Part-time students in the workforce - enhancing practice in course provision

John W. Davies; Brian Counter; Mark Davison; Steve Luke; Peter Mills

Part-time students in the workforce - enhancing practice in course provision

John W. Davies^*, Brian Counter, Mark Davison, Steve Luke, Peter Mills

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This paper describes a recent project on HE delivery to part-time students in the workforce. The main aim has been to investigate and propose effective practice in part-time provision in engineering in order to enhance the experience of part-time students at the same time as giving potential benefits to courses, departments and all students. The project has included interviews with employers and a questionnaire survey for current part-time students. The final guidance has been assembled with the aim of supporting the enhancement of existing courses and the development of new part-time provision. The paper presents the approaches taken in the project as a whole, analyses the results of the student survey, and summarises the overall outcomes.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Conference proceedings for EE2012
Subtitle of host publication	innovation, practice and research in engineering education
Publisher	Higher Education Academy
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	978-1-907632-16-7
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	International conference on innovation, practice and research in Engineering Education - Coventry, United Kingdom Duration: 18 Sept 2012 → 20 Sept 2012

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Conference	International conference on innovation, practice and research in Engineering Education
Abbreviated title	EE 2012
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Coventry
Period	18/09/12 → 20/09/12

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Davies, JW, Counter, B, Davison, M, Luke, S & Mills, P 2012, Part-time students in the workforce - enhancing practice in course provision. in Conference proceedings for EE2012: innovation, practice and research in engineering education., GP174/abs099, Higher Education Academy, International conference on innovation, practice and research in Engineering Education, Coventry, United Kingdom, 18/09/12. <http://cede.lboro.ac.uk/ee2012/papers/ee2012_submission_174_gp.pdf>

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