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Lifewide Learning Conference E-Proceedings Version Enabling A More Complete Education Encouraging, recognizing and valuing life-wide learning in Higher Education University of Surrey, Guildford, 13-14 April 2010 CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS Edited by Norman Jackson and Russ Law Surrey Centre for Excellence in Professional Training and Education Introduction to e-proceedings The main purpose of these proceedings is to provide an opportunity for the people who have contributed to the conference to document their contributions. Until recently conference proceedings were entirely text based but the enormous growth of internet-delivered multimedia means that traditional text formats can be animated and enriched through audio and video resources and hyperlinks to other relevant resources. The proceedings are hosted on the Life-wide Learning Conference wiki and each contribution is hosted on a separate web page with a unique URL. In addition to a downloadable text file, the page includes video or audio (podcasts) when they are available. When complete, the proceedings will contain the following types of resources: • Papers written by invited speakers • Papers written by other contributors • Summaries of plenary panel discussions • Video recordings and audio podcasts of presentations and discussions After the conference our in intention is to turn the proceedings into an e-book. The e-proceedings and recordings of conference presentations and discussions can be found on the conference wiki http://lifewidelearningconference.pbworks.com/ Editors: Norman Jackson and Russ Law April 9 th 2010 We gratefully acknowledge the support of the following organisations Enabling a More Complete Education Conference e-Proceedings 1 On-line at: http://lifewidelearningconference.pbworks.com/E-proceedings Contents page Introduction 01 Contents 02 Conference Dedication and Tribute to Professor Mike Pittilo 1954-2009 04 Enabling a more complete education 12 Professor Norman Jackson, Surrey Centre for Excellence in Professional Training and Education (SCEPTrE), University of Surrey Invited Speakers Life-Wide Education: a new and transformative concept for higher education? 23 Professor Ron Barnett, Institute of Education, University of London Life-wide Learning; ‘What matters to me as a teacher?’ 35 Professor John Cowan, Heriot-Watt University The Balance between Communities and Personal Agency: Transferring and 45 integrating knowledge and know-how between different communities and contexts Michael Eraut, University of Sussex Can technology help us realize the learning potential of a life-wide curriculum? 66 Towards a curriculum for resilience Dr Richard Hall, De Montfort University and NTF Learning in a Complex World: creating meaning through narrative and the role of 79 technology in augmenting human sense-making Dave Snowden, Founder & Chief Scientific Officer, Cognitive Edge Pte Ltd Beyond the Curriculum: opportunities to enhance employability and future life choices 81 Tom Norton, Director, Internal Policy Development, 1994 Group Other contributions Mapping the Terrain: survey of co-curricular and extra-curricular awards 94 Charlie Rickett, Surrey Centre for Excellence in Professional Training and Education, University of Surrey Life-wide Learning and a More Complete Education: analysis of student views 102 Claire Fellows, Surrey Centre for Excellence in Professional Training and Education, University of Surrey Learning to be Professional: student stories of learning through work 109 Lori Riley, Surrey Centre for Excellence in Professional Training and Education, University of Surrey Student perspectives on immersive experiences 120 Sarah Campbell, Surrey Centre for Excellence in Professional Training and Education, University of Surrey Enabling a More Complete Education Conference e-Proceedings 2 On-line at: http://lifewidelearningconference.pbworks.com/E-proceedings page Assessing performance and capability in the work place: Focusing on essential skills 133 and knowledge in student work placements Tony Sahama, Deborah Peach, Megan Hargreaves and Graham Willett, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia Life-wide learning and a more complete education: an employer’s perspective 142 Graham Nicholson, Executive Managing Director of Tony Gee and Partners LLP Institutional Awards University of Derby Award Programme – recognising students’ extracurricular experiences 147 and employer engagement Asia Alder, Career Development Centre, University of Derby The Salford Student Life Award 153 Donna Berwick, Student Life Directorate, University of Salford Warwick Advantage and Global Advantage Awards- formal recognition for 158 extra-curricular engagement Anne Wilson, Warwick Advantage Manager University of Warwick Rationale for the Development of an Employability Award at The University of Worcester 164 Rose Watson, Employability Development Officer, University of Worcester Enabling a More Complete Education Conference e-Proceedings 3 On-line at: http://lifewidelearningconference.pbworks.com/E-proceedings Dedication LoughboroughProfessor Employability Award Michael Pittilo MBE 1954-2010 Yvonne Hamblin, Employability Development Advisor Professor Mike Pittilo, known as Mike to everyone, was the Vice-Chancellor of The Robert Gordon University until his death in February 2010. He was an inspiring and caring leader and a much loved friend whose untimely death at the age of 55 deprived Higher Education of a great champion for the sort of education that we surely need in order to prepare our students for the uncertainties and challenges that lie ahead of them. He believed in education that was relevant to and learnt in real world situations. He was passionate about the integration of academic and professional education, and his own personal and professional life was a testament to his beliefs. Mike was to have contributed to our conference as a member of the institutional leaders’ panel and we would like to acknowledge his contributions to Higher Education and Services to Health by dedicating our conference to his memory. Come to the edge. We might fall. Come to the edge. It's too high! COME TO THE EDGE! And they came, and he pushed, and they flew. Christopher Logue This was Mike’s favourite poem. It sums up very well his views on what Higher Education was all about – building students’ capability, confidence and will to be who they wanted to be so that when they were pushed… they would have the confidence, the will and the capability to fly and the resilience to pick themselves up and try again if necessary! These ways of thinking are at the heart of the life-wide learning idea. Enabling a More Complete Education Conference e-Proceedings 4 On-line at: http://lifewidelearningconference.pbworks.com/E-proceedings Full Tribute Unlike most people I know, Mike did not see a clear separation between a working relationship and friendship. When you worked with Mike you were also his friend and he made you feel very special, and when you were that close you almost felt like family. His ability to form meaningful relationships and to nurture those special relationships was one of the secrets of his success as a human being. For many years I thought Mike was a Glaswegian but he was actually born in Edinburgh and moved to Glasgow when he was a boy. He was educated at Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow. His scholastic achievements at Kelvinside were modest and his school reports contain phrases like “bewildered and bemused” for French and “Airy fairy and lacks concentration” for English, as well as words to the effect that “this lad is going nowhere”. How wrong could they have been? But let’s say that at the time it wasn’t clear where he was going. In one of those cruel ironies that life throws at us, Mike was due to return to his old school as Guest of Honour at Kelvinside Academy’s prize-giving this summer, and one of the messages he was going to give, from his own personal experience, was that, even if you are not particularly gifted at school, if you work hard, you can achieve much in life. I hope that message still goes out to the pupils of Kelvinside. They have in Mike a wonderful example of someone who aspired to great things, and through hard work, perseverance and making the most of his talents he pushed himself to achieve what he believed in – which was fundamentally about making a positive difference to the world around him. Mike went on to study biology at Strathclyde University. There he was inspired by his teacher Professor Bill Huchinson, a parasitologist, and his life-long passion for research was born. Mike became a skilled electron microscopist and he worked at Glasgow Royal Infirmary after graduating in 1976. In 1978, he moved south to take up an Agriculture Research Council fellowship at the Houghton Poultry Research Station in Cambridge, where he completed a PhD investigating the ultrastructure of coccidian, which are commercially important chicken parasites. His supervisor at North East London Polytechnic was Professor Stan Ball, and Mike and Stan continued to collaborate and publish throughout Mike’s working career. Indeed, on the day Mike died, a letter from Stan, who is now in his 80s, arrived suggesting a further idea for research collaboration. I think this illustrates one of Mike’s great qualities, his ability to maintain his friendships and working relationships over a life-time. He was a master at keeping in touch. I have many fond memories of Mike dating back more than 30 years to when we first met at North East London Poly as PhD students. Some of my earliest impressions were of his inordinate politeness and generosity. He would always be the first to buy a round of drinks. There were four other PhD students in the lab and soon after he started Mike invited us all over to his tiny rented bedsit in East London for a Burns Night supper of haggis, tatties and neeps. Unfortunately Mike was not a great cook, and the food was rather underdone, but this didn’t matter as we all had a most enjoyable evening and the food was soon forgotten when we retreated to the local pub for a few drinks to wash it down. Mike remained a most loyal friend until his untimely death.
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