QAA Scotland aims to support Scottish higher education institutions (HEIs) to develop and enhance their work-based learning (WBL) provision. For WBL students, much of their learning happens inside their workplace rather than in traditional academic settings. This raises a number of challenges for HEIs and employers, who need to work together to ensure that WBL students have a learning experience that is comparable in terms of standards and quality to any other student.
QAA Scotland's development work in WBL includes:
Other related activity includes work on practice-based learning and workforce development. This work also links with recognition of prior learning, personal development planning and the work being carried out by the Scottish Employability Forum.