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Work Based Distance Learning Approach to Professionalisation
and Academic Accreditationby Victoria Ellis
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Overview• Brief History• Aims• Approach• BSc (Hons) Retail Management
– Entry Requirements– Module Pathway
• Academic Demands
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Brief History• WBDL at University of Lincoln started 14 years
ago• Over 2000 students• Studying from 59 countries• Approx. 250 student graduate each academic
year • Mature students• Portfolio of foundation degrees, top up
degrees and masters degrees
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Aims• Academic recognition of professional
experience
• A stepping stone into higher education– ‘Attend university’ whilst in full time employment
• Enhance employability/ promotability
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Approach• Work based learning
– Assignments based on personal experiences– Build on prior learning
• Distance Learning– Minimise disruption– Virtual Learning Environment– Internet based learning
• Flexible– Interruptions
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BSc (Hons) Retail Management• Entry Requirements
– Level 5 qualification in a relevant subject • E.g. HND, Foundation Degree, CMI Level 5 Diploma
– 5 years relevant retail management experience
– Currently in a retail management position
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BSc (Hons) Retail Management• Years 1 and 2
– Accreditation of Prior Learning = 240 CAT Points
• Year 3– ‘Top up’ degree = 120 CAT Points
Study Skills For Distance
Leaners
Integrating Professional
Retail Experience
Management of Change In
Retail Organisations
Understanding the Retail Consumer
Operations Management
in a Retail Environment
Dissertation
15 credit points 30 credit points 15 credit points 15 credit points 30 Credit Points 15 credit points
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Academic Demands• Study Skills for Distance Learners (12 Weeks)
– Introduces students to academic skills such as referencing, academic writing, information searching
• 4000 word portfolio• Includes a 1500 word essay
• Integrating Professional Retail Experience (18 Weeks)– Students reflect on a retail management critical incident and write a
report to discuss ways to improve practice using the reflection as an evidence base.
• 2000 word reflective log • 4000 report
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Academic Demands• Managing Change in Retail Organisations (12 Weeks)
– Students consider how their current work place supports/inhibits change and then uses theoretical modules to explore how to improve this process in their workplace.
• 4000 report
• Understanding the Retail Consumer (12 Weeks)– Students develop an understanding of consumer behaviour in retailing
and then use marketing strategies and loyalty techniques to construct an organisational response to a work place problem.
• Business presentation• 2000 word critical commentary
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Academic Demands• Operations Management in a Retail Environment (18 Weeks)
– Students are asked to identify an operational problem in their work place, and then design an operations plan to overcome the problem, providing recommendations to improve practice
• 6000 report
• Dissertation (18 Weeks)– Students undertake a major project of their choice to explore in
greater detail an retail area they are interested in.• 8000 word written assessment
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QUESTIONS?