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ICfE<\/a> > <\/a>Open Day<\/a> > <\/a>Transition into HE<\/a> > <\/a>Level 4<\/a> > <\/a>Level 5 > <\/a>Level 6<\/a> > <\/a>Level 7<\/a> >\u00a0<\/a>Applied Learning<\/a> > <\/a>Career Readiness<\/a> > <\/a>Local Market Intelligence<\/a> > <\/a>Digital Skills for Employability<\/a> > <\/a>Enterprise<\/a>\u00a0> Feedback<\/a><\/p>\n

Level 5 – Preparing Students for Short Placements and Sandwich Placements (APDip)<\/h2>\n

What is a Short Placement?<\/h3>\n

A \u2018short work experience\u2019 is something that forms part of a work experience module and they typically include a period of work experience which lasts between 120-240 hours (or thereabouts), depending on how much academic credit the module is worth. They are formally assessed and graded, with the key feature being that students apply their learning in a real-world context during a short period of work experience.<\/p>\n

What is a Sandwich Placement?<\/h3>\n

The formal requirements across the University are for your placement year to be a minimum of 24 weeks long (doing at least 30 hours per week on average) for it to qualify as a \u2018sandwich placement\u2019 or \u2018year in industry\u2019. This is split into multiple placements.\u00a0 During the sandwich placement, students’ will also complete an Applied Professional Diploma giving them additional reward and recognition for their effort. This also includes students undertaking Work for yourself<\/a> sandwich year placements. Visit the Applied Professional Diploma<\/a> page for more information.<\/p>\n

Download the Sandwich Placement and Applied Professional Diploma (APDIP) How To Guide.<\/a><\/p>\n

Introduction<\/h3>\n

httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Z7PAsTgrOok&feature=youtu.be<\/p>\n

This page provides activities that can be used by course teams to shape the curriculum delivery of their L5 H.S.E module, which aims to prepare students for their short placement and sandwich placement.\u00a0 The short placement is where students experience real-world performance and professional practice, delve into and relate self to the wider world and get the opportunity to use digital applications in a professional context.<\/p>\n

It is possible that level 5 is the first time that your students have had external engagement with an employer that is linked specifically to their subject-discipline. Therefore, it is suggested that you contextualise the activities to your discipline subject, we have provided some examples of this.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll also find in this section of the ICfE site practical advice<\/strong> on potential health & safety and safe-guarding implications you and your students may need to address when setting up short placements and sandwich placements. As experts from the areas of Careers, Applied Learning, Enterprise <\/span>and Digital Skills for employability, we hope that the activities we offer on this page help you in preparing your students for their short placement. Please let us know via email (C.E.Myers@shu.ac.uk<\/a> ) how the activities have worked in practice and any comments from you and your students would be most welcome.\u00a0 We also invite you to send us examples of your practice for this site, so we can share best practice across Sheffield Hallam.<\/p>\n

Milestones for Level 5<\/h3>\n

More information coming soon.<\/p>\n

Learning Activities for <\/strong>Curriculum Delivery<\/strong><\/h3>\n

We, as a team of practitioners working with your students in Careers, on Live Projects, in the Enterprise i-Lab and with Digital Skills for Employability have compiled some learning activities that we think would help in the preparation for short placements and sandwich placements. We\u2019ll add more learning activities over the coming months and years. We hope that we\u2019ll be able to co-create and deliver learning activities with you in your learning environments. We are always on hand to offer our support.<\/p>\n

Access the learning activities via the links below:<\/p>\n