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Citation reference: Harvey, L., 2004-24, Analytic Quality Glossary, Quality Research International, http://www.qualityresearchinternational.com/glossary/
This is a dynamic glossary and the author would welcome any e-mail suggestions for additions or amendments.
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Sandwich
A sandwich programme is one that has a significant period of work experience built into it such that the programme is extended beyond the normal length of similar programmes without the sandwich element.
In some countries, the work placement part of the sandwich programme is referred to as co-operative study, co-operative education or internship.
Sandwich programmes are of two-types. Thick-sandwich programmes have one long placement period (usually an academic or a calendar year). Thin-sandwich programmes are usually linked to professional practice and involve several shorter periods of placement in a professional setting interspersed with periods of academic study. This is usual in teacher training, nursing, medicine, social work and similar areas that require overt demonstration of skills and competences.
The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) (undated) defines:
Sandwich: A course of study which includes periods of practical work in organisations outside the university or college.
This changed to the following in the version accessed 31 December 2016:
A course of study which includes periods of work experience in organisations outside the university or college.
The UK Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) (undated) defines:
Sandwich course: A programme of study that includes a significant time - normally a year - spent studying away from the university or college (typically in a work-based setting).
The Higher Education Authority of Ireland defines:
Sandwich Course: A course in which periods of study in an educational institution alternate with periods of practical experience in an appropriate work situation in industry, commerce or a profession. (HEA, 2004)
Sandwich courses are designed, in part, to aid student's employability.
Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA), undated, Glossary, available at http://www.qaa.ac.uk/about-us/glossary?Category=S, accessed 10 January 2017, not available 15 May 2022.