Approaches to Employer Engagement A Partnership Approach to Employer Engagement

1. Approaches to Employer EngagementA Partnership Approach to Employer Engagement

2. A Partnership Approach to Employer Engagement Helen Dewhurst, Leap Ahead Lifelong Learning Network for Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire

3. Partnership • fdf • Employers – TUI UK, BIA and over 50 others • 8 (5) HEIs • Bedfordshire University • University College Birmingham • University of Brighton • Coventry University • University of Derby • University of Greenwich (Orpington College) • University of Sunderland • University of Wolverhampton • 4 LLNs • Other HEIs - ULCC • The SSC, People 1st • ABTA, ITT, Tourism Society

4. Product • National product: FdA Travel Operations Management. Pilot 60 learners, full launch March 09. • Collaboration on development and delivery • Development: curriculum design, materials, platform • Delivery: common documentation, admissions, management and reform of processes (APEL) – efficiency and transparency • Further funding bids

5. Platform

6. Achieving sustainable employer responsive HE through partnerships

7. Learner Provider Employer Does it/should it look like this?

8. Bibliography • Foskett, R. (2005) Collaborative partnership between HE and employers: a study of workforce development. Journal of Further and Higher Education. 29(3): 251-264. • Harvey, M. (2007) “The changing power balance between learners, universities and work contexts”. 28-35. IN D. Young and J. Garnett (2007) Work Based Learning Futures. Proceedings from the Work Based Learning Conference, Buxton, April. • HEFCE (2008) “Quality assurance and employer engagement in HE learning”. Bristol: HEFCE. September. • Weaver, R.A., Coester, R.J. and McInosh, D. (1987) Collaboration in curriculum development: a case study. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association, Washington DC.

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