A programme of twice yearly one day seminars is being launched in April 2010 at Harper Adams University College. The series of Continuing Professional Development for academics, managers and administrators working with student placements will allow the sharing of good practice and develop a network of placement professionals.
Placement is taken to be any period of vocational experience, paid or unpaid, comprising a mandatory and/or assessed element of an academic course.
Tuesday 20th April
Launch of Land Based Placement Seminar Series
17.00 Registration and coffee
19.00 Drinks and canapés
19.45 Dinner
21.00 Harper Adams and the Development of Work Based Learning (WBL) Welcome
Key note speaker: Charles Cowap, Director of REEDNet
(Attendants at dinner will include seminar delegates, employers, tutors, placement co-ordinators and management from universities and Landex colleges, guests from industry and Harper Adams’ staff.)
Wednesday 21st April
09.30 Embedding placement/Work Based Learning across the curriculum
10.15 What are students expectations of their placements? And are they satisfied?
11.00 Coffee
11.20 Health and safety in agriculture, equine, countryside, forestry and other high risk sectors - legal and moral obligations, student briefing, visiting tutor obligations, risk assessment and management.
12.10 Overseas placements - legal, academic and pastoral obligations and issues.
13.00 Lunch
13.45 An employer’s perspective - what employers need from the placement office.
14.45 Trouble shooting - delegates’ own case studies and problems are requested to be forwarded prior to the Seminar allowing group discussion and the consideration of the facilitators - names are not required in the interests of confidentiality
16.00 Closing comments
16.15 Tea
To discuss the programme or any other elements of the April 2010 seminar please contact Kath Leigh by telephone on 01952 815277 or email kleigh@harper-adams.ac.uk
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