Developing a community of practice for work-integrated learning in UCC
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2026-06-19
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McCarthy, Ruth
Kerr, Clodagh
Waterman, Aileen
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Work-Integrated Learning: Introduced to UCC in 2020 following on from the Thematic review of placements by the Quality Enhancement Unit. Background: Communities of practice (CoP) refers to groups of people who share a concern or a passion for a topic, a craft, and/or a profession (Wenger 1998, 2006). A community of practice acts as a “living curriculum” that engages participants in a process of “collective learning” (Wenger 2006). Aim: To nurture and cultivate an institution-wide approach to work-integrated learning (WIL) in UCC by empowering a Community of Practice. Currently in developmental stage, driven by a cross-institutional steering committee. Method: Design a framework for WIL CoP to communicate with all staff involved in WIL university–wide. Inform staff involved in WIL activities on updates to WIL developments locally, nationally and international. Provision of digital staff resources via bespoke WIL SharePoint. Inaugural WIL CoP showcase May 2026. Results: University-wide WIL Discovery Survey & Results (Jan 2026) Guest Speaker on National WIL PhD programme. Digital Resource HUB for staff.
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SDG 4 - Quality Education , Teaching and Learning-related output , Work-integrated learning , Communities of practice , Belonging , Institutional-wide sharing of good practice , [Pharmacy]
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McCarthy, R, Kerr, C & Waterman, A 2026, 'Developing a community of practice for work-integrated learning in UCC', UCC Good Practice Symposium 2026, Cork, Ireland, 19/05/26 - 19/05/26.
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