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Developing work-integrated learning curricula for the creative industries: embedding stakeholder perspectives

It is now widely recognised that the creative industries constitute an important and growing global economic sector ... Show more
It is now widely recognised that the creative industries constitute an important and growing global economic sector (Cunningham, 2007). Career development programs for the creative industries sector are an international priority (Guile, 2007) which faces several key challenges. These challenges relate to the unique nature of the creative industries. In the creative industries it is thus of critical importance that tertiary work-integrated learning programs focus on more than just training students to become employees: they must also focus on developing the experience and employability of students who will undertake non-conventional career paths. One challenge for work-integrated learning programs in the creative industries is that there is little professional tradition of internships; many employers are not experienced in work-integrated learning participation, and many academics are not familiar with work-integrated learning. This paper reports on the results of an evaluative research program undertaken one year after the launch of the Queensland University of Technology’s (Brisbane, Australia) Creative Industries Transitions to New Professional Environments work-integrated learning program, focusing particularly on key themes and issues identified in interviews with the program’s industry partners and academic staff.
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Authors: Collis, Christy

Date: 2010

Geographic subjects: Queensland; Australia; Oceania

Resource type: Article

Journal title: Learning and teaching in higher education (LATHE)

Subjects: Higher education; Industry; Career development ... [+] Show more
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The skills gap: what is it?: how do we fill it?

In this article, the author begins with a look at the factors that have resulted in the formation of the 'skills ga ... Show more
In this article, the author begins with a look at the factors that have resulted in the formation of the 'skills gap' in Australia. The concept of 'skills gap' and the two major factors affecting it, the fertility rate and the training rate, are explored. The discussion then examines models of addressing skills shortages in Australia, and one model in particular being implemented by the Australian Technical College - North Brisbane, where the college, the supervising registered training organisation, and the employer are collaborating to deliver successful outcomes for both industry and the student-apprentices. The model involves a '2+2' approach where the student-apprentices undertake two years of study at the college, including substantial components of workplace learning whilst completing their Senior Certificate, providing opportunity for higher education pathways. The final two years of the apprenticeship are spent in the workplace with the employer on a full-time basis.
This article is part of a thematic edition of Vocal entitled 'What works for vocational education and training in schools in terms of developing connections, building capacity and enhancing collaboration'. Articles are indexed from TD/TNC 94.144 to TD/TNC 94.150 and from TD/TNC 94.264 to TD/TNC 95.276. Show less

Authors: O'Hanlon-Rose, Terry

Date: 2008

Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia; Queensland

Resource type: Article

Journal title: Vocal: the Australian journal of vocational education and training in schools

Subjects: Apprenticeship; Vocational education and training; Skills and knowledge ... [+] Show more
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Learning a living: radical innovation in education for work

This book contributes to the debate over the relationship between education, innovation, work and the workforce. Th ... Show more
This book contributes to the debate over the relationship between education, innovation, work and the workforce. The acute concerns around rising unemployment in a global recession have sharpened focus on how we prepare young people for the rapidly changing world of work. The book highlights 15 case studies from around the world. It is hoped that together they may inspire wider adoption of their innovative practices.
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Authors: Hannon, Valerie; Gillinson, Sarah; Shanks, Leonie; Reza

Date: 2013

Geographic subjects: North America; United States; Central America and the Caribbean ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Subjects: Teaching and learning; Providers of education and training; Innovation ... [+] Show more
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Improving young people's educational outcomes through school business community partnerships: the Smith Family's Partnership Brokers

In recognition of the need to lift Australia's Year 12 or equivalent completion rates, the Council of Australian Go ... Show more
In recognition of the need to lift Australia's Year 12 or equivalent completion rates, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) agreed to a National Partnership on Youth Attainment and Transitions in July 2009. The School Business Community Partnership Brokers program is one of the programs administered by the federal government as part of this partnership. The Partnership Brokers program aims to build partnerships to improve education and transition outcomes for all young people, with a particular emphasis on supporting young people to achieve Year 12 or equivalent qualifications. Partnership Brokers form locally relevant partnerships that harness community resources and share responsibility for young people's learning and development. They encourage the development of partnerships between education and training providers, business and industry, parents and families, and community groups. The Smith Family is the provider of the Partnership Broker program in six regions (Brisbane North and West, Brisbane South East and Redland City, Gold Coast and Darling Downs in Queensland, the Illawarra in New South Wales and Darwin and Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory). This report examines 11 partnerships that have been developed and supported by some of the Smith Family Partnership Brokers across the six regions in which it operates. The partnerships focus on improving student wellbeing, empowering communities, and introducing young people to the world of work.
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Corporate authors: Smith Family (Charity)

Date: 2014

Geographic subjects: Australia; Queensland; New South Wales ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Subjects: Youth; Employment; Industry ... [+] Show more
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Modern apprenticeship as a supplement to the school based vocational education system in China

Massive vocationalisation of secondary school in China has been aimed to improve transition from school to work and ... Show more
Massive vocationalisation of secondary school in China has been aimed to improve transition from school to work and further studies. However, effective realization of this policy depends on the quality of the proposed vocational pathway. In China, school-enterprise cooperation is considered as a key quality factor for the development of vocational education system. This paper reports on the study of 'modern apprenticeship'. The results demonstrate that 'modern apprenticeship' is an effective institutional arrangement for integrating the process of learning and work, and providing effective mechanism for participants to share the cost and benefits of vocational education. Modern apprenticeship can be an effective transfer pathway to solve problems of school-enterprise cooperation, to meet the needs of the economy and society's development.
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Authors: Zhao, Zhiqun; Chen, Junlan

Conference name: International Network on Innovative Apprenticeship International Conference

Date: 2015

Geographic subjects: China; Asia

Resource type: Conference paper

Subjects: Apprenticeship; Vocational education and training; Industry ... [+] Show more
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Industry school partnerships: boundary crossing to enable school to work transitions across three targeted industries

Industry-school partnerships (ISPs) are increasingly being recognised as a new way of providing vocational educatio ... Show more
Industry-school partnerships (ISPs) are increasingly being recognised as a new way of providing vocational education opportunities. However, there is limited research investigating their impact on school-to-work transitions. This paper reports on a government-led ISP, the Gateway to Industry Schools program, established in Queensland, Australia. The Queensland State government facilitated ISPs across three industry sectors: minerals and energy; building and construction; and aviation.
This research adopted a qualitative case study methodology and draws upon boundary crossing theory as means to understand the dynamics of each industry sector. The main finding was that as boundary crossing mechanisms are systematically applied by all partners there are mutually beneficial outcomes. ISPs who genuinely boundary cross are able to co-produce industry-based curriculums that prepare suitably employable school graduates.
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Authors: Flynn, Matthew C.; Pillay, Hitendra; Watters, James J.

Conference name: Education and Employers Taskforce Research Conference

Date: 2014

Geographic subjects: Queensland; Australia; Oceania

Resource type: Conference paper

Subjects: Industry; Providers of education and training; Research ... [+] Show more
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Industry school partnerships: reconstituting spaces of educational governance

Industry school partnerships have emerged recently in Australia as a policy solution for the management of problems ... Show more
Industry school partnerships have emerged recently in Australia as a policy solution for the management of problems associated with integration into the global economy. This paper draws on governmentality theory to examine a transnational partnership, the Gateways to the Aerospace Industry Project, which has been mobilised to manage transition risk for young people in the state education system of Queensland, Australia. It argues that globalisation emerges as an effect of knowledge producing practices and programmes that seek to reconfigure the governmental spaces and subjectivities in and around schools and communities.
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Authors: Hay, Stephen; Kapitzke, Cushla

Date: 2009

Geographic subjects: Oceania; Queensland; Australia

Resource type: Article

Journal title: Globalisation, societies and education

Subjects: Youth; Globalisation; Research ... [+] Show more
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Employers' perceptions of skill, education and the impact of global competition in the People's Republic of China

A narrow concept of modern management has been suggested to exist in China. Based on a nationally derived dataset o ... Show more
A narrow concept of modern management has been suggested to exist in China. Based on a nationally derived dataset of 465 organisations, this paper argues that this narrow conception extends to perceptions of skill and skills development and results in two further characteristics. Firstly, these conceptions lead to an emphasis on quantitative measures of staff skills (and a consequent emphasis on qualification rather than skill). Secondly, these conceptions lead employers to hold limited expectations of the education system from which they seek compliant, obedient and honest workers who will follow instructions without question. Conceptions of modern management and of skill in China have developed out of quantitative, production oriented traditions that have tended to downplay the human side of management, organisational development, career development and skills development for all but the educational elite. It is argued in this paper that a segmented labour market is emerging as some organisations are moving further away from such narrow definitions. These tend to be resource rich larger enterprises, often in modern growth sectors (such as telecommunications and high technology) and organisations exposed to foreign practice (either by virtue of foreign ownership or investment, or as a result of exposure to the pressures of global competition through operation in international markets).
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Authors: Venter, Katharine

Corporate authors: University of Leicester. Centre for Labour Market Studies (CLMS)

Date: 2002

Geographic subjects: Asia; China

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: CLMS working paper

Subjects: Globalisation; Skills and knowledge; Economics ... [+] Show more
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Industry-school partnerships: boundary crossing to enable school to work transitions

Industry-school partnerships (ISPs) are increasingly being recognised as a new way of providing vocational educatio ... Show more
Industry-school partnerships (ISPs) are increasingly being recognised as a new way of providing vocational education opportunities particularly in industries where there are skills shortages. However, there is limited research investigating their impact on school to work transitions. This paper reports on a government-led ISP, the Gateway to Industry Schools Program, established in Queensland, Australia. Central to this initiative is the Resources Academy, a lead organisation for 28 schools and 17 multinational sponsor companies. This research adopted a qualitative case study methodology and draws upon boundary crossing theory as means to understand a Minerals and Energy ISP. [The authors] distinguish four types of boundary crossing mechanisms, which partners navigate in ISPs. The main findings were that boundary crossing mechanisms assist ISPs to develop industry-based contextualised curriculum and to prepare school students for employment.
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Authors: Flynn, Matthew C.; Pillay, Hitendra; Watters, James J.

Date: 2016

Geographic subjects: Queensland; Australia; Oceania

Resource type: Article

Journal title: Journal of education and work

Subjects: Providers of education and training; Industry; Employment ... [+] Show more
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Success stories: developing skills for employability with German partners: 8 case studies from China

China is aware that a modern vocational education system is needed to develop a highly skilled employment base. Thi ... Show more
China is aware that a modern vocational education system is needed to develop a highly skilled employment base. This provides potential for cooperation with the German education sector, which will be able to make use of its strengths in this regard. This report presents eight vocational education and training success stories of German providers in China, with a strong emphasis on employability. These training programs are part of iMove, which was established as an initiative by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research in 2001 in order to promote private sector cooperation of German training providers with international public and private organizations.
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Authors: Niediek, Silvia

Date: 2021

Geographic subjects: China; Asia; Germany ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: iMOVE: Training - made in Germany (Germany. Federal Ministry of Education and Research)

Subjects: Providers of education and training; Industry; Workforce development ... [+] Show more

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