Technology is currently not at the forefront of how work-integrated learning is designed and this is something educators need to address.
Academics who are closely aligned to professional practices in health professions, engineering, teaching and social work also value work integrated learning highly.
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Work Integrated Learning includes placements, internships and work experience. It is increasing as students are expected to be more work-ready and to contribute to the economy post-graduation.
Work for The Conversation and you could be as happy as a stock image model.
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Rust Belt youth often want to stay near home but can’t find jobs. The key may be in educational initiatives that help young people find and acquire the jobs that are already readily available.
Young people from disadvantaged backgrounds may find it harder to get unpaid work experience.
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The path to employment is not easy for a young person. Follow the lines in our flow chart to see the many different pathways young people might have to take to secure a job.
The World Health Organization’s executive boardroom.
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Jordan Jarvis, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Rob Moodie, The University of Melbourne
It is time to have an open and honest discussion about who is – and isn’t – being trained to secure the future of our world’s health at the World Health Organization headquarters.
Elite students get elite jobs.
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The use of unpaid internships in the human rights sector has ballooned in recent years. While human rights bodies have employed interns in a general work experience capacity for decades, the last few years…
Some companies have been known to treat interns as free labour instead of skilling them. But employment rates suggest internships are still worthwhile.
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In Australia, interns rarely get paid. Students and prospective employees undertake internships in order to skill themselves in the industry they wish to work in and to get a foot in the door. Issues arise…
Students at last February’s London Fashion Week.
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Ruby Hoette, Goldsmiths, University of London and Sian Prime, Goldsmiths, University of London
It is often said that, without interns, London Fashion Week wouldn’t run at all. At last year’s edition of the event, representatives from this usually invisible workforce made an appearance, demonstrating…
The increase in medical graduates means there’s not enough internships to allow them to practice. So who is given priority and why?
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“At the moment, we’ve got international graduates who are getting preference over Australian doctors in some states.” - Australian Medical Association president Steve Hambleton, National Press Club Address…
With stable jobs in short supply, what does the future hold for Australia’s young workers?
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The term “precariat” conveys the idea that the old working class, the proletariat, has transmuted into a new social class where work and life are characterised by precariousness and risk. While the old…