Kersh, Natalia; Emms, Katherine; Laczik, Andrea; Latimer, Joe; (2025) Building bridges between higher education and employment: learning from practically-based HE. (Research Reports ). Edge Foundation: London, UK.

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Edge publish a new report today, ‘Building Bridges Between Higher Education and Employment: Learning from practically-based higher education’. The report, produced in collaboration with UCL’s Institute of Education, focuses on the complexities of building bridges between higher education (HE) and industry. Specifically, it unpacks the ways in which HE institutions respond to these complexities and develop approaches and strategies to enable students to engage with industries and learn alongside industry professionals. The research took a case study approach using qualitative methods, looking at two post-92 HE institutions in England. Research was firstly carried out on the two case study universities, exploring the skills and employment profiles of their local areas. Secondly, empirical data was collected using semi-structured interviews with a range of stakeholders from the two universities, including members of the senior leadership teams, heads of schools, lecturers, staff members with either a university-level or school-level professional role such as employment engagement officers, and students

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