Abstract
This paper evaluates the development of skills during a work placement year within a Scottish accounting degree. It discusses the history of placements within higher education, the advantages and disadvantages of placements from student and employer perspectives, and work placement as a vehicle for developing personal transferable skills. Students and employers involved in work placements agreed that they were effective in developing a range of skills. Their views were then compared with those of students at a similar university without a placement degree. Degrees including a work placement were found to be a useful complement to more traditionally structured degrees.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 89-108 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Accounting Forum |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 30 Jun 2010 |
Funding
Lucas, U. and Tan, P. (2007). Developing a reflective capacity within undergraduate education: The role of work-based placement learning . Report of a research project funded by the Higher Education Academy and the Charitable Trusts of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/assets/York/documents/resources/publications/LucasLengTan.pdf .
Keywords
- employers
- personal transferable skills
- placement
- students