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By David Pierce.

Summary 

This short review of practice provides an insight into the ways in which experiential and work-based learning is now given academic recognition within the subject areas of Hospitality, Sport and Tourism. It begins by describing how the introduction of Credit Accumulation and Transfer in the 1980’s provided opportunities for its application to traditional work experiences such as sandwich courses and then the extension of academic recognition to other experiences as part of a wider and more responsive HE curriculum. It continues by reporting the views of academics from a range of universities. The respondents in the review were drawn from the body of academic practitioners who have direct experience of working with students who exploit their workplace and other experiences for learning. The report offers an insight into a range of approaches, together with practitioners’ views on what challenges need to be addressed when designing programmes and assessment which can demonstrably meet the standards required by higher education.

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