Donald, WE and Hughes, HPN orcid.org/0000-0001-8454-8206 (2024) How academics can play a more influential role during a year-in-industry placement: A contemporary critique and call for action. Industry and Higher Education, 38 (2). 107 -111. ISSN 0950-4222
Abstract
Universities worldwide are tasked with producing employable graduates capable of operating in evolving, complex, and global labour markets. Research into the effectiveness of year-in-industry placements to facilitate such objectives often portrays the dominant actors as students, employers, managers, and (de)centralised placement teams. Framing this as our point of departure, we propose that academics can play a more influential role. Our essay discusses the challenges for academics of designing, delivering, and assessing a year-in-industry placement module. Next, we consider the opportunities for students to enhance their self-perceived employability. We conclude with a call for innovative thinking, knowledge sharing, and empirical research.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2023. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
Keywords: | Curriculum, module design, assessment, academics, higher education, year-in-industry, placement, students, self-perceived employability |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Management Division (LUBS) (Leeds) > Management Division Organizational Behaviour (LUBS) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 17 Mar 2023 11:56 |
Last Modified: | 14 Nov 2024 09:15 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/09504222231162059 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:196746 |