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

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  • Catriona Paisey
  • Nicholas J. Paisey

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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.

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  • Catriona Paisey & Nicholas J. Paisey, 2010. "Developing skills via work placements in accounting: Student and employer views," Accounting Forum, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(2), pages 89-108, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:accfor:v:34:y:2010:i:2:p:89-108
    DOI: 10.1016/j.accfor.2009.06.001
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