University and the Community:

Developments at the University of Portsmouth

Frank Lyons Director of Foundation Direct

National Teaching Fellow University of Portsmouth

AUCEA, Flinders campus, Victoria University, Melbourne August 11 2006

Barriers to Engagement • Misunderstanding: needs, goals, and

possibilities• Time • Industries concerns: the bottom line, quality

misalignment and educational openness • Cultural concerns: NOHEFT, knowledge and

standards

Purple DoorPurple DoorCommunity linksCommunity links

Vocational historyVocational historyR&D projectsR&D projects

AlumniAlumni

Community and Business boards

Breakfast briefingsGovernors

Up4ITElectives

PrizesSponsorships

Websites:

Mentor direct

Curriculum

Work-based projects

PD Unit

Community voiceSkills councils ProfessionsChambers of Commerce

RDAsResearch

University Engagement

Strategies

Learning Contract and Engagement

WBL Project

E2

Taught Modules

Taught Modules

Best Practice research

E5Report on

Holisticlearning

Assessment of theory, learning

and professional practice and

self.

Professional Development

(Learning Contract)

Negotiations with community/

company and university

E1 Training

E3

Professional Skills (Just in Time) E4

Work-based Learning by Learning Contract

Hants and Sussex Aviation CAA Licence

Employer involvement

Skills and Knowledge relevant to work sector

Work-based learning minimum of 25%

APEL

240 credits but articulation to Bachelors with honours

Reflective Practice

Personal Development Planning

Foundation Degree Framework

WBL needs coordinated support for students, tutors and mentors

Early Years Care & Education Applied Medical Technology Education Learning Support Medicines Management Education Administration Medical Imaging Working with Young People Oncological Therapy and Young People’s Services Paramedic Science Electronic Engineering Business and Management Construction & Enterprise Police Studies Creative Technology and Enterprise Investigation and Evidence Youth Justice

Portsmouth Foundation Degrees

Foundation Direct Campus based

Drop in and Virtual Centre

FE and Employer involvement

Dissemination

OnlineA/C Managers

Telephone tutorsand

e moderators

E Learning WBL, PD

and Careersguidance

Staff Development for

Tutors and

Mentors

Pre-entryTasters

Foundation Direct

Centre of Excellence in Teaching & Learning

 

Professional Skills: WBL & Mentor management

Benchmark Progress Review

Critical ThinkingProfessional Ethics

WBL Project

End Review

Mentor

FD Professional Development Unit

Work practice

University Units

Curriculum planning and legislation

LOutcome: Ability to know and put into practice in a designed curriculum the relevant aspects of legislation, regulations and guidance relating to early years curriculum provision that meets the needs of individual children. 

Assessing WBL in Early Years Care and Education

WBL Projects• Toward an Equal Opportunities Policy• Multicultural welcomes• Licence to service and repair aero engines

with Hants & Sussex Aviation • Health rationalisation• A Team Equipment Hire• Isle of Wight Railway museum project

Company Partnerships

• Aerospace: Lockheed Martin, Matra-Marconi.

• Business: Citibank, Fluor Daniel, Zurich insurance.

• Communications: ITT Cannon, Ericsson, Vodafone.

• Computing: IBM, QED, Racal.

• Defence: RN, Siemens, Plessy, Thales.

• Service Sector: NHS, Schools, Local Government

• Manufacturing: Ford, Pall Europe, Pirelli, TRW.

Partnership means engagement in the design, delivery and review of learning

Mentor Direct