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Improving the work placement year
Tuesday 18th December 2007
University of Leeds, Parkinson Building
This one-day event included a mixture of presentations, opportunities for discussion and a swapshop element to allow individuals to share and hear experiences of setting up, managing and assessing work placements. An academic, an employer and a student all spoke about their experiences of work placements. There was also a hands-on session exploring how web 2.0 technologies can be used to help monitor and assess students on placement.
Programme
| 10.00 |
Registration; Tea and Coffee |
| 10.20 |
Welcome and Introduction to the day |
| 10.30 |
Issues around student placements - Academic view point
Ian Hughes, Centre for Bioscience and University of Leeds |
| 10.50 |
Issues around student placements - Employer view point
Louise and Christine, Covance |
| 11.20 |
Refreshments |
| 11.35 |
Issues around student placements - Student view point
Lucy Williams, Placement student at GSK 2006-2007
Read Lucy's case study on her placement experience |
| 12.05 |
Activity - Preparing students for placement
Anna Worsley, Work Based Learning Centre, University of Leeds |
| 12.35 |
Lunch |
| 13.25 |
Web 2.0 technologies for monitoring and assessing placements
This will start with a brief introduction, followed by a hands-on session and discussion.
Theresa Beattie and Kevin Wright, JISC Regional Support Centre |
| 14.45 |
Refreshments |
| 15.00 |
Swapshop - Setting up and running good placements
- How to entice students and employers to work placements, Gillian Fraser, University of Reading
- Placements at Askham Bryan, Karen Hustler, Askham Bryan College
- Assessing Student Placements, Roger Barraclough, University of Liverpool
- Learning outcomes for work placement, Karen King, Institute of Agri-food and Land Use
- Supporting Placement Learning through a Virtual Learning Environment, Chris Seal, Newcastle University
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| 16.00 |
Reflections and Close |
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Summary of the day
Resource list (included in delegate packs)
Work Placement Audit (included in delegate packs)
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