Employers as Partners for Learning in Built Environment

Education:

David Comiskey, Belfast School of Architecture, University of Ulster (da.comiskey@ulster.ac.uk)

Architectural Technology at Ulster

Employer Engagement

Align teaching content with real life professional practice.

Presentations from Practitioners/Professional Body Members;

Site Visits;

Guest Lectures;

End of Year Show;

Study Tour;

Innovative Curriculum Design.

HOW?

Construct Online – Working Example

iBooks Project

Aimed at combining essential learning material with real life examples (from local practitioners) to which the students could relate. This was identified as being important to students.

iBooks – Working Example

Transferable to other discipline areas?

YES!

Employer engagement (via the iBook format) could be used within a wide range of disciplines to provide students with a context for their studies and help them relate their work to real life practice.

Employers as Partners for Learning in Built Environment

Education:

David ComiskeyBelfast School of

ArchitectureUniversity of Ulster

da.comiskey@ulster.ac.uk028 9036 6476