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University and the Community:
Developments at the University of Portsmouth
Frank Lyons
Director of Foundation Direct
National Teaching Fellow
University of Portsmouth
AUCEA, Flinders campus, Victoria University, Melbourne
August 11 2006
Barriers to Engagement
• Misunderstanding: needs, goals, and
possibilities
• Time
• Industries concerns: the bottom line, quality
misalignment and educational openness
• Cultural concerns: NOHEFT, knowledge and
standards
Community and
Business boards
Breakfast briefings
Community voice
Purple Door
Governors
Community links
Vocational history
R&D projects
Alumni
University
Engagement
Strategies
Skills councils
Professions
Chambers of
Commerce
RDAs
Research
Curriculum
Websites:
Work-based projects
Mentor direct
PD Unit
Up4IT
Electives
Prizes
Sponsorships
Learning Contract and Engagement
Professional
Development
(Learning
Contract)
Taught
Modules
Taught
Modules
E5
WBL Project
Negotiations with
community/
company and
university
E1
E2
Best
Practice
research
Professional Skills (Just in Time)
Training
E3
E4
Report on
Holistic
learning
Assessment of
theory, learning
and
professional
practice and
self.
Work-based Learning by Learning Contract
Hants and Sussex Aviation
CAA Licence
Foundation Degree Framework
Employer involvement
Skills and Knowledge relevant to work sector
Work-based learning minimum of 25%
APEL
240 credits but articulation to Bachelors with honours
Reflective Practice
Personal Development Planning
WBL needs coordinated support for students, tutors and mentors
Portsmouth Foundation Degrees
Early Years Care & Education
Education Learning Support
Education Administration
Working with Young People
and Young People’s Services
Applied Medical Technology
Medicines Management
Medical Imaging
Oncological Therapy
Paramedic Science
Electronic Engineering
Business and Management
Construction & Enterprise
Creative Technology and Enterprise
Police Studies
Investigation and Evidence
Youth Justice
Pre-entry
Tasters
Foundation Direct
Online
A/C Managers
Campus based
Drop in and Virtual Centre
FE and Employer involvement
E Learning
WBL, PD
and
Careers
guidance
Dissemination
Telephone tutors
and
e moderators
Staff Development
for
Tutors
and
Mentors
Foundation Direct
FD Professional Development
Unitin Teaching & Learning
Centre of Excellence
University Units
Benchmark
Professional Skills: WBL
& Mentor management
Progress
Review
Critical Thinking
Professional Ethics
Work
practice
WBL Project
Mentor
End
Review
Assessing WBL in
Early Years Care and Education
Curriculum
planning
and
legislation
LOutcome: Ability to know and put into practice in a designed curriculum the
relevant aspects of legislation, regulations and guidance relating to early
years curriculum provision that meets the needs of individual children.
WBL Projects
• Toward an Equal Opportunities Policy
• Multicultural welcomes
• Licence to service and repair aero engines
with Hants & Sussex Aviation
• Health rationalisation
• A Team Equipment Hire
• Isle of Wight Railway museum project
Company Partnerships
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Aerospace: Lockheed Martin, Matra-Marconi.
Business: Citibank, Fluor Daniel, Zurich insurance.
Communications: ITT Cannon, Ericsson, Vodafone.
Computing: IBM, QED, Racal.
Defence: RN, Siemens, Plessy, Thales.
Service Sector: NHS, Schools, Local Government
Manufacturing: Ford, Pall Europe, Pirelli, TRW.
Partnership means engagement in the design,
delivery and review of learning
Mentor Direct