Abstract
The employment market for graduates is competitive with employers requiring appropriate work experience in addition to academic qualifications. Sandwich courses, where up to a year is spent in industry, provide an opportunity for structured work experience to be gained alongside studying. Benefits of placements include improved academic performance and the development of transferable skills to increase employability. This paper evaluates the impact of placements on academic performance and graduate employment among management students. Analysing performance data and graduate destinations data, results indicate that management students completing a placement are more likely to perform better academically with improvements in their personal grades between year 2 and the final year. Additionally, a qualitative themed analysis of student experiences indicates placement students feel more confident in engaging with the graduate recruitment process, with a better understanding of their personal skills and an ability to articulate their experience in relation to the workplace.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 012103 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-8 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Journal of Physics: Conference Series |
| Volume | 364 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
| Event | 25th International Congress on Condition Monitoring and Diagnostic Engineering, COMADEM 2012 - Huddersfield, United Kingdom Duration: 18 Jun 2012 → 20 Jun 2012 |
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Valuing the human asset - the impact of university placements on academic performance and graduate employment amongst management students. / Brooks, R.
In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 364, No. 1, 012103, 2012, p. 1-8.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article
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