Post on 15-Jan-2016
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Widening Participation The work based learning partnership between Marks and Spencer plc
and Middlesex UniversityDr Jenny Naish: Head of International Development,
National Centre for Work Based Learning Partnerships
NCWBLP• Founded in 1993 with responsibility for
Accreditation Services• Learning at, through and for work; HE level
learning however and wherever it occurs• 1995 - 99 Validation of Work Based
Learning Studies: Certificate to Masters & Doctorate
• 1996: Queen’s Anniversary Prize• 2003: QAA Institutional Audit• 2005: HEFCE: CETL
What is Foods Unwrapped• Joint development by Foods Division
and in-house Retail Academy • In-depth functional analysis led to
learning outcomes• For all Food Managers (1500)• Delivered by CD-Rom & work based• Assessed by portfolio against learning
outcomes and Learning Diary
Accreditation Framework• All nine modules separately accredited• Total credit points: 80 at level 4 and
15 at level 3• M&S recruit internal Food Performance
Managers to advise and assess• Extensive joint staff development with
M&S & NCWBLP
Middlesex Assessment of Foods Unwrapped
“The programme is an excellent example of the integrationbetween organisational and individual learning. It was a joyto assess in terms of its explicit appreciation of the needs
of the business and the needs of the individual. Each modulerequires participants to apply and demonstrate their knowledge,
understanding and skills.”
Quality Assurance• Trained internal assessors: FPMs• Foods Unwrapped Accreditation Board• External assessing by NCWBLP• University Accreditation Board and
External Examiner• Academic Standards and Quality
Committee• 2005: QAA Collaborative Programmes
Audit
• 1600 Modules accredited• 550 Candidates• 56 People completed whole programme• 9 completed Postgraduate Certificate in Work Based Learning Studies, June 2004• 20 completed MA Work Based Learning Studies, June 2005 - 4 distinctions
Outcomes
Masters programme
• 4-way Learning Agreement• Work Based Learning Research Methods• Major project to meet individual, store
and organisational objectives - issues of major change and transformation
“All stores in my region who are doing Foods Unwrapped have met or exceeded their
targets. None of the stores not doing Foods Unwrapped have met their targets.”
“I relate the Foods Unwrapped Programme as being the foundation for completing the MA.
The Foods Unwrapped Programme feels a long way from where I am now. Its relevance to my research however
has never been stronger.”
Some lessons learnt• Understanding each other’s
organisations and their language• Understanding each other’s time frames
and standards• Mutual understanding of learning at, for
and through work• Continuous reflection on partnership• BUT…M&S latest re-structuring…