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Employable knowledge: benchmarking education about standardization in the UK
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posted on 2014-08-19, 11:06 authored by Gill Whitney, Suzette Keith, Nellini Selvaraj, Martin MaguireMartin Maguire, Colette NicolleFor academics and students in the United Kingdom the main source of standards is via British
Standards Institution (BSI). The research demonstrates that British, European and International
Standards play a key role in many areas of education. In some disciplines their inclusion in the course
is mandatory, e.g. in building construction and performing risk assessments of equipment. Where
not a requirement, other courses successfully encourage students to understand and apply specific
standards and principles from them, to their design and project work, in topic areas such as quality
management and user-computer interface design. Assessment practice is a key part of learning and
academics have indicated how this fitted into the learning activity, e.g. by expecting students to
develop an understanding of standards and reference them in all assessed work.
Funding
This research was commissioned by British Standards Institution (BSI). This research was produced in association with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills as part of its ongoing programme of support for standardization.
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WHITNEY, G. ... (et al.), 2014. Employable knowledge: benchmarking education about standardization in the UK. BSI report. Unpublished.Publisher
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