Work-Integrated Learning New Zealand (WILNZ) presents the WILNZ 2021 Conference, hosted by the University of Waikato and WINTEC. WILNZ promotes work-integrated learning to education providers, workplaces and government in New Zealand.
Work Integrated Learning Virtual Conference 2021
| Date | Thursday 29 - Friday 30 April 2021 |
|---|---|
| Where | Online Event |
| Admission Cost | Free |
Work-Integrated Learning New Zealand (WILNZ) presents the WILNZ 2021 Conference, hosted by the University of Waikato and WINTEC. WILNZ promotes work-integrated learning to education providers, workplaces and government in New Zealand.
The annual WILNZ conference is focused on Work-Integrated Learning and Cooperative Education, providing a supportive and inspirational conference for practitioners and researchers from the tertiary education sector, industry, community and government.
When:
29-30th of April, 2021
Format: Online event
- Watch keynote presentation and conference presentations on our Youtube Channels as set times
- Live Q&A sessions and discussion after each presentation on the Zoom channels
- The conference is aimed for NZ and international audience
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Presenters will be mostly from WILNZ members, intended for an international audience. Non-members are invited to become WILNZ members.
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Keynote Speaker
Prof Denise Jackson is the Director of Work-Integrated Learning in the School of Business and Law and Edith Cown University, Australia. Denise has won a number of award in research and teaching, is on the national bard for ACEN (the Australian WIL Association), and has published widely in WIL and graduate employability. Denise will be presenting about developing and evidencing student employability through work-integrated learning, drawing from research exploring student employability, pathways of development, strategies for optimising learning outcomes, and the links to work-integrated learning
Programme
Thursday 29 April 2021
| Time | ||
|---|---|---|
| 9.30am - 9.45am | CONNECT THROUGH ZOOM & CONFERENCE INSTRUCTIONS | |
| 9.45am - 10.00am | Conference Opening University of Waikato/Wintec | |
| 10.00am – 10.35am | Full: TERTIARY WIL UPDATE (ROVE, UNZ; WIL Global, WACE & IJWIL) | |
| 10.35am – 11.00am | Full: Developing institutional-wide perspectives of WIL | |
| 11.00am – 11.30am | BREAK | |
| 11.30am - 11.55am | Full: Research presentation | |
| 11.55am - 12.20pm | Full: Female practitioner’s perspectives of WIL in sport management in Aotearoa | |
| 12.20pm - 12.45pm | Full: On-campus Collaborations and innovative WIL Practice | |
| 12.45pm - 1.30pm | LUNCH BREAK | |
| 1.30pm - 2.15pm | KEYNOTE PRESENTATION + DISCUSSION: DEVELOPING AND EVIDENCING STUDENT EMPLOYABILITY THROUGH WIL DENISE JACKSON EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY | |
| 2.15pm - 2.45pm | KRISTINA HOEPNNER, CATALYST | |
| 2.45pm - 3.15pm | BREAK | |
| 3.15pm - 3.40pm | Full: Mechanical engineering students’ perceptions on key WIL graduate attributes | |
| 3.40pm - 4.05pm | Full: Graduate mechanical engineering perceptions on the value of WIL | |
| 4.05pm - 4.15pm | PRESENTATIONS Of WILNZ LIFE MEMBER AND FELLOW AWARDS | |
| 4.15pm - 5.00pm | WILNZ AGM | |
Friday 30 April 2021
| Time | ||
|---|---|---|
| 9.45am - 10.00am | CONNECT THROUGH ZOOM & CONFERENCE INSTRUCTIONS | |
| 10.00am – 10.45am | Full: KEY THEME: UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING RISK IN WIL: A NZ UNIVERSITIES PERSPECTIVE Key theme discussion: WIL risk | |
| 10.45am - 11.15am | BREAK | |
| 11.15am – 11.40am | Full: Enabling engineering student learning through the use of WIL projects within a COVID-19 context: Learning success and challenges | |
| 11.40am - 12.05pm | Full: Facilitating ICT WIL Opportunities with a Māori Iwi: Lessons learnt | |
| 12.05pm - 12.30pm | Full: Developing soft skills to produce work-ready international graduate diploma | |
| 12.30pm – 1.30pm | LUNCH BREAK | |
| 1.30pm – 1.50pm | QP: WIL: Shaping employability skills for the future | |
| 1.50pm – 2.10pm | QP: When things don’t go well: Challenging experiences encountered by hospitality students during internships. Renuka Narayan and Jenny Fleming | |
| 2.10pm – 2.30pm | QP: Wash, soak, rinse, spin: Adaptivity and evolution in a WIL programme Claire Timpany, Nicholas Vanderschantz and Emmanuel Turner | |
| 2.30pm – 2.50pm | QP: Using personal development plans to encourage reflective practice, and support employability skills development of students in multidisciplinary, industry co-created projects Elna Fourie | |
| 2.50pm – 3.20pm | BREAK | |
| 3.20pm – 3.40pm | QP: Introducing simulated WIL in engineering diploma final projects Praneel Chand, Matt Foulkes and Siju Thomas | |
| 3.40pm – 4.00pm | QP: Pilot Phase of the degree apprenticeship in engineering with a pathway in asset management James Mackay | |
| 4.00pm – 4.20pm | QP: Ngā taonga hunahuna (hidden treasures) identified in WIL Patricia Lucas, Sally Rae, Carolyn Cairncross, Nicola Waite and Robert Hogg | |
| 4.20pm – 4.40pm | QP: Positive and negative emotions in WIL Patricia Lucas, Anna Rowe and Theresa Winchester-Seeto | |
| 4.40pm - 5.00pm | CONFERENCE CLOSE Future events for WILNZ and Fellow Award | |
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