General
It is ASET’s intention that this resource will be continually expanded and updated. As well as projects directly sponsored by ASET we also welcome any other contributions from other sources, on any topic relevant to placements and employability. These will be peer reviewed by the ASET Executive Committee and added as appropriate.
For more information on how to apply for a research grant or make a proposal for ASET to assist you with its resources and contacts, please go to New Proposals.
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Completed Projects
Research Papers/Projects
Are E-Portfolios An Asset To Learning and Placement (by Katherine Duffy, Denis Anthony and Fran Vickers, DMU and ASET)
Are E-Portfolios An Asset To Learning and Placement - Executive Summary
Learning through Work Placements and Beyond (by Brenda Little and Lee Harvey, Cheri)
Developing a Reflectice Capacity within Undergraduate Education: The Role of Work-Based Placement Learning (by Ursula Lucas and Phaik Tan, UWE)
Work-Based Learning: Illuminating the Higher Education Landscape (by Iain Nixon, Kevyn Smith, Rob Stafford and Steve Camm, KSA Partnership)
The Impact Sandwich Education on the Activities of Graduates Six Months Post-Graduation (by Lindsey Bowes and Lee Harvey, UCE)
Placement Conversion Rates Study 1 (University of Manchester and UMIST)
Placement Conversion Rates Study 2 (University of Manchester and UMIST)
Placement Conversion Rates Study 3 (University of Manchester and UMIST)
Placement Conversion Rates Study 4 (University of Manchester and UMIST)
Placement Conversion Rates Study 5 (University of Manchester and UMIST)
Student-Initiated and Student Led Ventures: The Challenges of Enterprise within the Taught Curriculum (by Ester Ehiyazaryan and Nicola Barraclough, Sheffield Hallam University)
MentorVista, Staffordshire University's New Employability Mentoring Programme
(www.staffs.ac.uk/mentorvista)
The Nature and Extent of Undergraduate's Work Experience (a Cheri project) (www.qualityresearchinternational.com/ese/relatedpubs/natureandextentofwe.doc)
Integrating Work-Based Learning into Higher Education - A Guide to Good Practice (a UVAC project)
Placements and HEFCE Funding - A Summary of Funding Higher Education in England and the full report itself (summary by Tamsin Pyne, University of Plymouth)
HEFCE Funding
Student Fees and the Placement Year (by John Wilson, Lancashire Business School, UCLAN)
Undergraduate Learning at Programme Level: An Analysis of Students’ Perspectives (by Poppy Turner, University of Bath)
Work Placements Enhance Academic Performance (by Steven Gomez, David Lush and Margaret Clements, UWE)
Practice-Based Learning in Information Systems: The Advantages for Students (by Peter Rawlings, Paul White and Robert Stephens, UWE)
A Sandwich Year Can Seriously Damage Your Chances of Obtaining a Poor Degree (by Ray Wallace, Nottingham Trent University)
Supporting Placement Learning Through a Virtual Learning Environment (University of Newcastle upon Tyne project)
Acquisition of Work-Based Skills (by Brian Rushton, David Southall - University of Ulster, Gavin Thomas - University of York and Mark Davies - University of Sunderland)
Media Work Experience Guide (A DTI document)
(www.dti.gov.uk/files/file37253.pdf)
Career Counselling in the 21st Century (by Ron McGowan, the author of 'How to Find Work in the 21st Century')
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Current ASET Projects
ASET currently has 2 active working groups, set up for specific projects. These are the IT Systems group which is producing the associated publication and the Health and Safety working group which is working with UCEA and USHA on new Health and Safety guidance.
ASET will also be working with NASES on their Postgraduate Diploma in the Management of Student Work Experience.
A proposal is also currently under review relating to innovative methods of assessing work experience.
Working groups are likely to be set up to work on each of the new series of Good Practice for Placements guides that ASET will be producing.
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New Proposals
ASET always welcomes new proposals to support anyone wishing to undertake research in the field of placement/work-based learning and employability. We can allocate research funding or assist by resourcing in other ways such as recruiting others with similar interests to collaborate with, facilitating communication and meetings, and ultimately dissemination.
If you want to apply to undertake such a project, or have suggestions for areas that ASET might set up it own working groups to look into, please contact the ASET office. Proposals will eventually need to be formally presented and, where applicable, costed, for assessment by the Executive Committee, although we also welcome initial informal discourse.
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