Developing skills via work placements in accounting: Student and employer views

Catriona Paisey and Nicholas J. Paisey

Accounting forum, 2010, vol. 34, issue 2, 89-108

Abstract: This paper evaluates the development of skills during a work placement year within a Scottish accounting degree. It discusses the history of placements within higher education, the advantages and disadvantages of placements from student and employer perspectives, and work placement as a vehicle for developing personal transferable skills. Students and employers involved in work placements agreed that they were effective in developing a range of skills. Their views were then compared with those of students at a similar university without a placement degree. Degrees including a work placement were found to be a useful complement to more traditionally structured degrees.

Keywords: Placement; Personal transferable skills; Students; Employers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1016/j.accfor.2009.06.001

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