Presentation at HEA-funded workshop 'Work-based learning in Politics and International Studies: from theory to practice'. The workshop brought together key stakeholders in the delivery of work-based learning and employability skills in the Politics and International Relations (IR) disciplines including academics, employers and careers advisors. Through presentations and discussion delegates had the opportunity to share best practice on existing work-based learning schemes and developing employability skills. This presentation is part of a related blog post that provides an overview of the event: http://bit.ly/1x0KPae For further details of the HEA's work on Employability and Global Citizenship in the Social Sciences see: http://bit.ly/17n8Knj

1. Prac%cum
in
Interna%onal
Organisa%ons
Work-­‐based
learning
in
Poli%cs
and
Interna%onal
Studies:
from
theory
to
prac%ce
The
Higher
Educa%on
Academy.
Oxford
Brookes
University
Dr
Phoebe
V
Moore
Senior
Lecturer
in
Interna4onal
Rela4ons
Middlesex
University
School
of
Law
07/04/14

2. UK
young
people:
unemployment
figures
• 520,000
men
aged
16-­‐24
were
unemployed
in
November
2013
to
January
2014,
down
35,000
on
the
previous
quarter.
The
unemployment
rate
for
men
in
this
age
group
was
21.6%.
• 392,000
women
aged
16-­‐24
were
unemployed
in
November
2013
to
January
2014,
liRle
changed
from
the
previous
quarter.
The
unemployment
rate
for
women
aged
16-­‐24
was
17.8%.
Economic
policy
and
sta4s4cs,
Youth
unemployment
sta4s4cs
House
of
Commons
19/03/14

3. Global
case
• Turkey,
Germany
and
Japan
the
only
advanced
na4ons
whose
young
people
have
not
experienced
a
significant
rise
in
unemployment
and
inac4vity
• ILO:
75m
young
people
are
unemployed,
6
per
cent
of
all
15
–
24
year
olds
• OECD:
26m
young
people
in
rich
world
NEETS
• World
Bank:
260m
in
developing
economies
inac4ve’
• Economist:
almost
290m
of
planet’s
youth
are
neither
working
nor
studying,
nearly
a
quarter!

4. Experience
and
research
• Intercultural
Ins4tute
of
California
(San
Francisco)
Employment
Counsellor
1996
• Si-­‐Sa-­‐Yong-­‐O-­‐Sa
(Seoul)
1997
• United
Na4ons
University
(Tokyo)
RA
2000
• Post-­‐PhD:
Employability
becomes
theme
of
research
• Current
problems:
Rising
unemployment
of
young
people,
social
unrest,
‘decent
work’

5. (2014)
‘Marke4sa4on,
Commodifica4on
and
the
Implica4ons
for
Teachers’
Autonomy
in
England’
Research
in
Poli4cal
Economy
forthcoming
volume
29
with
M.
Upchurch,
A.
Kunter.
(2012)
Globalisa4on
and
Labour
Struggle
in
Asia:
A
Neo-­‐Gramscian
Cri4que
of
South
Korea's
Poli4cal
Economy
(I.B.
Tauris).
ISBN
1780760337
Reviewed
in
Capital
&
Class
(2010)
February
(34),
144-­‐146
(2010)
The
Interna4onal
Poli4cal
Economy
of
Work
and
Employability
(Palgrave
Macmillan,
Interna4onal
Poli4cal
Economy
Series)
ISBN
0230517943
Reviewed
in
Global
Discourse
(2011)
Volume
2:
Issue
II:
Special
Issue
Part
2:
Review
Symposium
Examining
the
Contemporary
Relevance
of
Marxism
(2009)
‘UK
Educa4on,
Employability,
and
Everyday
Life’
Journal
of
Cri4cal
Educa4on
Policy
Studies
7(1),
243
–
273
(2009)
‘Exploita4on
of
the
Self
in
Community-­‐based
Sohware
Produc4on
-­‐
Workers’
Freedoms
or
Firm
Founda4ons?’
Capital
&
Class
97:
99–120.
Co-­‐
authored
with
P.
A.
Taylor
(2006)
‘Global
Knowledge
Capitalism,
Self-­‐woven
Safety
Nets,
and
the
Crisis
of
Employability’
Global
Society
20(4),
453-­‐473
(2005)
‘Revolu4ons
from
Above:
Worker
Training
as
Trasformismo
in
South
Korea’
Capital
&
Class
Vol.
86,
39-­‐72

6. Prac%cum
in
Interna%onal
Organisa%ons
• Credits,
assessment,
learning
outcomes
• Erasmus
European
Training
/
Work
placement
placement
• Appropriate
students?
-­‐-­‐Interviews?
Student
Life?
Group
or
individualised?
• CVs
• Loca4on,
providers,
managing
expecta4ons
• Accommoda4on?
Extras?

7. Prac%cum
in
Interna%onal
Organisa%ons
Knowledge
and
Understanding
• Decision
making:
Demonstrate
a
systema4c
and
cri4cal
understanding
of
a
specific
ques4on
or
problem
arising
from
your
own
interests
in
the
subject
areas
emerging
from
the
learning
placement.
• Cri4cal
thinking:
Gain
a
cri4cal
awareness
of
issues
in
the
field,
including
theore4cal
and
policy
implica4ons
as
appropriate.
• Case
study:
Understand
and
write
cri4cally
about
the
rela4onships
between
na4ons
and
IGOs
and
across
IGOs
• Global
governance:
Engage
with
texts
in
the
study
of
interna4onal
governance
as
conducted
by
IGOs
and/or
NGOs.
• Research
and
wri4ng:
Produce
an
independent
piece
of
research
based
on
primary
or
secondary
data
analysis.
Transferable/Key
Skills
• Work
for
in
an
interna4onal
organisa4on
for
13
weeks
on
a
project
iden4fied
with
supervisor.
• Work:
Work
independently
and
in
teams
as
required
for
con4nuing
professional
and
academic
development.
• Tasks:
Act
autonomously
in
planning
and
implemen4ng
tasks
at
an
advanced
level.
• Research
and
wri4ng:
prepare
accurate
informa4on
and
a
research
paper
on
one
of
the
issues
your
IGO
manages.
using
research
skills
to
locate
relevant
informa4on
resources.
• Socialisa4on:
share
experiences
with
other
students
on
the
Prac4cum
(John
Knox
centre?)

8. Lessons
learned
so
far
• Manage
University
expecta4ons
Keep
it
simple/focussed,
but
liaise
closely
with
employability
services
and
Erasmus
coordinators
Ensure
work
alloca4on
Ensure
student
support
• Manage
student
expecta4ons
Set
specific
mee4ngs
with
students
Clear
syllabus,
professional
instruc4on
(i.e.
CC
all
emails
to
provider
to
you,
remind
students
they
represent
Uni)
• Network,
ask
for
help
• Remain
an
academic,
not
a
broker

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