Making the Most of Your Placement
- John Neugebauer - University of the West of England, UK
- Jane Evans-Brain - Independent Consultant
SAGE Study Skills Series
"An invaluable resource to help students think about what they want to gain from their placement and prepare for interview. Covering issues of pay to working abroad and learning from placements, its all here under one cover."
- Heather Collier, Director, National Council for Work Experience
This study guide is an invaluable resource for any student doing a work placement as part of their degree. The text provides practical and thorough advice to help students select, prepare, and navigate through their first experience of organizational life.
Key Features
- Covers every step of the work placement process; from planning, making contact, interviewing and assessment, through to work skills and reflective learning and how to make the most of the placement experience and the opportunities it presents for future careers
- Includes short testimonials in each chapter from students who have done placement years, offering experiences and advice
- Provides checklists to help students cover every consideration for commencing on their placement
- Offers an extensive list of helpful websites and contacts, as well as further reading suggestions
An essential source of support and guidance for undergraduate students doing work placements or internships as part of their degree course.
Supplements
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Recommended text for all our BA students and also suggested for MA students. Very good overall coverage of areas. Fine '1 text' book for this subject.
An excellent guide and invaluable resource for students in all aspects of planning for a placement and how to make it successful. An invaluable resource to help students with their placement assessment and writing up their research and portfolio.
Not sure why this is down for CDA but using it as the sole text for professional media placements...
A very useful text that supports the process and practice of placements for sports students ensuring they maximise the learning potential of work based placements
The text does not relate to clinical placements and is therefore not relevant to the field of nursing