1. Placements Administration, Placements Learning and the P3 Project
CIePD, University of Nottingham

2. How the session will work: audio
Only use your microphone when guided by a moderator
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Ruth

3. Schedule
3:00 Introduction/Webinar Etiquette 3:10 The Placements Portal 3:25 Q&A 3:30 Using Mahara to support placements 3:45 Q&A 3:50 The P3 Project 4:00 Close

4. Who are we?
University of Nottingham Kirstie Coolin, Head of the CIePD Mike Leam, CIePD Application Developer Carina Neil, CIePD Administrator Kerry Wright, Placements Manager, Graduate School Judith Wayte, Placements Manager, Biosciences Jisc Ruth Drysdale, Programme Manager Embedding Benefits

5. H I s t o r y http://www.argenweb.net/crawford/mil-civil-war.htm
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6. Sailing the stormy seas of...
hergé
University Drivers
Sailing the stormy seas of...
Employability
Efficiency
Student Experience
Business Engagement

7. 4 JISC funded projects 2009 - 2013 SAMSON 2009-2011 ESCAPES 2011-2012
Workforce development and lifelong learning: Data sharing/communication between student, employee, academic and business
ESCAPES
Relationship Management ‘blueprinting the Placement Experience, improving processes for better student experience'
SHED
Learning and Teaching Innovation: ‘student/employer matching’ - Unlocking institutional data for knowledge exchange P
Embedding Benefits: ‘Packaging the Placements portal' for the wider sector

8. Transition and Progression
Administration
Course Data – XCRI
Admissions
Student Lifecycle
Placements
Learning + teaching
Institution
ePortfolio, Placements, Skills and Competences, tutoring, personalised learning, recording achievement
Transition and Progression
Personal
Careers and work
Lifelong / wide learning
Community
Information, Advice + Guidance, Showcase/engage employers, Open Data, Alumni

9. Student Lifecycle Relationship Management ESCAPES Pre-application
Pre-registration
Registration
Induction
Teaching and learning processes
Placements
Pastoral care
Employability and careers services
Graduation
Alumni processes
Marketing
ESCAPES

10. Addressing placement experiences from a student point of view
Issue
Academic staff
Administration / central services
Student
Employers
Administration
Communication √
Tracking
Publicising
Learning
Feedback
Assessment
Skills and employability
… others …

11. Achieved through...
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12. Nottingham Postgraduate Placements Placement Discovery and Management
notts-pg-placements.co.uk
Placement Discovery and Management
to support: ERDF Postgraduate Placements project run by the University of Nottingham’s Graduate School.

13. The Placements Portal
We developed the Placements Portal in 2010 to streamline administration for postgraduate placements into SMEs for a Nottingham ERDF project. It was: - Jisc-funded, initially SAMSON and ESCAPES projects
Developed to support ERDF postgraduate placements
Lightweight, web-based

14. The Placements Portal notts-pg-placements.co.uk

15. Kerry Wright, Graduate School Placements Manager, Graduate School
Life before the Portal
Administrative and recruitment benefits
Marketing to postgraduates
Understanding the market
Kerry is going to tell us about why she helped us develop it,

16. Judith Wayte, Biosciences Placements Manager
Using the Mahara ePortfolio to support students seeking and undertaking Placements in Biosciences
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17. Example 1: Placement learning in Nottingham
School of Biosciences
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18. Student-centred e-Portfolio: Placement lifecycle information and activity in one place
Placement journey
Before
Researching employers and sectors, application, letters, support
During
Recording skills/ relation of placement to course, journal, feedback (staff/employers), communication, support and encouragement
After
Reflection, showcase, resume, career information
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Careers/employability learning embedded throughout the lifecycle
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19. Support and information pages
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21. Student placement page
Student placement page. She has also created a page about the social side of student life with other interns in the company.
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22. Placement page – about – used to communication with learning community about placement and research
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23. During placement – weekly reports shared with supervisor, placements coordinator and in some cases, employer
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24. Threaded feedback on student ‘placement ‘page’
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25. The P3 Project Jisc Embedding Benefits Programme
Aims to transfer benefits from SAMSON and ESCAPES projects into other institutions
Listen to the wider sector and placements professionals in other contexts
Improve the Placements Portal software
Work towards a sharable Open Source product
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26. Features
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27. Available also as an RSS feed
Placement Opportunity detail available to anyone with a University of Nottingham login who have registered with their details.
Available also as an RSS feed
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28. Questions?
Please ‘raise your hand’ or type into the Chat room
Thank You CIePD, Libraries & Research and Learning Resources University of Nottingham
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