Workbased Learning for Busy People

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Work-based Learningfor Busy People

• Partnership Programme

Fiona Message
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Partnership Programme

• Learning at work
• Mainly by work-based projects
• Credit for prior
• - qualifications
• - knowledge
• - skills

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The Employee Benefits

• Qualification without a career break
• Existing knowledge counts
• Vary the pace of learning
• Reduces loss of leisure time
• Learn what you need as you need it
• Professional and career enhancement
• IMechE IMarEST (RAeS) (IET)

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The Employer Benefits

• Commercially valuable work
• Commercial and strategic awareness
• Best practice and latest technologies
• New knowledge and advice
• Better qualified staff
• Increased loyalty
• Motivation

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Support

• Partnership Staff
• Programme information advice
• Learning Management
• Tutor
• Subject matter expert
• Advises on assesses WBL
• Mentor Workplace support

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Accredited Prior Learning
Certificated Experiential student assembles a
portfolio of evidence Matched Learning
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Work-based Learning

• Ill learn this...
• So I can do this project...
• Which will produce this product...
• That is evidence of my learning!

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Short Formal Learning Experience

• - only one per contract
• - about five days
• reflective report

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Taught Units

• Taught units of the University of Portsmouth
• or
• Taught units
• of other
• universities
• must be
• credit
• rated

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Partnership Programme
Accredited Prior Learning
Learning Management
Work-based Projects
Degree Award
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Learning Management Unit
Support seminars one day course Learning
contracts assessed Progress reports
assessed Conference days
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The Employer BenefitsThe Employee
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Partnership Programme
Work-based Learningfor Busy People