...BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES OF INTERNSHIP PROGRAMMES IN AN ODL INSTITUTION: A CASE FOR THE ZIMBABWE OPEN UNIVERSITY Richard BUKALIYA Zimbabwe Open University, Mashonaland East Region, Marondera, ZIMBABWE ABSTRACT Several studies done elsewhere have indicated and concluded that a gap really exists between the quality of graduates produced and what the market demands (Mpairwe, 2010). For this and other reasons, training institutions and employers have accepted the need to seek mitigatory steps to bridge the gap. Among other steps, institutions of learning have introduced internship programmes also referred to as field attachment in some of their degree and non-degree programmes. There has also been the realisation that imparting the relevant practical skills is a partnership between the training institution and the prospective employers through student internships. However, despite these positive intentions, interns on field attachment have faced serious challenges among which are insufficient time and lack of funding for the programmes. It is behind this background that the present study sought to establish the benefits and challenges faced by student interns at the Zimbabwe Open University. The study focussed on two of the university`s faculties: the Faculty of Science and technology and that of Applied Social Sciences. Most of the students on internship were from these faculties. Being quantitative in nature, the study employed the use of the questionnaire to solicit data from the 50 respondents...
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...Brussels and Bradshaw In response to the case study, Brussels and Bradshaw is a well-established financial institution that offers their clients competitive and innovative solutions for their community and work environments. The banking institution offers a summer internship to bright and driven individuals. The internship includes 14 weeks of very intense training and long hours. Interns are paid $20,000 for the contract. During the screening process, out of all the possible candidates Audrey Locke was selected. Audrey has some experience as an assistant, assurance analyst and financial planning analyst. Brussels and Bradshaw is operating in more than 25 countries globally; this case study takes place in Toronto. Many behavioral issues in the Brussels and Bradshaw institution are unprofessional and stressful. Job stress is defined as feeling one’s capabilities, resources, or needs that do not match the demands or requirements of the job (Hitt, Miller, & Colella, 2011 p. 249). Working 70 and 80 hours per week or possibly 120 hours will put a major burden on anyone, especially someone new to the working environment. Audrey is excited with her internship and very eager to learn. She is assigned a mentor and buddy by the business development manager, Kelly Richards. Kelly has 10 years of experience. Although associates consider her human resources, Kelly’s job is strictly administrative. Audrey is never introduced to her mentor and her buddy, Christine Page is very...
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...My time at the Public Defender’s Office had been split between direct interaction with clients and attorney support. Each morning I, and the other interns, were expected to interview potential clients at the county jail. These interviews, often referred to as indigency evaluations, are conducted in order to determine if an individual is eligible to receive representation from a public defender. In addition to demonstrating a financial need, the information collected during these interviews is also useful when arguing bond for a client, allowing attorney’s to highlight certain aspects of an individual’s personal or social life that can impact their recidivism or flight risk. Often times, interviewees are coping with withdrawal symptoms, debilitating...
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...by 23% between 2013-2025.(2) According to the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (GBD 2010), absolute disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) because of MNS...
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...2014, pp 348–372 The Role of Work Experience in the Future Employability of Higher Education Graduates Ruth Helyer, Teesside University, r.helyer@tees.ac.uk Dionne Lee, Teesside University, d.lee@tees.ac.uk Abstract Many new graduates are finding it difficult to obtain graduate-level work and impossible to break into the sectors they were aiming at. In order to address this, higher education institutions are examining the methods they use to enhance student employability and deploying various measures to grow and strengthen this activity, with an increasing focus on providing work experience. One popular way of doing this is via internships (placements). This paper examines the context in which work experience has come to the fore as an approach to enhancing employability by interrogating recent research and policy related to this agenda. Employability is presented as an on-going debate that cannot be viewed as a finite entity but must move and develop with the market, society and the global situation. In addition the paper closely examines a graduate internship programme in a university in North East England. Comparing and contrasting findings from this scheme, with other examples of experiential learning through work experience, provides some evidence to suggest the value of internships and furthermore supports some formative ideas about how internships might be developed to best serve those taking part in them: interns; employers and universities. ...
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...QUANTITATIVE SOCIAL RESEARCH Student Name Bader Student ID: ABSTRACT Background: The study entailed an in-depth look into the daily life of medical students. It dwelt on the effect of sleep patterns and their response at work. Moreover, interns were required work in shifts whenever they were summoned. The research was an inclusive report to the numerous works conducted in the past. However, lack of statistical analysis on the relationship of shift work, disturbed sleep and health of paramedic students lead to the study. The hypothesis to be tested was whether there was a relationship between shift work, disturbed sleep and the health of paramedic students? Methods: The recruitment of thirty paramedic students was voluntary, simple random was the study design, and ambiguity ensured confidentially. The interns were supposed to complete a 16-item in regard to shift work, disturbed sleep and the health of paramedics. Results: Over 70% of the participants perceived fewer hours of sleep per week to have a negative impact on physical health; with a probability value close to 0.05. Furthermore, the three hypotheses lead to the null hypothesis rejection was the basis of majority p values of less than 0.05. In respect to the study, there is a relationship between shift work, disturbed sleep and the health of paramedic students. Conclusions: There is an association between shift work, quality of sleep and the health of interns. Therefore...
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...for defense preparation. So, at least three copies of report should be printed. 1.2 Binding of report: The “Book binding” method should be preferred. 1.3 Submission date: Usually there would be a predetermined submission date from the authority. You should submit the case on or before that particular stipulated date. Please note: I can't extend the date of submission. It is strictly in the discretion of the authority that controls the BBA program. 1.4 Paper quality: 80 gram paper (minimum) 2. Overall alignment of the report: Title Fly page: This is the front page of the report. This page should only contain the title of the work and nothing else. Artistic presentation would be appreciated here. Title Page: This phase should contain the title of the work, details of submitted by / prepared by / supervised and details of submitted to / prepared for / supervisor. Name of the university, department name, and Faculty name may be pointed out here. Extra care should be taken to correctly mention the ID of the student and the name along with the designation of the supervisor. Declaration of originality: It should be declared by the student that the work / study is a original one and all the works have been done by only the student under supervision. Letter of Transmittal: A humble note of submission. Table of Contents: Table of contents should follow the exact page number put in the whole assignment. A separate table of contents should be placed for the illustrations...
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...the harsh reality of internships in the United States (2012). Greenhouse, the labor and workforce reporter for The New York Times, explains in his article the specific stories of unpaid interns and lawsuits filed against companies who did not compensate these individuals. The internship programs that Greenhouse reports on oppress both women and men with unfair work expectations and poor opportunities for advancement. With the help of this article and other supporting materials, I will clarify the relationship between these unpaid, exploited students and the material covered in my Women Studies class. In the article, Greenhouse points out that since 1985, the unemployment rate for graduates twenty-four years old and younger has risen 9.4 percent (Greenhouse, 2012). Speculators estimate that this number is increasing so rapidly because of students’ willingness to work for free in internship positions. The article explains this phenomenon stating that many students feel this is the best way to get a foot in the door with a possible future employer. More and more businesses are refusing to hire students who have not completed an internship program. However, Greenhouse explains that even after the completion of an interning program, many students are left uneducated about the type of work done in the field they are hoping to pursue. This point of the article can tie in with an essay read in class titled “Claiming an Education” by Adrienne Rich (1977). In her essay, Rich...
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...done by reserving a significant number of positions to only be applied for those who had been in receipt of social welfare payments for more than 3 months. In addition to this overarching aim, in my view an additional underlying motivation behind the Jobsbridge could be seen in it enabling young graduates to gain a foothold on the career ladder where they did not have the requisite practical work experience to make them an attractive option for many employers. This lack of work experience was an especial detriment in the jobs market as the impact of the recession was making itself known. Not only did the recession lessen the number of jobs available it also increased competition for those jobs as a large number of redundancies across the economy brought a large number of applicants for positions who had many years of experience in their sector. Young graduates were forced to compete for fewer entry level positions against those who had many years of experience in the particular sector and who were available to pursue these entry level positions due to redundancy. Maintain the existing criteria for Jobsbridge with some exceptions: 1) the nature of the applicant; 2) extension of the internships available; 3) Inclusion of some social supports for the participants. Applicant criteria: Existing application criteria ie a person who have been in receipt of social welfare payments for more than 3 months. A person who has been registered with NIP for more than 3 months...
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...After meeting at DCYF the client was taken to the Aubin Center at Hasbro Children’s Hospital for an evaluation by her DCYF case manager. Dawn felt that this might be a difficult task, as the client was not being very cooperative and didn’t wat to go for the evaluation. She also realized that this client had the right to refuse and stated that she adamantly refused to go back to the group home she was residing in as temporary placement. When this intern is at her field placement she is always with her supervisor and other members of the organization learning and discovering something new as well as discussing client cases. Therefore, she does not feel that she has a set schedule for supervision but instead is being supervised each time she attends her internship with Day One. This intern is majoring in social work, and as a helping professional she feels that she will be helping problem clients, such as the ones she stated above, and this is how she makes the connection to her field of...
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...Although the job descriptions of interns may differ, the basic expectation of adaptability remains relevant in every instance. I found this notion to be most interesting, as I saw this concept illustrated through my personal experience as well as through that of other interns in other professional disciplines. Having spent five months at Versace, I can confidently advise future interns to focus on the overall benefit they can bring to the organization, rather than focusing on the mundaneness of some assigned tasks. In retrospect, however, perhaps I should have observed the organization more before attempting to analyze my observations. Future interns may also avoid allowing their expectations to cloud their perceptions of the organization; they should seek to understand the interpersonal dynamics before forming an opinion. In order to be successful, an intern should be proactive and be unafraid to communicate lucidly with his/her supervisors. A social-organizational psychology student preparing to enter an internship should consider the suggestions to be observant and flexible in changing situations and environments. Observation of others’ behaviors and norms in the workplace serve as a good example to follow and pays off in person-organizational fit. I was once assigned a task to assist in the reorganization of the office space which the Marketing intern refused to complete. The task was to take a bag of keys and match the correct key to the door lock on each office. Although...
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...INDUSTRIAL PLACEMENT HANDBOOK –PART 2 (PA003-5-3) CONTENTS Introduction 3 Internship Mechanism and Process Flow 7 Visiting Academic Supervisor/ Industrial Placement Handbook 12 Part 2-During Internship Appendix 1 – Logbook Template 18 Appendix 2– Logbook Cover Page 19 Post-Internship Appendix 3 – Content Guidelines for Industrial Placement Essay 20 Appendix 4 – Industrial Placement Report Cover Page 27 Appendix 5– Essay Clearance Form 28 Appendix 6 – Student Feedback Form 29 Assessment and Grading Appendix 7 – Industrial Placement Essay Assessment 31 Appendix 8 – Industrial Placement Visit Report Form 34 Appendix 9 – Industrial Placement Assessment Forms 36 Introduction 1. Industrial Experience Rationale The aim of the Industrial Experience programme is to enable students to gain industrial or professional learning experiences to develop transferable skills for employability and thereby to enhance their future value to employers. Familiarity with all common processes is essential and exposure at a practical level to a wide variety of processes is required at a level appropriate for young professional. Whilst it is clearly desirable for students to get a feel for the skills involved, the central aim is to achieve appreciation of business processes. Industrial training is a key component of learning...
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...Chosen Article: Bank intern who died after 'working for 72 hours' felt pressure to excel. Written by Victoria Ward & Anna Hill, (2013). An intern who died after allegedly working for 72 hours straight at a leading Citybank had admitted that he felt “pressurised” to succeed. Moritz Erhardt, 21, was found dead as he neared the end of a gruelling seven-week placement with the Bank of America Merrill Lynch's (BAML) investment bank division. He collapsed in the shower in his student flat in East London amid claims that he had worked throughout the night eight times in two weeks in a bid to impress company bosses, returning home at 6am on three consecutive days. It has been claimed he suffered an epileptic fit. In an online profile, Mr Erhardt, from Germany, revealed that he had developed a tendency to be “over ambitious” at an early age. He said: “I have grown up in a family that expected me, in whatever respect, to excel in life. By implication, I felt somehow pressurised. However, I did not intend to belie my parents’ expectations. “Therefore, I have become a highly competitive and ambitious nature from early on.” Members of internet message boards used by City staff claimed that other interns had been ordered not to discuss Mr Erhardt’s death. One poster wrote: “One of the best interns in IBD BAML — 3 all nighters — didn’t turn up, colleagues went to find him.” Another claimed that someone who worked on the same floor as Mr Erhardt had told him: “He was...
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...records, or other sensitive information in a locked file cabinet or room, there are piles of such documentation is plain sight to anyone who walks into the social service office. In addition to the documentation, many staff discuss sensitive information within the presence of a roommates, in hallways, and on speaker phone with others in earshot of the entirety of the conversation. While this is complicated by the immobility of some patients, closing room doors, in private instead of public areas, or returning to meet when unfamiliar individuals are not present could protect the privacy of many clients. While documentation must be shared between agencies via fax or email, social service staff do well to carefully transmit information by using protected symphony email accounts and/or shredding the documents after they have been faxed. When listening to voicemails, social service workers record messages in a notebook that it put away after it is used, in this way, the information written is not accessible to...
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...SIGNATURE…………………….. DECLARATION I kemihingiro Bonita declare that this internship report is my original work and has never been submitted to any institution for any award of a Bachelors’ Degree in Project planning and entrepreneurship Signed …………………………. Date ………………………… APPROVAL This is to certify that this internship report by kemihingiro Bonita has been carried out at mukono district local government He has been under my supervision and the internship report is now ready for submission to the faculty of Business studies at Uganda Christian University. Name ……………………………… Signature …………………………… Date……………………………. DEDICATION I dedicate this piece of work to my grandfathers, Brothers, Sisters and Friends for the continued support and encouragement both financially and academically throughout my course of study. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Like any other report, is not well presented by the name of a single author, rather its contents reflect the contribution from various sources without anyone of which the report would certainly have been much more difficult and of a lesser quality. I thank the Almighty God for making it possible for me to accomplish this internship report. Special thanks for the knowledge, wisdom, courage and determination God granted me. I extend my sincere appreciation to my guardians who supported me financially throughout the course of study. I also extend my gratitude to my friends of MUKONO DISTRICT LOCAL...
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