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Work PlacementOverview, Statistics, Podcasts
and Design Competition
Lisa Ward
10th October, 2007
ADA Networks
TQEF Project: Student Employability and Good Practice in Placement Provision
Work Placements
Section One
Introduction
Section Two
Background Statistics
Section Three
Placement Podcasts
Section Four
Extra Mile Awards - Design Competition
TQEF Project: Student Employability and Good Practice in Placement Provision
Section One
Introduction
TQEF Project: Student Employability and Good Practice in Placement Provision
Lisa Ward - Kodak
• Wanted to work in Operational Research• Students who got jobs were the ‘good talkers’• Disillusioned after second year• Stereotypes of manufacturing• Statistics work• Expanded career opportunities• Added Bonus
TQEF Project: Student Employability and Good Practice in Placement Provision
Lisa Ward - Glaxo
• Competed with other students
• Apply knowledge
• Interest in people management
• Placements made a big difference to my career
• Also made a big difference to my education – Barclay’s Bank
TQEF Project: Student Employability and Good Practice in Placement Provision
Section Two
Placement
Statistics
TQEF Project: Student Employability and Good Practice in Placement Provision
Sandwich Degrees
Take up of sandwich degrees for those
registered is only around 50%
TQEF Project: Student Employability and Good Practice in Placement Provision
Placement Take Up Trends
• UK wide trend for decrease in sandwich placement take up, confirmed anecdotally by other universities
• Decrease since 1990s• Why?
– The research base is inconclusive – lots of competing factors
• More students living at home?• Greater financial pressure?• Peer Pressure?
TQEF Project: Student Employability and Good Practice in Placement Provision
Initial Research (2006) - Highlights
Do students who do sandwich degrees get betterDegrees?
Jobs? Salaries?
Students from University of Huddersfield who graduated in 2004, six months after graduation (DLHE). Registered on a sandwich degree (approximately 2000 students). Comparison:
– Studied over four years with one year sandwich placement – Studied full-time over three years
TQEF Project: Student Employability and Good Practice in Placement Provision
Six Months After Graduation – Employment Statistics
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In our survey year 14% more graduates were in work who had done a sandwich placement.
TQEF Project: Student Employability and Good Practice in Placement Provision
Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Classifications
1. Managers and Senior Officials2. Professional Occupations3. Associate Professional and Technical
Occupations4. Administrative and Secretarial Occupations5. Skilled Trades Occupations6. Personal Services Occupations7. Sales and Customer Service Occupations8. Process, Plant and Machine Operatives9. Elementary Occupations
TQEF Project: Student Employability and Good Practice in Placement Provision
All Sandwich DegreesJobs Six Months After Graduation
18%
15%
67%
Managers, SeniorOfficials andProfessionals
Associate Professionaland TechnicalOccupations
Other Job, DoingSomething Else orLooking for Work
24%
29%
47%
Placement -Yes Placement - No
TQEF Project: Student Employability and Good Practice in Placement Provision
Art, Design and Architecture Graduates Jobs Six Months After Graduation
12%
37%
51%
16%
18%
66%
Managers, SeniorOfficials andProfessionals
Associate Professionaland TechnicalOccupations
Other Job, DoingSomething Else orLooking for W ork
•Improved chance of getting an Assoc. Professional or Tech•Often typical ‘graduate’ jobs for ADA Graduates.•Other jobs: Customer Service ahead of admin. and sec.
Placement - Yes Placement - No
TQEF Project: Student Employability and Good Practice in Placement Provision
Graduate Salaries by Occupation GroupingPlacement Taken (Yes or No)
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Art, Design and Architecture Graduate Salaries
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TQEF Project: Student Employability and Good Practice in Placement Provision
First Class and Upper Second Class Degrees
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TQEF Project: Student Employability and Good Practice in Placement Provision
Summary
In our survey students who did placements tended to get:
– Better degrees – Better jobs– Better salaries
BUTWe can not link this directly and say this is solely because of placements. However placement tutors often say that students come back:
– More mature– Ready to learn– Improved context for academic learning– More determined to do well and get a good job
TQEF Project: Student Employability and Good Practice in Placement Provision
Section Three
Placement Podcasts
TQEF Project: Student Employability and Good Practice in Placement Provision
Introduction to Podcasts
• Persuade students to consider taking up a placement.
• DVD (take home today)
• Plan to host on University Website
• Next phase 12 students on sandwich placement year with employers and tutors.
TQEF Project: Student Employability and Good Practice in Placement Provision
Placement Podcasts: Our Film
TQEF Project: Student Employability and Good Practice in Placement Provision
Placement Podcasts: Film for Mobile Device
TQEF Project: Student Employability and Good Practice in Placement Provision
Placement Podcasts: Website
TQEF Project: Student Employability and Good Practice in Placement Provision
Section Four
Extra Mile AwardsStudent Design
Competition
TQEF Project: Student Employability and Good Practice in Placement Provision
Extra Mile Winners 2006
TQEF Project: Student Employability and Good Practice in Placement Provision
• Started in 2006
• Teaching Quality Enhancement Fund Sponsored.
• Nominated entirely by students
• For staff members who have gone ‘the extra mile’ to ensure a positive student experience.
Extra Mile Awards 2007
TQEF Project: Student Employability and Good Practice in Placement Provision
From concept to final piece, produce a unique award/trophy or artwork as an Extra Mile Award prize
• To design and produce an individual prize
• Presented to one of the top prize winners.
• Needs to be non gender or age specific, and should be culturally sensitive.
Student Competition
TQEF Project: Student Employability and Good Practice in Placement Provision
What Skills Will You Gain?
Employability Skills Demonstrated• Problem solving• Concept development • Self promotion• Pitching to a ‘real world’ panel• Time and self management skills• Costing & budget management• Application and development of design
and creative skills
TQEF Project: Student Employability and Good Practice in Placement Provision
Launch – 10th OctoberArt and Design Network Event
• You are invited to submit a proposal by 12 noon on Friday 26th October
• An A4 image or sketch of the proposed award
• Accompanying rationale (max 60 words)
• Cost estimates
• How and where the item will be made.
TQEF Project: Student Employability and Good Practice in Placement Provision
Pitch to Client Panel – 31st October, ADA Placement Conference
Up to 12 students will be selected to pitch to a client panel. All students selected to pitch will be rewarded with a £20 Calder Graphics voucher*
PitchEach student will be allocated up to 5 minutes
to pitch their ideas to the panel. Project costing and production schedule need to be discussed. A portfolio can be left with the panel.
TQEF Project: Student Employability and Good Practice in Placement Provision
Prizes and Commissioning
1st Prize: £150, 2nd Prize: £100, 3rd Prize: £50Calder Graphics Voucher* * Or similar
Commissioning• The panel will select three finalists to be commissioned
to produce their award. The panel will allocate funding for design and production costs.
• Commissioned pieces must be delivered by 30th November, 2007
• The judges will decide on the order of final prize winners once completed pieces have been delivered.
• The judges’ decision is final. • Good luck!
TQEF Project: Student Employability and Good Practice in Placement Provision
Timescales and Criteria
TimescalesLaunch: Wed 10 OctoberProposal Deadline: Fri 26 Oct Notification to pitch: Mon 29 OctPitch to Client Panel: Wed 31 OctCommission notification: Fri 2 NovCompletion and hand in: Fri 30 Nov
Awards will be presented to staff by the University Vice Chancellor Professor Bob Cryan and Pro-vice Chancellor Professor Sue Frost at the Extra Mile Awards dinner on Wed 5 Dec 2007
Commissioned students will be awarded their prizes of Calder Graphics vouchers* following submission of their completed pieces.
TQEF Project: Student Employability and Good Practice in Placement Provision
Designs Must Be
• Producible in the given time scales • Non gender or age specific• Culturally sensitive• Costed accurately• Appropriate to the end outcome, consideration should
be given to – Weight, – size, – robustness
• Submit proposals to: Tracy Lannon, R2/1 or Email [email protected]. Successful students requested to pitch will hear from the panel by 5pm on Monday 29th October
TQEF Project: Student Employability and Good Practice in Placement Provision
Contact Details
Lisa Ward
TQEF Work Placement and Project Manager
01484 473085