Placements Administration, Placements Learning and the P3 Project

CIePD, University of Nottingham

Start time: 3pm and will be recorded.

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How the session will work: audio

• Only use your microphone when guided by a moderator• To ask a question,

– Raise your virtual hand – When invited to, click on the TALK button in AUDIO and VIDEO box to

speak, click again/off when finished speaking – to prevent echo– Or, type your question into the chat box and the moderators will ask it

for you• When asked to respond to poll, use the tick/cross to indicate ‘yes’ or ‘no’• Feel free to use the emoticons available

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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

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

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H I s t

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University Drivers

Sailing the stormy seas of...

Efficiency

Student Experience

Employability

Business Engagement

hergé

SAMSON 2009-2011

Workforce development and lifelong learning: Data sharing/communication between student, employee, academic and business

ESCAPES 2011-2012

Relationship Management ‘blueprinting the Placement Experience, improving processes for better student experience'

SHED 2011-2012

Learning and Teaching Innovation: ‘student/employer matching’ - Unlocking institutional data for knowledge exchange

4 JISC funded projects 2009 - 2013

P3 2012-2013

Embedding Benefits: ‘Packaging the Placements portal' for the wider sector

Personal

Administration

Careers and work

Course Data – XCRI

Admissions

Student Lifecycle

Placements

Learning +

teaching

ePortfolio, Placements, Skills and

Competences, tutoring, personalised

learning, recording achievement

Information, Advice +

Guidance,

Showcase/engage

employers, Open Data,

Alumni

Institution

Lifelong / wide learning

Tran

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Community

• Pre-application• Application• Pre-registration• Registration• Induction• Teaching and learning processes• Placements• Pastoral care• Employability and careers services• Graduation• Alumni processes• Marketing

Student

Lifecycle

Relationship

Management

ESCAPES

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 …

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Achieved through...

http://mahara.nottingham.ac.uk

AND

Nottingham Postgraduate Placements

notts-pg-placements.co.uk

Placement Discovery and Management

to support:

ERDF Postgraduate Placements project run by the University of Nottingham’s Graduate School.

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

The PlacementsPortal

notts-pg-placements.co.uk

Kerry Wright, Graduate SchoolPlacements Manager, Graduate School

• Life before the Portal• Administrative and recruitment benefits• Marketing to postgraduates• Understanding the market

Judith Wayte, Biosciences Placements Manager

Using the Mahara ePortfolio to support students seeking and undertaking Placements in Biosciences

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Example 1: Placement learning in Nottingham

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School of Biosciences

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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

Student-centred e-Portfolio: Placement lifecycle information and activity in one place

Careers/employability learning embedded throughout the lifecycle

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Support and information pages

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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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Placement page – about – used to communication with learning community about placement and

research

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During placement – weekly reports shared with supervisor, placements coordinator and in some

cases, employer

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Threaded feedback on student ‘placement ‘page’

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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Features

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Placement Opportunity detail available to anyone with a University of Nottingham

login who have registered with their details.

Available also as an RSS feed

Questions?

Please ‘raise your hand’ or type into the Chat room

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Thank You

CIePD, Libraries & Research and Learning Resources

University of Nottingham

www.nottingham.ac.uk/ciepd