Applications of Work Integrated Learning Among Gen Z and Y Students

Today's workforce faces a rapidly changing environment. During the last 12 months alone, workers have faced being displaced by collapses in sectors based on changing consumer habits, not to mention those whose roles became redundant overnight by the closure of many companies due to the COVID-19 pand…

A 2008 review identified the need for Australia to get more citizens into higher education. With this increase in participation, the student cohort began to diversify. Qualitative research showed that final- year students experienced anxiety and a lack of confidence towards their impending transitio…

It has become evident within higher education and within (or in partnership with) the workplace that there is a growing demand for an integration of learning within the workplace. Formal and intentional models and processes utilizing experiential learning methods and pedagogy are often referred to a…

Generation Y and Generation Z are the new emerging labour. Education, labour markets, work-integrated learning (WIL), and generational studies are all complex conceptualisations and present unique challenges. The chapter explores the nature of these synergies as they respond to these challenges. The…

Work-integrated learning (WIL) experiences are in demand as higher education (HE) institutions en¬deavour to develop profession-ready graduates. However, Generation Z has reported a lack of prepared¬ness and uncertainty entering the workforce. Designing WIL experiences across a degree engages these …

There are many predicted changes for the future of work. These changes will have significant implications for the type of work that people will do and the careers they will have. The question for many higher education institutions is what can be done to support students in preparing for what is pred…