National guidelines and links to good practice

Formal Guidelines:

QAA Section 9: This outlines key responsibilities, gives information support and guidance  for your students and partners, and covers staff development, monitoring and evaluation

http://www.qaa.ac.uk/academicinfrastructure/codeofpractice/section9/default.asp

QAA Scotland- Making It Work: This 2010 guidebook explores work-based learning in Scottish Higher Education, covering strategic issues, curriculum design and implementation and tools to enhance work-based learning

http://www.qaa.ac.uk/scotland/WBL/Guidebook/documents/WBL_Guidelines.pdf

ASET Code of Practice: Sets out good practice guidelines for institutions, students and employers before, during and after placement

http://www.asetonline.org/documents/ASETCodeofPractice-Version2.1_000.pdf

NHS Education for Scotland Guidelines

The latest guidance from NES on how to manage clinical placements

http://www.nes.scot.nhs.uk/disciplines/nursing-and-midwifery/practice-education/quality-standards-for-practice-placements

Documents and Templates:

NHS Education for Scotland Audit Tool for Placements:

the tool is one of a number of resources which can help practitioners to evidence the quality of the learning environment which supports all education in practice.

http://www.nes.scot.nhs.uk/media/50777/qspp%20audit%20tool%20interactive%20fieldsv2.pdf

Other National Sites

National Centre for Work Experience

http://www.work-experience.org/ncwe.rd/index.jsp

ASET

http://www.asetonline.org/advice.htm#cop

Skillset - Work Placement Guidelines for Employers  

http://www.skillset.org/companies/your_staff/placements/

University Work Experience Sites

http://www.work-experience.org/ncwe.rd/about_424.jsp 

(A list of Scottish HE and FE institutions offering work experience, placements and job shops)

Sources of Placement and Work Experience Vacancies

Vacancies & Events

Edinburgh Napier’s own vacancy site

http://www.nap.prospects.ac.uk/casa/servlet/casa.jobseeker.JSVacServlet?mode=menu

Prospects

The UK’s official graduate careers website

http://www.prospects.ac.uk/work_experience.htm

Target

The largest graduate careers publisher in Europe

http://targetjobs.co.uk/work-experience

Rate My Placement

Helpfully categorises placement opportunities by duration

http://www.ratemyplacement.co.uk/

Gradcracker

Opportunities aimed at Engineering students

http://www.gradcracker.com/engineering-work-placements

Work-based Learning Maturity Toolkit

http://wbltoolkit.pbworks.com/w/page/35396849/Home%20page%20-%20WBL%20Maturity%20Toolkit

This page hosts key documents and links to updated national policies and guidelines. If you work with any other guidelines, why not share them? Just email s.mclellan@napier.ac.uk for details