Delivering a Work-Based Learning Degree Programme in Software Engineering: Lessons from Practice

References from my Computing Education Practice in Pakistan (PkCEP) talk on 26 July 2025.

Andrei, O., Barr, M., Nabi, S. W., & Morrison, A. (2025). Understanding Skill Transfer Between University and Workplace Through Reflective Practice: A Software Engineering Work-Based Learning Experience. Proceedings of the 30th ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education V. 1, 368–374. https://doi.org/10.1145/3724363.3729119

Barr, M., Andrei, O., & Kallia, M. (2023). Widening Access to Higher Education through Degree-level Apprenticeships in Software Engineering. 2023 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE58773.2023.10343199

Barr, M., Andrei, O., Morrison, A., & Nabi, S. W. (2024). The Development of Students’ Professional Competencies on a Work-Based Software Engineering Program. Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 1, 81–87. https://doi.org/10.1145/3626252.3630944

Barr, M., & Nabi, S. W. (2022). The Development of Students’ Employability Skills on a Work-Based Software Engineering Degree Programme. 2022 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE56618.2022.9962611

Barr, M., Nabi, S. W., & Andrei, O. (2025). The Development of Reflective Practice on a Work-Based Software Engineering Program: A Longitudinal Study. 53–61. https://doi.org/10.1109/CSEET66350.2025.00012

Barr, M., & Parkinson, J. (2019). Developing a Work-based Software Engineering Degree in Collaboration with Industry. Proceedings of the 1st UK & Ireland Computing Education Research Conference, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1145/3351287.3351292

Smith, S., Fabian, K., Taylor-Smith, E., Barr, M., Berg, T., Bratton, A., Kolberg, M., Paterson, J., & Zarb, M. (2025). ‘They gave me an opportunity, and I took it’: Motivations and concerns of adult apprentices. Journal of Vocational Education & Training, 77(2), 465–483. https://doi.org/10.1080/13636820.2023.2255576

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