Professional Practice Innovation
Department
Management, leadership and Marketing
Title
Empowered Students, Tasty Sandwiches: The promise of a multi-stakeholder approach to learner support
Summary
The case study outlines the processes, outcomes and impacts of a teaching approach that empowered placement-seeking undergraduates securing their ‘sandwich placements’ with greater ease in 2019.
It describes a successful approach that systematically engaged various groups of key stakeholders in empowering learners.
It relates to the Civic Contribution priority of the Five & Fifty strategic plan, achieves Meaningful Networks, Teaching Excellence and Student Experience objectives, while demonstrating the corporate value, Collaboration.
A set of activities were designed to support students so that they find suitable, subject-specific industry placements on or before the start of the following academic year. As a result, the entire class of students secured their placements on time.