{"id":2085,"date":"2020-07-06T15:38:59","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T15:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/highlyskilledemployment\/?page_id=2085"},"modified":"2021-10-06T12:43:26","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T12:43:26","slug":"applied-professional-diploma","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/highlyskilledemployment\/applied-professional-diploma\/","title":{"rendered":"Applied Professional Diploma"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Staff Guide<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/highlyskilledemployment\/applied-professional-diploma\/apdip-staff-guide-2021-22-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2696\">Applied Professional Diploma &#8211; Staff Guide 2021\/22<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>What is an Applied Professional Diploma (in setting)?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>This is a new non-credit-bearing university award for all students who undertake a Sandwich placement as part of their degree which will align with the five work experience \u2018settings\u2019; Community | Industry | International | Research Consultancy | Enterprise. The Diploma will work simultaneously with a Sandwich placement and will give students further reward and recognition for the effort undertaken. It will provide the <em>threshold<\/em>\u00a0on which a sandwich placement is completed and provide clarity and consistency across Hallam of the requirement of students to pass the sandwich element of the course. It will do this through a consistent and clear structure, providing an opportunity for students to expand their applied learning and articulation of success through an impactful\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/highlyskilledemployment\/files\/2019\/09\/APDip-Synoptic-Portfolio.Exemplar.docx\"><strong>synoptic portfolio<\/strong><\/a>. During the year, students will receive regular touchpoints from Hallam and they will be able to access the support resources through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shu.ac.uk\/careers\">Careers and Employability<\/a> website and from their student support triangle.<\/p>\n<p>The Diploma is pass\/fail and for that reason is not aligned to any associated assessment regulations.\u00a0 When students complete the required number of weeks on placement for their Sandwich degree\u00a0<strong>and<\/strong>\u00a0submit a meaningful attempt at the associated synoptic portfolio then they will pass the Diploma and be awarded their Sandwich Degree. If a student does not complete the requirements of their Sandwich placement e.g. incomplete weeks and\/or does not submit a meaningful attempt of their synoptic portfolio then they do not pass the Diploma or the Sandwich element of their degree.<\/p>\n<p>Whether or not a particular placement will meet the learning outcomes of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shu.ac.uk\/student-placements\/applied-professional-diploma\"><strong>Applied Professional Diploma<\/strong><\/a> and the course are a matter for local interpretation. This is usually a case of checking\u00a0that the requirements of the placement role are sufficiently developmental (in your opinion), along with any course-specific requirements.<\/p>\n<p>The Academic Awards Framework and the relevant Course Descriptor found on the University\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/quality\/\"><strong>Academic Quality &amp; Standards site<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0are the two documents that define what constitutes a placement (extracted\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/highlyskilledemployment\/extract-from-academic-quality-standards\/\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>For specifics in relation to pre- and post-placement modules, please refer to the relevant Course Descriptor for the course.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/highlyskilledemployment\/sandwich-placements\/\">Back<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Guide Applied Professional Diploma &#8211; Staff Guide 2021\/22 What is an Applied Professional Diploma (in setting)? This is a new non-credit-bearing university award for all students who undertake a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11704,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2085","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PbsiV1-xD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1642,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/highlyskilledemployment\/curriculum-model\/level-5\/","url_meta":{"origin":2085,"position":0},"title":"Level 5","author":"James Coope","date":"June 3, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"ICfE > Open Day > Transition into HE > Level 4 > Level 5 > Level 6 > Level 7 >\u00a0Applied Learning > Career Readiness > Local Market Intelligence > Digital Skills for Employability > Enterprise\u00a0> Feedback Level 5 - Preparing Students for Short Placements and Sandwich Placements (APDip) What\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"Example screenshot of the Virtual Placement Resource homepage","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/highlyskilledemployment\/files\/2020\/07\/120Hours-1024x576.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1861,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/highlyskilledemployment\/how-sw-placements-work\/","url_meta":{"origin":2085,"position":1},"title":"How SW placements work","author":"Jack Davies","date":"June 29, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"How Sandwich placements work The sandwich placement is usually the third year of a 4-year undergraduate degree; and the second year of a 2-year postgraduate degree. 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