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Implementation of on-campus work-integrated learning activities in Vietnamese universities: ‘don’t rely on lecturers’

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Thi Ngoc Ha, Nguyen Thi Ngoc
Journal of Further and Higher Education
Journal · Vol. 47 · Issue 8 · pp. 1124-1139
Abstract

This article explores the rationale behind the ineffectiveness of on-campus Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) activities in three Vietnamese universities. An exploratory sequential mixed-methods approach that included six in-depth interviews with lecturers and 461 responses to a student survey was employed to investigate challenges facing lecturers in implementing on-campus WIL activities and student perspectives on on-campus WIL practices. Findings revealed six obstacles associated with university stakeholders facing lecturers when organising and implementing on-campus WIL activities. Survey responses underscored student preferences in experiential and project-based learning and highlighted the importance of industry engagement to on-campus WIL effectiveness. This article calls for more awareness among university department leaders, lecturers and students about the values of on-campus WIL and suggests that further work in the areas of relevant policy and practice is required for university initiatives relating to on-campus WIL to happen. © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

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Higher education Vietnam Student employability work-integrated learning non-placement WIL on-campus WIL

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La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Funding & Acknowledgements
La Trobe University, LTU
This work was supported by a La Trobe University (Melbourne, Australia) Postgraduate Research Scholarship and a La Trobe University Full Fee Research Scholarship. I appreciate the voluntary participation of lecturers and students in the interviews and survey.
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