Work PlacementsExploring Marketing and Diversity

Issues

Lisa Ward

TQEF Project Manager

8th February, 2006

Baselines – Schools Involved in Sandwich Placements

Computing and Engineering HUBS Applied Sciences Art and Design Music and Humanities

– Music Technology

Baselines – Schools Involved in Integral (Professional) Placements

Human and Health Sciences Education and Professional Development

Short Placements Includes: History, Politics and Law.

Placement Take UpPlacement and Final Year Students Source 2004/05 ASIS Data

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Music andHumanities

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Percentage Placement Take Upby School

Approximate Placement Take Up Rates Source 2004/05 ASIS Data

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HUBS Computing andEngineering

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Applied Science Art and Deisgn Across SandwichDegrees

School of StudyNote: data may be skewed if high direct entry onto final year

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Percentage Placement Take Up of the Major Ethnic Groups

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Note: Less than one in three Asian background studentsenrolled on a sandwich degree do a placement.

Ethnic Backgrounds of Final Year Students on Sandwich Degrees

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20%

4% 3%

White

Asian

Other

Information Refused

Gender Comparisons

Placement Take Up by Selected Ethnic Group and Gender

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Asian BackgroundsPlacement Take Up Amongst Asian Background

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Asian Backgrounds

Asian Backgrounds of Final Year Students on Sandwich Degrees

53%

25%

16%

4% 2%

Asian or Asian British Pakistani

Asian or Asian British Indian

Chinese or other ethnicbackground

Asian or Asian BritishBangladeshi

Other Asian Background

Conclusions

Each School has its own approach to work placements. Most Schools have placement office(s). Academics lead the process in some schools, and support it in others.

Fewer than 50% of students enrolled on sandwich courses are taking a placement year.

Students from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely than white students to go on placement.

Anecdotal Evidence

Mobility– The majority of students want a placement within daily travelling distance

e.g. Yorkshire or Greater Manchester.– Placements abroad are taken by a small minority.– A substantial minority of students are not prepared to travel out of

Huddersfield

Availability– A few placements are exclusive to Huddersfield, most are in competition

with other Universities.– For students with business or generic skills there are more placements

than students.– Specialist courses struggle to find placements e.g. Music technology.– Students can be ‘picky’ about placements.

DISABILITYAND

PLACEMENTS

Placement Take Up

No Disability Disability

Placement - Yes Placement - No

Overall placement take up is consistent

Placements and Disabilities

Dsylexia

Blind / Partially Sighted

Deaf / Hearing Impairment

Wheelchair user / mobilitydif f icultyMental Health Dif f iculty

Unseen disability e.g.diabetes, epilepsyMultiple Disabilities

Other Disability

Placement - NoPlacement - Yes

•Similar numbers of students have dyslexia. •Only students with certain disabilities took placements in the sample year.•Note: relatively small sample.