Resumen de Responding to changes in workplace demands and learning styles: Challenges and benefits of work- integrated learning for student development in higher education

Pierre Failler, Irina Lokhtina, Andrea Galimberti, Elzbieta Sanojca

• The aim of this presentation was to build and expand on a multiple-case study research conducted collaboratively byfour convenors of the ESREA “Workplace Life and Learning” network in 2021. The research was designed as an opportunity forthe contributors to examine and contrast their approaches for enhancing employability capabilities of students. The three keythemes were discussed: (1) Work-integrated learning (WIL) and the development of identity, (2) WIL and the process ofreflection, (3) WIL and transfer of learning.