ALPS Conference – 16 -17 March 2010 Work-based learning and assessment for the next decade 16 – 17 March 2010 Weetwood Hall, Leeds, UK ALPS’ aim over the past five years has been to increase the confidence and competence of students graduating in health and social care. With a high proportion of many undergraduate courses being taught within practice settings, work-based learning and assessment has increasingly been at the forefront of education development. The ALPS Conference 2010 will facilitate the dissemination of ALPS’ work and act as a springboard from which programme outputs and embedding projects may be launched. The conference will also: • identify the trends and potential developments of work-based learning and assessment over the next 10 years • review current and up-and-coming learning technologies • highlight factors affecting the employability of graduating students The Conference will be of interest to all those working in health and social care education, as well as researchers, professionals, and anyone concerned with the future of work-based learning and assessment. Workshops, roundtable and oral presentations will be focused on one of the two conference themes: 1. Working in partnership to improve employability • Ensuring and assuring professional competence • How should Higher Education respond to the changing employment landscape? (e.g., the changing face of the NHS) • ‘All together now’ – interprofessional working, learning and assessment • Working in collaboration • Services for students (support during fieldwork, work experience, practice placements etc.) 2. Learning and assessment in the technological age • Learning without walls • Student expectations of learning and assessment • Mobile learning in a mobile world • Technology as an enhancement to learning • Long-arm supervision of students at work-based placements • Sustainability and scalability of learning and assessment innovations For details of the conference and registration: http://www.alps-cetl.ac.uk/2010registration.html