JISC

The project will develop and populate a Professional Community Engagement Environment to support alumni during their transition into the workforce and their subsequent lifelong professional development through:

• independent & experiential learning
• formal re-engagement with University provision
• some permutation of these two options as appropriate to the needs of the individual.

The service provided will include:

• an E-portfolio for action planning, recording achievement in maintaining personal resources reflective accounts and work in progress; bite-sized learning objects specifically orientated toward the issues challenges and opportunities related to transition to the world of work
• discipline-related learning objects that stand-alone and also serve as a baseline for more substantive CPD opportunities
• tools and learning objects that assist learners and their employers in understanding, and engaging with, the university’s framework for the accreditation of advanced professional practice
• social networking tools that facilitate JISC Grant Funding 13/10
• peer/mentor support for independent, collaborative and experiential learning and help to build communities of professional practice and business contact networks involving fellow alumni.