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Peer-Learning To Employable: Learnings From An Evaluation Of Pass Attendee And Facilitator Perceptions Of Employability At Western Sydney University, Robert A. Carr Phd, Kylie Evans-Locke Phd, Hanan Abu-Saif, Renee Boucher, Karen Douglas

Journal of Peer Learning

This study examines student experiences of Peer Assisted Study Sessions (PASS) at Western Sydney University (WSU), investigating attendee and facilitator perceptions of the relationship between peer-learning and employability. It defers to contemporary higher education scholarship and related sector definitions of employability as an objective criteria for evaluating outcomes which may result from student experiences with PASS. This investigation observes the extent to which such definitions are evident in the skills and attributes students have acquired via their participation in PASS through both quantitative and qualitative research. Quantitative and qualitative data was collected across two consecutive semesters at WSU (Autumn and …