Conference Day One: Wednesday, 28 August 2019
9:00 am - 9:00 am Conference Registration and Welcome Coffee
9:00 am - 9:10 am Opening Remarks by IQPC and the Conference Chair
9:10 am - 9:50 am Delivering Where the Students Are: Bespoke and Impactful Work Integrated Learning Models
The University of Birmingham have developed work integrated learning opportunities that are embedded into course design and offer students an equal opportunity to access. This session will explore the development of the University of Birmingham careers network. Specially, the development of a biochemistry work integrated learning module that increase employment outcomes by 15%.
- Virtual internships as a way to ensure students have equal access to work integrated learning
- Providing fair access to experiences
- Strategies to improve employment outcomes and student satisfaction
Eluned Jones
Director of Student EmployabilityUniversity of Birmingham
9:50 am - 10:30 am A Whole of University Approach to Work Integrated Learning: Enhancing Students’ Employability for Future Work
Leanne Piggott
Academic Director WIL Central Office of the Pro-Vice Chancellor EducationUNSW
10:30 am - 11:00 am Speed Networking Session
An effective structured interactive session designed to help expand your network through one-to-one focused conversations. Bring your business cards!
10:00 am - 10:30 am Thought Leadership Session
10:30 am - 11:00 am MORNING TEA AND NETWORKING BREAK
11:30 am - 12:10 pm Work Integrated Education: Establishing Sustainable Mature University/Industry Partnerships?
Increasingly, universities are expected to prepare students to transition into the workforce with generic graduate capabilities. These include being able to recognise and mitigate potential risks, solve problems effectively, and manage diversity and ambiguity. Work Integrated Learning is on the rise as universities adopt strategic targets for student workplace participation as an element of their studies. This session will explore the answers to key questions such as:
- What do students get out of their work placement?
- What’s in it for employers?
- What constitutes quality?
12:10 pm - 12:50 pm Embedding a Strategic Employability Framework: Theory and Practice
UQ’s strategic approach to employability enhancement is based on experiential learning both within and beyond the curriculum. Work Integrated Learning (WIL) provides learning experiences that integrate academic theory with meaningful workplace practice within a purposefully designed curriculum. Experiential learning in the extracurricular space is similarly scaffolded for learners using the SEAL methodology developed with students as partners. By reflecting on and making meaning from these experiential learning opportunities, students are able to translate this into work based practice that improves their employability. This session will explore:
- The conceptualisation and articulation of an embedded strategic model for employability
- The primacy of experiential learning, and development of the SEAL methodology through engaging students as partners
- Leading a whole-of-institution change and accessing strategic funding to support employability
12:50 pm - 1:50 pm NETWORKING LUNCH
1:50 pm - 2:30 pm Strategies To Overcome Challenges To Work Integrated Learning ( WIL ) Participation For International Students And Students From A Low Socio-Economic Background
2:30 pm - 3:10 pm The Power of Collaboration: a Whole of Institution Approach to Supporting Graduate Success
3:10 pm - 3:50 pm Integrating Practice-Based Experiences with Higher Education
3:50 pm - 4:10 pm AFTERNOON TEA AND NETWORKING BREAK
Interactive Discussion Group (IDGs)
This is your chance to make your conference experience truly interactive and collaborative. Each IDG is set in a roundtable format and will be facilitated by an expert practitioner in the space. In two rotations, each IDG will last for 30 minutes, allowing you to pick the two topics you wish to discuss and solve.