eWBL
eWBL News
Stay up to date with the latest developments and milestones of eWBL (Work-based learning) project.
Exciting News from Ireland!
Ulster University has successfully kicked off its eWBL Capacity Building training. Led by Seamus McConomy, Student Talent Manager, the training on digital work-based learning is being offered to centralised professional student support services across the university.
The units targeted include:
- Student & Graduate Talent: works with local, national & international employers to develop, secure and promote student and graduate jobs, internships, professional placements and work experience opportunities.
- Employability in the Curriculum provides degree programme teams with high-level consultancy to collaboratively plan, design and deliver curricular and co-curricular employability interventions; this includes preparation for year-long WBL experiences.
- Student Success Centre: provides students with academic resources and support throughout their learning journey to enhance their experience at Ulster University
- Student Wellbeing Services: provides a range of services to help students in their time of need and to ensure access to internal and external opportunities.
The project is anticipating some positive and unique outcomes from this effort. Stay tuned for a comprehensive rationale for this approach.
About The eWBL Project
The importance of Work-based learning (WBL) in developing work-ready graduates has been documented by several EU-funded projects such as HAPHE (2016), WBLIC (2016), and WEXHE (2020). WBL is a powerful pedagogy to foster graduate work readiness because it is embedded in authentic work environments. As work is increasingly delivered remotely, a new and digital form of WBL has emerged recently– this is what this project calls "eWBL".
The project's main aim is to upskill educators in HE (lecturers, trainers and administrative staff) on designing and delivering high-quality eWBL to boost the work readiness and employability of graduates. To reach this goal, the project explored how 25 WBL providers across Europe have dealt with the pedagogical and technological challenges associated with the transition from WBL to eWBL and the solutions they have developed. The investigation resulted in frameworks and, a toolkit, open educational resources (OERs), and a capacity-building activities, offered in five of the partner locations i.e., Germany, Netherlands, Slovenia, Ireland and Italy.