eprintid: 10143960 rev_number: 20 eprint_status: archive userid: 699 dir: disk0/10/14/39/60 datestamp: 2022-02-22 09:22:11 lastmod: 2023-01-09 16:00:45 status_changed: 2023-01-09 15:59:56 type: article metadata_visibility: show sword_depositor: 699 creators_name: Kersh, Natalia creators_name: Laczik, Andrea title: Reconsidering the nature of the learning space in practically-based higher education: Innovative approaches to higher education in the UK context ispublished: pub divisions: B14 divisions: J80 divisions: B16 divisions: UCL keywords: learning at workplace, employer engagement, practically-based higher education note: This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) abstract: The significance of equipping higher education graduates with both practical skills and theoretical knowledge relevant to their future workplace has been identified as one of the priorities in the higher education sector. Specifically, the issues, such as the preparation of young people for the world of work, facilitating the links between academic studies and practical experiences, and situating practice-based education have become central to the higher education landscape (e.g Mason et al 2006; Bridgstock and Tippett, 2019). This paper discusses the extent to which practically-based higher education learning spaces can be constructed and co-constructed, involving the cooperation and collaboration of different stakeholders: employers, university lecturers and students. The paper will particularly draw on the perspectives from a case study of practically-based higher education in the hospitality sector in England. Drawing on this case study the paper will address the following research questions: (1) How can practically-based learning spaces be constructed and co-constructed within the context of higher education? and (2) What is the role of different stakeholders in this process? The paper argues that the development of a practically-based higher education learning space is much more complex than simply bringing together ‘academic’ and ‘practical’ learning, and involves both institutional affordances, industry engagement and collaboration of key stakeholders. date: 2022-01-27 date_type: published official_url: https://doi.org/10.1556/063.2021.00095 oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1903056 doi: 10.1556/063.2021.00095 lyricists_name: Kersh, Natalia lyricists_id: NKERS50 actors_name: Kersh, Natalia actors_id: NKERS50 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Hungarian Educational Research Journal volume: 12 number: 4 pagerange: 370-383 citation: Kersh, Natalia; Laczik, Andrea; (2022) Reconsidering the nature of the learning space in practically-based higher education: Innovative approaches to higher education in the UK context. Hungarian Educational Research Journal , 12 (4) pp. 370-383. 10.1556/063.2021.00095 <https://doi.org/10.1556/063.2021.00095>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10143960/8/Kersh_2064-2199-article-p370.pdf