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Rosemary Borup Principal Lecturer / Enterprise Reader

3 Employer Examples: British Telecom FD in ICT Top up to Honours RAF FD in Aero Engineering FD in Aviation Studies Britvic BSc Hons and MSc ICT for Business BSc Hons and MSc Business ICT South Staffs NHS FD in Health Informatics

4 Understanding Employer Needs What are the challenges that you face as An organisation A service provider A line manager

5 What would your “Ideal Employee” look like? Technical skills? Soft skills? Personality?

Changing Mindsets: Old Model v New Model: Curriculum Design Who: What: Where: When: How: Assessment: Outcome: Old View Academic in charge Topic of choice Campus - Lecture Theatre 1 hr - once a week ‘Talk and Chalk’ Exam Exam Passed New view Employer and Academic Employer driven Place of work Flexible Blended – Distance / F2F Work based Value Added – to individual and to employer 6

Resulting in……NEGOTIATED FRAMWORK: 7 Employer UniversityStudent 7

The Framework of Awards: Based on CREDITS HNCFDBScBScHonsPgCPgDMScPhD Students can STEP ON (entry point) and STEP OFF (exit point) according to their needs / experience Entry point is determined by Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL) Modules studied are based on the needs of employers - directly aligned to strategy for people development / work force planning 8

9 APEL, Entry points and Exit Points Based on previous qualifications, AND experience acquired at work. APEL rules – up to 75%, but cannot APEL core modules Examples – no qualifications, but several years in IT role in HIS – may get APEL for level 1, i.e. APEL worth 90 credits Graduate in Computing, but not Health Informatics, may get APEL at level 1 and 2, up to180 credits. Exit point usually negotiated with employer – FD, BSc or BSc Hons. Post Graduate Qualifications can also include APEL.

10 Framework Developed: Modules Core / Option Cohort Negotiated Required by HIS

11 How we support the Students Award Leader – Rosie Borup Module Leader – Janet Francis Individual Supervisor - Learning Support - Link to Blackboard Technology!

12 Coffee!

13 curriculum content (as at now) – will revise depending on student bias / roles HIS specialisms: ICT Support Desktop Networking Database Information Systems Web Training

14 Modules: Level 4 Module TitleCredit Value HIS Co- Author SU Module Author INTRODUCTION TO NEGOTIATED STUDY AND STUDY SKILLS 30P HayesR Borup ANALYSIS & MODELLING SYSTEMS 15M A Eardley LAN’S & WAN’S 15J FosterC Howard INTRODUCTION TO DATABASES 15A FraserE Wilson PROFESSIONALISM & ETHICS FOR THE IT SECTOR 15C BiddleR Borup SERVICE MANAGEMENT AND ITIL LEVEL 1 15D CrickN Decourt NEGOTIATED WORK BASED PROJECT (Level 1) 30 Introduction to Web Development

15 Modules Level 5 Module TitleCredit Value HIS Co-AuthorSU Module Author DECISONS AND DATA MANAGEMENT 15A Fraser SYSTEMS INTEGRATION 15C Terry RESEARCH METHODS 15A Eardley SERVICE MANAGEMENT AND ITIL LEVEL 2 15 D CrickN Decourt ROUTER SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES 15J FosterC Howard LAN SWITCHING AND WAN NETWORKS (BLENDED LEARNING 15J FosterC Howard NEGOTIATED WORK BASED PROJECT (Level 2) 30 Teaching Others 2 30 Systems Integration 1 15 Service Management and ITIL 2 (only available if CE studied) 15 Information Systems Organisation and Management 15 Project/Risk Management 15 Communication/Social Computing/Web Effects 15 NHS Commissioning/Contracting/Monitoring 15

16 Modules – Level 6 Module Title Credit Value HIS Co- Author SU Module Author HIS PROFESSIONALISM BEST PRACTICE 15P HayesH Shah INTEGRATED SYSTEMS MGT 15C Terry SYSTEMS & HEALTHCARE DELIVERY (CHANGE MGT) 15P HayesA Eardley NEGOTIATED WORK BASED PROJECT 3 30 NEGOTIATED FINAL PROJECT 60 Teaching Others 3

17 Example Totting Up elementcreditto date experienced member of staff – earned APEL credits90 1 st year mandatory module30 1 st year optional module15 1 st year work based project (negotiated) nd year mandatory module30 2 nd year optional module15 2 nd year work based project (negotiated) rd year work based project (negotiated)60 total credits300

18 Negotiated Modules Example 1 – Single Sign on Solution Example 1 Example 2 – Desktop Virtualisation Technologies Example 2 Example 3 - Development and Implementation of Storage Strategy Example 3 Create your own project

19 Feedback Qualtrics Regularity of surveys Relevance of information Feedback from Students Feedback from Line Managers

20 ROI - Comments from employers we have worked with using the negotiated framework. Development is effective and focused on the ‘right areas’ Better quality of work in job with less reliance on supervisory guidance Greater confidence and flexibility in style thereby increasing individual credibility e.g. presentations, meetings, etc. Broader externally informed thinking demonstrated by bringing ‘new ideas/research’ into work All students have owned their development and removed dependency on line managers

21 Students have displayed increased conviction and strength of opinion Enables transparency of development conversations across functions, teams and roles Staff feel a real sense of ownership for their projects so they will sustain the changes they have initiated. Increased confidence of the staff as they realise their contributions are valid and useful. Improved knowledge in subject areas, better understanding of how different aspects of the business interact with each other

22 Questions?