 7th 2003 Universities
UK, London
Higher Education Learning Partnerships to meet the needs
of students and employers in the land based sector |
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Organised by:
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Real World Project at the University
of Newcastle and University of Sunderland. |
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Professional Scholarship Programme
(PSP) Project at Harper Adams University College and Writtle
College. |
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Student Progression and Transfer
(SPAT) Project at University of Plymouth and University
of Ulster. |
Enquiries: Emma
Clamp, Centre for Academic Development, Armstrong Building, University
of Newcastle, NE1 7RU Telephone: 0191 222 7795 Fax: 0191 222 7780
Email: Emma.Clamp@ncl.ac.uk
The HELP conference offered a unique
opportunity for those working in the land based sector to contribute
to and learn from ongoing action research in learning and teaching.
The conference brought together three higher education projects,
each of which are based in land, rural and environmental subject
disciplines. Invitations were issued to all HE and FE providers
in these discipline areas.
| The conference aimed
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Develop a better
understanding of the political, industrial and academic
issues which are currently affecting Higher Education. |
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Provide practical solutions for academics
to address national agendas - such as widening participation,
employability, and enhancing progression and retention. |
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Highlight good practice from each of the
projects as well as lessons learnt. |
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Provide opportunities for other projects
or participants to share their related work and experience. |
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| The Real World Project |
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 The
Real World project focuses on enhancing student employability
through the integration of work related learning (WRL) into the
curriculum. Working on employability at both a strategic and practical
level presents a challenge, although developing partnerships with
stakeholders such as careers services, employers, Sector Skills
Councils and professional bodies can help to secure the embedding
of WRL into the curriculum. The project is funding 10 Higher Education
Institutions (HEIs) to undertake curriculum development initiatives
to gain a greater understanding of what is 'good practice' in
WRL. The project will offer an insight into how practitioners
can engage stakeholders and effectively enhance employability,
through showcasing some initiatives. |
| The Professional Scholarship Programme
(PSP) |
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The Professional Scholarship Programme (PSP)
offers an integrated approach to skills development, designed
to improve students' transferable skills, employability and career
management abilities, together with the capability to learn independently.
The programme has developed a series of curriculum modules, supported
by resource packs, designed to progressively develop graduate
skills, an industrial placement which embraces a reflective learning
element and a personal development planning framework. Although
PSP has been designed for land-based provision, the programme
offers opportunities for the integration of skills into vocational
curricula across the whole Higher Education sector. |
| The SPAT project |
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The SPAT project is concerned with disseminating
good practice relating to partnerships between further education
colleges teaching Higher Education (such as HNDs or foundation
degrees) and HE institutions which offer a direct entry for these
students to "top up" to a degree. Good practice from
the SPAT project has a wider applicability to widening participation,
retention and employability. The SPAT project will highlight how
partnerships work and give participants the opportunity to learn
from those who have had experience of planned transfer. |
Conference Programme |
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Chairperson Paul Martin, National Co-ordination
Team (supported by the Teaching and Quality Enhancement Fund
- TQEF)
| 1000 |
Registration and Coffee |
| 1030 |
Open and Welcome
Paul Martin, National Co-ordination Team |
| 1040 |
Keynote Presentation
'Drivers of HE Policy and Implications for the Curriculum'
Professor Roger Lewis, Regional Consultant, HEFCE -
Presentation |
| 1100 |
Student Progression and Transfer; an overview
of the project and its outcomes - Presentation |
| 1120 |
SPAT Workshops: |
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Mark Stone, University of Plymouth, Academic Partnerships' |
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Dr Clare Carter, University of Ulster, Facilitating Transition
in HE' |
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HE in FE good practice |
| 1210 |
Keynote Presentation
'Current development work across the sector in support of
the 50% target'
Professor Brian Chalkley National Teaching Fellow University
of Plymouth - Presentation |
| 1230 |
Professional Scholarship Programme: an overview
of the project and its outcomes |
| 1250 |
Lunch |
| 1340 |
Professional Scholarship Programme Workshops: |
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Curriculum development: engaging staff and students |
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Professional Scholarship: what is it and how do we develop
it? |
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Integrating personal development planning into vocational
curricula |
| 1430 |
Keynote Presentation
'How employers can contribute to curriculum development,
delivery and assessment'
Mike Smith, Head of Development, Lantra - Presentation |
| 1450 |
Real World Project; an overview of the project
and its outcomes - Presentation |
| 1510 |
Real World Workshops:
Three academics will give an overview of how they have developed
modules to incorporate work related learning into the curriculum:
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Dr Sarah Maguire, University of Ulster, Enterprise and
Employability - Presentation |
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Dr Ann Worsley, Edge Hill, Developing external links through
teaching and learning in Geography and Environmental Science:
the use of the mini-conference' |
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Dr Jenny Jones , Liverpool John Moores University Work
Based Learning for Academic Credit - Presentation |
| 1600 |
Poster Presentations with wine and cheese
reception
Project resources will also be on display during poster
sessions |
| 1700 |
Close |
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