Work-based learning is a way of facilitating university level education and training in the workplace.
Work-linked features permit learning to take place at work, through work and be centred upon the working environment.
The utilisation of a specific work role together with the organisation’s objective as the focus of enquiry, work-based learning provides students with the unique opportunity to design a bespoke learning experience which will benefit both themselves and their employer in health or social care.
The precise nature of the work-based learning may encompass elements of inter-professional working.
This is a predominantly work-based learning module with 3 x 1/2 day seminar sessions in the university with the majority of the learning taking place under the guidance of a convenor in the work place.
The module is assessed by way of a 3 part portfolio consisting of a learning contract, a critical reflection of practice and evidence of achievement.