The Work-Based Learning Student Handbook (Macmillan Study Skills)

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Book Description Hands-on guide for work-based learners. Real case studies and useful activities throughout illuminate the routes to university qualifications based on workplace activity About the Author Dr Ruth Helyer is Head of Workforce Development (Research & Policy) at Teesside University and a National Teaching Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Actively developing the work-based learning agenda since the early 2000s, she has become an internationally acknowledged expert in this area, involved in the development of numerous working students and their companies. As the Programme Leader for the innovative Negotiated Learning Scheme at Teesside University she championed work-based learning, resulting in the University becoming one of the forerunners in the UK sector in business engagement activities. Ruth is also the editor of, Facilitating Work-Based Learning: a handbook for tutors (Palgrave, 2015) and Editor in Chief of the Emerald peer-reviewed journal Higher Education Skills and Work-Based Learning.