Using a University IT agency (the WOW agency) and an internal virtual business (WOWBiz) to provide students with compulsory work experience and work related learning

Yanguo Jing

Using a University IT agency (the WOW agency) and an internal virtual business (WOWBiz) to provide students with compulsory work experience and work related learning

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Abstract

This paper presents an initiative to use an internal IT agency to guarantee all students in a range of computing programmes with at least one compulsory work opportunity for their work related learning module. The aim is to improve our student’s employability on these programmes. Our findings in the past 3 years have indicated that this initiative has helped to steadily improve our Computing student’s employability awareness and their employment opportunities. Further plans are being made to expand this model to other programmes.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ASET Annual Conference 2015
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 2015 Placement and Employability Professionals’ Conference
Place of Publication	Sheffield
Publisher	ASET
Pages	104-110
Publication status	Published - Sept 2015
Externally published	Yes
Event	ASET Annual Conference 2015 - University of Exeter, Streatham Campus, Exeter, United Kingdom Duration: 8 Sept 2015 → 10 Sept 2015

Academic conference

Academic conference	ASET Annual Conference 2015
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Exeter
Period	8/09/15 → 10/09/15

Keywords

work related learning
employability
Work placement
Software agency

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Jing, Y. (2015). Using a University IT agency (the WOW agency) and an internal virtual business (WOWBiz) to provide students with compulsory work experience and work related learning. In ASET Annual Conference 2015: Proceedings of the 2015 Placement and Employability Professionals’ Conference (pp. 104-110). ASET. http://www.asetonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ASET-Annual-Conference-Proceedings-2015.pdf

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Jing, Y 2015, Using a University IT agency (the WOW agency) and an internal virtual business (WOWBiz) to provide students with compulsory work experience and work related learning. in ASET Annual Conference 2015: Proceedings of the 2015 Placement and Employability Professionals’ Conference. ASET, Sheffield, pp. 104-110, ASET Annual Conference 2015, Exeter, United Kingdom, 8/09/15. <http://www.asetonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ASET-Annual-Conference-Proceedings-2015.pdf>

Using a University IT agency (the WOW agency) and an internal virtual business (WOWBiz) to provide students with compulsory work experience and work related learning. / Jing, Yanguo.
ASET Annual Conference 2015: Proceedings of the 2015 Placement and Employability Professionals’ Conference. Sheffield: ASET, 2015. p. 104-110.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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