Other Related Projects

American Democracy Project
A large project initiated by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities three years ago to encourage and increase student involvement with public life. The American Democracy Project is a multi-campus initiative that seeks to create an intellectual and experiential understanding of civic engagement for undergraduates enrolled at institutions that are members of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU). The goal of the project is to produce graduates who understand and are committed to engaging in meaningful actions as citizens in a democracy.
http://www.aascu.org/programs/adp/about/default.htm

Keynote Project
The Keynote Project was developed by The Nottingham Trent University, University of the Arts in London, and the University of Leeds School of Textiles and Design. A collaboratively funded HEFCE and Department of Employment and Learning project designed to develop a range of resources to support Personal Development Planning activities. The project produced a detailed guide covering the whole process of arranging successful work placements from the perspectives of the tutor, student and employer. For more information see: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/textiles/keynote/Keynote_WPG/downloads.htm

Learning through Earning Project
This was a two year DfEE-funded project based at the University of East Anglia. The project was funded in order to help the University design and pilot an accredited undergraduate student unit which would enhance student employability skills, and help students develop a greater understanding of work and work-place cultures. Project outcomes include a 20-credit Work-based Learning Unit offered to second and third year undergraduates as a "free-choice" option, in which students undertake work experience (paid or voluntary) and reflect on the knowledge and skills they acquire and the expansion of work opportunities and the wider availability of quality work experience through the University's Employability Service. This link allows you to view the final report of the project. http://www.dfes.gov.uk/dfee/heqe/we_eastanglia.doc

JEWELS Project
Joint systems to Enhance Work Experience Levels of Service and satisfaction (JEWELS) is a national development project. Originally funded by the Department for Education and Employment's Higher Education Quality and Employability Division, the project's original aims were:

• To improve the quality of non-degree related work experience offered within the Universities of Exeter and Plymouth by establishing a programme in which undergraduates/graduates were guided to optimise and record their learning from work.
• To devise and implement a comprehensive marketing campaign to raise the profile and status of work experience opportunities offered by both universities and to demonstrate the range of projects / placements available.

The first JEWELS Project received funding from April 1998 until March 2000. After the success of the original project, additional funding was made available through the Higher Education Funding Council for England, which allowed JEWELS to continue for a further two years. Entitled JEWELS II: Extending good practice, the project aimed to significantly extend its original successes.http://www.dfes.gov.uk/dfee/heqe/we_jewels_rep.htm

Knowledge-Exchange Project: Effective Work Placements: Making them Work.
The Modern Languages Teaching Centre (MLTC) at the University of Sheffield has been working together with Gripple Ltd, a Sheffield-based manufacturing company, and the Regional Languages Network (Yorkshire & the Humber), to exchange knowledge and expertise in relation to placement learning. The aim of the project was to establish principles for best practice in work placements for the Masters Courses of the Modern Language Teaching Centre (MLTC) of the University of Sheffield. The purpose of the project is to achieve this aim through strengthening the link between industry and the University, and also through an exchange of expertise between staff. http://www.shef.ac.uk/mltc/courses/pg/placement.html

HAVE Project
The HAVE project was undertaken by the Hotel & Catering International Management Association (HCIMA) as part of the 1998 - 2000 round of Innovation Fund projects, supported by the Higher Education Funding Council for England. The project aimed to test how far, and at what costs and benefits, an established good practice of supervised work experience might be applied to the learning acquired by students during casual employment in the hospitality sector. The HAVE pack was developed and is a useful indication of the outputs of such projects and the long-term sustainability of such resources. http://www.hcima.org.uk/HAVE/