DEVELOPING SMALL-SCALE WORK PLACEMENTS IN THE SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? June Balshaw and Peter Jones PLT Symposium, 6 th June 2007.

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DEVELOPING SMALL-SCALE WORK PLACEMENTS IN THE SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? June Balshaw and Peter Jones PLT Symposium, 6 th June 2007

SMALL-SCALE WORK PLACEMENTS IN THE SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES Aims of today’s session Employability and the School of Humanities University and QAA perspectives

SMALL-SCALE WORK PLACEMENTS IN THE SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES Aims of the current project Main project activities What has been achieved? Plan for today’s session

SMALL-SCALE WORK PLACEMENTS IN THE SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES: ACADEMIC / CURRICULUM CONSIDERATIONS Undergraduate and postgraduate work placements At what level/s should placements be offered? Curriculum models – e.g. 30 credit course, sandwich year, Summer University How many days should be spent in the placement? How can we ensure academic relevance? Is ‘dissertation or work placement’ an appropriate curriculum model?

SMALL-SCALE WORK PLACEMENTS IN THE SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES: IDENTIFYING PLACEMENT OPPORTUNITIES What kinds of placements do and don’t work? Can the University be a placement provider? The role of alumni Vetting companies – whose responsibility and what criteria?

SMALL-SCALE WORK PLACEMENTS IN THE SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES: MATCHING STUDENTS WITH PLACEMENT OPPORTUNITIES What kinds of placements for what kinds of students? How do we cater for students with disabilities? What application/selection criteria and process?

SMALL-SCALE WORK PLACEMENTS IN THE SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES: STUDENT SUPPORT AND ASSESSMENT CONSIDERATIONS How should we prepare students? What models of supervision are appropriate? What models of assessment are appropriate? How to ensure academic relevance in the assessment?

SMALL-SCALE WORK PLACEMENTS IN THE SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES: ADMINISTRATIVE / DELIVERY CONSIDERATIONS Roles and relationships: University – school – discipline – placement provider – student? What kinds of administrative support are needed? What kinds of record keeping are required? How much academic and administrative staff time is needed? How to avoid problems and what if things go wrong? How should work placements be evaluated/quality assured?