Qualifications Through WorkBased Learning The Britvic IT

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QualificationsThrough Work-Based LearningThe
Britvic IT Staffordshire University Partnership

• Hanifa Shah
• Professor of Information Systems,
• Head of IS Research Group

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Overview

• Some Britvic Brands
• The opportunity People Development in IT
• Britvic IT Academy
• Qualifications through Negotiated WBL
• Stages
• Conclusions

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Some Britvic Brands

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Britvic IT Academy
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Qualifications through Negotiated WBL
Awards Portfolio HNC, FD, Honours Degree, PgC,
PgD, Masters
Learning Agreement
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Stages

• Britvic

• Staffordshire University

• Identify opportunity/requirements
• Competency Framework/Gaps
• Strategic ambitions
• Employee aspirations
• Design solution
• Contribute to draft documents
• Agree internal Britvic processes, success
  measures
• Participate in Faculty University validation
  events
• Delivery, Governance Review

• Identify qualifications partnership opportunity
  (faculty)
• Design solution
• Select/Devise framework (faculty/university)
• Draft qualifications documentation
• Faculty validation
• University validation
• Delivery Governance Review

COLLABORATE / AGREE
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Benefits of Programme
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Conclusions

• Employer needs drive the qualifications

• University needs to recognize the opportunity

• Capability development, areas of knowledge
  expertise
• Integrated functional and corporate (HR) approach
  champion important
• Innovative creative approach to learning
  development valued by employees
• Linked into employees development activities
• Linked into ongoing work-based activities
  projects
• Governance review

• Potential new revenue stream
• Need to be responsive flexible in approach
  champion important
• Understand employer vision
• Work with employers to map requirements to
  academic framework/concepts
• Develop the required capabilities in the
  University workforce for delivery
• Governance review