In the context of talent shortages, evolving skill demands and a sharp focus on graduate employment outcomes, there is increasing pressure on educators to incorporate Work-Integrated Learning (particularly work-based) into higher education degree courses. Despite its acknowledged benefits, challenges continue to impact on higher education’s capacity to design, deliver and evaluate WIL that is high quality, accessible and impactful for all students. This lecture discusses some of these ongoing challenges and the opportunities to advance WIL to better meet the needs of diverse stakeholders.
Denise is a Professor in Employability and Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) and the Director of WIL in the School of Business and Law at Edith Cowan University. Denise’s work focuses on fostering student employability and longer-term career success through embedding WIL, career development learning and experiential activities into the curriculum. Her design and delivery of quality and impactful WIL for all students has been recognised by numerous awards, including two national teaching awards. Denise is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Director of the Australian Collaborative Education Network, the professional association for WIL in Australia. Learn more about Denise.
