1 roadmap for employment – academic partnerships amsterdam 18 june 2010
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Roadmap for Employment – Academic Partnerships
Amsterdam 18 June 2010
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•Innovation and Change in Higher Education • Funded through the Strategic Innovation Fund
•Roadmap for Employer-Academic Partnerships•Roadmap or model of partnerships
8 HEIs involved nationally
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Awareness
Involvement
Engagement
Strategic
Partnership
Figure 1 Relationship Continuum
Mutual awarenessCareers Fairs
Graduate Recruitment
Internship – Co-op PlacementsEvening CoursesCompany visits
Guest Speakers Extern ExaminersCourse AdvisorsTailored Courses
Short Funded Research projects
Research CollaborationSponsorship
Active training and development collaborationRecognition of prior learning mentoring and portfolio
development
Needs analysis and forward planning Mutual benefits and dependencies
Shared risks
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•Research and Investigation•Learning Needs Analysis•Partnership Model Development
•Implementation and Validation•Specialist Targeted Courses•Undergraduate Work Placement•Academics/Researchers into Employment•Employers into Academia•Professional Postgraduate Programmes
Roadmap for Employment – Academic Partnerships
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Specialist Targeted Courses
Partnership between an Institute and the IrishPrison Service• Bespoke programme tailored to the needs of the prison
service aimed to further professionalize the prison service• Higher Certificate in Custodial Care for new recruit prison
officers• Contract 2007-2013• Currently 384 students on the programme• Meets Council of Europe recommendations for training of
prison officers
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Specialist Targeted CoursesPartnership between an Institute and a largeMultinational• To provide induction and intensive training for
scientific services and staff• ‘Involved in every aspect’• Simulation Laboratory/New model of delivery• Accreditation• Skillnet
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Specialist Targeted Courses
Partnership between an Institute and an incubation company
• Jan 2002 Campus Incubation Centre• Mar 2003 Patent approval for CLK Guide Wire• Sept 2003 Commenced shipment of sterile
product• April 2004 Moved to new factory• Aug 2009 Acquired by Lake Region Medical
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Key Insights
• Clear contract or MOU • Incorporate flexibility, RPL and WBL• The right people• Accreditation• Parity of esteem for those involved in
teaching, research and work force development
Communications Communications Communications!
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A successful partnership grows well beyond its original
objectives
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Other Project Themes
• Undergraduate Work placement• Academic researchers into employment• Employers into Academia
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MagictouchA collective Partnership between an Institute
and a number of companies within a sector• Partnership between the HEI, the students
and the organisations working in the Tourism and hospitality Sector
• 17 Irish partners : Aer Lingus, Hilton Hotels, Guinness storehouse, Tourism Ireland, Westin Hotels
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Professional Postgraduate Programmes
Specifically research in the workplace and the thrust of the research will be work place problems as
opposed to theoretical problems. • Incorporates taught generic element and research• Academic supervisor/mentor and if possible a
work based mentor. • Flexibility• The fundamental principle - learning outcomes for
a NFQ level 9/10 award have been successfully demonstrated in an appropriate manner
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What will REAP contribute to the research on Employer/Academic Partnership?
• REAP will develop and publish a Roadmap that will provide guidance on how effective partnership can be developed and maintained.
• All three perspectives – Academic, Employer and Student/Employee will be incorporated
www.reap.ie
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Roadmap for Employment – Academic PartnershipsREAP
Dr Terry Maguire Institute of Technology Tallaght [email protected]
John P Murphy Cork Institute of Technology [email protected]
www.reap.ie www.eine.ie