Placements Administration, Placements Learning and the P3 Project

CIePD, University of Nottingham

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

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Ruth Drysdale, Programme Manager Embedding Benefits

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University Drivers

Sailing the stormy seas of...

Employability Student Experience Business Engagement

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Efficiency

4 JISC funded projects 2009 - 2013

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

P3 2012-2013 Embedding Benefits:

‘Packaging the Placements portal' for the wider sector

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

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

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 … √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √

Achieved through...

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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 Placements Portal

notts-pg-placements.co.uk

Kerry Wright, Graduate School Placements Manager, Graduate School

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

Judith Wayte, Biosciences Placements Manager

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Example 1: Placement learning in Nottingham

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

Placement journey

During Before

Researching employers and sectors, application, letters, support Recording skills/ relation of placement to course, journal, feedback (staff/employers), communication, support and encouragement

After

Reflection, showcase, resume, career information 5/1/2020 Event Name and Venue Careers/employability learning embedded throughout the lifecycle 18

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’

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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 http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/ciepd/projects/current 5/1/2020 projects/placement-portal-package-p3/p3.aspx

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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.

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Questions?

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

Thank You

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