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Students showing corporate skills could attract higher marks
- 05th January 2011
Undergraduates could be credited with extra marks if they can demonstrate corporate skills garnered in the workplace.
Some universities are considering plans to award marks across all subject degrees if students can show such skills or experience in the jobs market, for example, by being able to run workshops and make good presentations.
Credits for workplace skills have been awarded in vocational degree courses, such as engineering, for many years but could be extended to other subjects if the plans go ahead. The University of Leicester is one university seriously considering plans, and a spokesperson told the Guardian that the university was looking closely at how to embed corporate skills into the curriculum at the undergraduate stage, and said they are looking for students who can apply things in a new context.
Some universities already run workplace skills courses in undergraduate programs but credits are not commonly awarded for taking part.
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