Marketing Lecturer, Heather Skinner has been entered into the Institute for Welsh Affairs’ Inspire Wales Awards 2010 under the Educator category for her work in developing the University of Glamorgan’s Learning Through Employment framework and toolkit to support work-based learning programmes in Higher Education.
The Learning Through Employment framework allows individuals already in employment to work towards a university-level qualification relevant to their specific area of work. Its main feature is that the majority of learning takes place through active and reflective engagement with work activities, underpinned by the appropriate academic knowledge and skills.
Courses can be tailored around any subject and are negotiated between the learner, the university and the employer who work together to agree a programme of study that draws or builds on the learner’s work activities and, at the same time, satisfies the requirements for a university qualification at the appropriate level.
