Gaining confidence through Allard Law’s legal clinics and externships
The prospect of making the jump from the classroom to the law office – or the courtroom – can be daunting. Allard Law’s clinic and externship programs give law students the chance to apply what they’ve learned and gain new professional skills in a supportive environment, all before graduation and before beginning articling. In a Q & […]
Allard Law students share their mooting highlights
In a moot, student teams play the role of lawyers in a mock court proceeding. Participating in a moot provides valuable courtroom experience and – for many students – mooting is often remembered as a law school highlight. In a Q and A with the Allard School of Law, Law students Sarah Chetney (Gale Cup Moot team), Caitlin Wardrop (Wilson Moot […]
Integrating practical learning into Arts courses
To help encourage Arts faculty to envision and implement practical learning components into Arts courses, a multidisciplinary group has developed a new Practical Learning Strategies web resource, along with an integrated community that offers one-on-one support. The effort is a collaboration involving Arts Work Integrated Education, Arts Alumni, Arts ISIT, the UBC Career Centre and the […]
The new StrongerBC future skills grant prioritizes affordability and accessibility
The Province of British Columbia recently launched the StrongerBC: Future Ready Action Plan that encompasses inclusivity and affordability for career and professional learners. The plan aims to make post-secondary education more accessible and relevant to British Columbians. In doing so, it sets out to address the skills gap faced by many employers today, enabling potential […]
Connecting employers to the engineers of tomorrow
Finding the right help for the right length of time can often be challenging for small to medium businesses. Andreas “Dre” Hagen, owner of Study-Build (a design-build studio on Quadra Island), has filled short-term roles with UBC Applied Science Co-op students on several occasions. “I want people who are creative and open to learning new things, […]
Celebrating Resident Doctors Appreciation week
From family medicine clinics to specialist units around British Columbia, there are more than 1,300 UBC resident doctors training in regional, rural and remote communities. Guided by UBC clinical faculty, resident doctors provide compassionate care to families and patients, and play a crucial role in our healthcare system. They also contribute their skills and knowledge […]
Learning a foreign language with a little help from the local community
Learning a foreign language is a great way to discover a different way to think, view and describe the world around us. But what is the point of studying if you cannot verbally interact with native speakers to know about their ways of thinking and doing, apart from what they eat or what holidays they […]
Necessity is the mother of a delicious invention
Gerry Kasten and Joel Barohn love food. In fact, their background as commercial chefs, combined with their mutual appreciation for the culinary arts, is what brought them to UBC’s Faculty of Land and Food Systems as co-educators in dietetics, cooking, and food theory. So, when the pandemic forced them out of the classroom and into […]
Creating opportunities for students to access practical learning experiences
Postsecondary students in British Columbia will have access to as many as 3,000 new co-op and work integrated learning (WIL) opportunities in 2021-22, through a $5.5-million investment from BC’s Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Training to expand co-op and WIL programs. With a focus on bolstering placements affected by COVID-19, 46 projects across BC’s […]
Building a business analytics community to tackle real-world problems
Interactive business analytics content, right from the classroom — Dr. Harish Krishnan, professor of operations and logistics at UBC’s Sauder School of Business, saw an opportunity to use open resources to develop in-demand business analytics skills using ‘real-life’ business problems. The Analytics@Sauder hub allows students to develop in-demand analytical skills by interacting with business data […]