Project events
Policy and Practice in Work Related Learning: experiences of a Scottish Project
The University of Glasgow, 26 January 2010.
The focus of the event was to highlight the key findings from the Aiming University Learning @ Work Project and to showcase the Project’s publications, including guidelines for academics and non-academics alike, which will hopefully inform and shape practice in work related learning across the Scottish HE sector.
| Presenter | Presentation Title |
Media Format |
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| Professor Anton Muscatelli, Principal and Vice Chancellor, University of Glasgow | Welcome and Introduction | Abstract in Event Report
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| Mark Batho, Chief Executive, Scottish Funding Council | Keynote Speech | Abstract in Event Report
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| Professor Andrea Nolan, Senior Vice Principal and Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Glasgow | Opening Address - AUL@W, a partnership | PowerPoint |
| AUL&W Project Team: Irene Bell, Project Manager Lynn Naven, Research Officer Margaret Berrie, Work Learning Officer |
Key Outputs | |
| Jane Weir, Careers Service Director | Putting Theory into Practice | PowerPoint |
| Dr Wendy Anderson, English Language Department. University of Glasgow | English Language AUL@W Projects | PowerPoint |
| Professor Mike Mannion, Pro Vice-Chancellor International, Glasgow Caledonian University | Impact of AUL@W at GCU | PowerPoint |
| Paul Brown, Careers Service Director, Dr Bruce Sinclair, University of St Andrews |
AUL@W dissemination | PowerPoint |
Aiming University Learning @ Work: findings, feedback and the future
West Park Centre, Dundee, 21st May 2009
The Project Event - Aiming University Learning @ Work: findings, feedback and the future was hosted jointly by the AUL@W Project and the Scottish Higher Education Employability Network (SHEEN) in order to brief attendees on the key messages and interim conclusions of the Project, to seek comments on these and also to discuss how Project's outputs might best be disseminated in order to effect sector-wide strategic change.
| Presenter |
Presentation Title |
Media Format
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| Irene Bell, Project Manager |
Overview of progress to date
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| Lynn Naven, Project Research Officer |
Key messages and interim conclusions
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| Dr Wendy Anderson, University of Glasgow |
English Language Pilot |
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| Margaret Berrie, Project Work Learning Officer |
Embedding WRL in Maths
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| Heather Steadman, Business & Biosciences student |
High Profile Work Related Learning Event
The Project Event - "Challenging Thinking and Sharing Practice in Work Related Learning in Scottish Higher Education" which was held in Glasgow on June 10th was a major success, with overwhelmingly favourable feedback from those who attended.
Fiona Hyslop, M.S.P., Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, made the Keynote Address. To watch a video of that presentation, or those by the other Keynote Speakers, or to read the Feedback from the Discussion Groups and from the Evaluation Forms, click on the link below:
| Keynote | Organisation | Presentation Title | Media Format |
| Fiona Hyslop | M.S.P. | Keynote address | Video |
| Patrick Watt | Head of Futureskills, Scotland | Work-Readiness of Graduates | Video |
| Patrick Watt | Head of Futureskills, Scotland | Work-Readiness of Graduates | |
| Laurence Howells | Interim Chief Executive for the Scottish Funding Council | Enhancing employability | Video |
| Laurence Howells | Interim Chief Executive for the Scottish Funding Council | Enhancing employability | |
| Irene Bell | Project Manager | ||
| Jenny Mackay | Director of Student Development and Activities, St. Andrews Students' Association | Student Perspective | |
| Brent McGregor | Chair of the Scottish Higher Education Employability Network, Vice Principal at Edinburgh College of Art | Employability - The Scottish Dimension | |
| Brenda Little | Principal Policy Analyst, Centre for Higher Education Research and Information, The Open University | Blurring the boundaries... Whose learning is it anyway? | Video |
| Brenda Little | Principal Policy Analyst, Centre for Higher Education Research and Information, The Open University | Blurring the boundaries...whose learning is it anyway? | |
| Lynn Naven | AUL@W Project Research Officer | Headline Empirical Research Findings Across HEI's in Scotland |