1. Universities Vocational
Awards Council (UVAC)
Work-Based Learning and Higher Education –
MaximisingBusiness and Individual Benefits and
Institutional Income during a Period of Change
1st – 2nd November, Royal York Hotel, York, UK
Workshop Presentation

2. BA Professional Practice
(Early Years)
Three perspectives on a Work Based Learning
programme from:
Employer (Tribal)
University (Middlesex)
Student

3. Laboratory of Learning in the
Kindergarden:
who learned what from the
adventure of collaboration between
the employer and the university?

4. What we wanted…
• Invest in Staff
• Access to Learning: a value
• Graduates in Early Years
• Recognition of Existing Knowledge &
Skills
• Learning needs of Home Based
Workers
• Work / Life Balance

5. What we could offer…
• Validated WBL Framework
• Established APEL method
• Experience in Web 2.0
• Knowledge of Distance Learning
• Learning Resources

6. What I hoped to gain …
• Extend professional knowledge
• Flexibility in study
• Being able to work and study from
home

7. What we got…
• New knowledge & skills in
workplace
• Motivated staff
• Supporting improvement

8. What we found …
• Underuse of Web 2.0 hampered
generic feedback
• Linking Collaborative Learning to
Summative Assessment via
establishing Action Learning Sets
• Podcasting is resource smart

9. I learned …
• Information Analysis
• Research Skills
• Deeper Knowledge of my work
• The importance of learning from
others
• Reflective Practice

10. • Organisational Impact
• Collaborative Learning
• Challenges of Distance Learning
• Location of Knowledge

11. Ruth Tharme
Service Improvement Manager Early Years
Ruth.Tharme@tribalgroup.com Sheena Bankier
Early Years Inspector
Sheena.Bankier@tribalgroup.com
Rosemary McGuinness
Professional Practice Lecturer
r.mcguinness@mdx.ac.uk