Information for placement partners

Placement experiences  are a vital factor in promoting understanding and development of professional craft knowledge. They help students become fit for practice, fit for purpose and fit for award by the time they complete their programme.

Placements constitute 50% of each Nursing student's programme and 60% of each Midwifery student's programme.

Each placement provides students with educational opportunities to develop their professional craft knowledge through:

• observing good practice
• engaging in good practice alongside a mentor and other practitioners
• practising under the more distant supervision of a mentor or other practitioner.

Students also have time to investigate their practice, to study their patients/clients and their carers, to discuss their learning with experienced colleagues and to formulate and reformulate their understanding through writing, discussion and reading.

• Student Placement Approval (NMC Educational audit form)

Practice Assessment Documents

Practice Assessment Documents (PAD/ePAD) for Nursing are available from the Pan London Practice Learning Group (PLPLG)

We recommend that if you are part of a service outside of Greater London (i.e. Sussex, Surrey, Hertfordshire, Kent etc.) you liaise with us directly as to which cohort has students in your area.

• We currently require BSc1 summer block placements for Peads and Adults
• We have received sufficient offers for MSc2, BSc3 and BSc2.

Placement information (Teaching and Assessment) 2021-22

How to make a placement offer

Please download the offers template and return it to the clinical placements team at clinicalplacements@city.ac.uk.

Please complete and return the offer template by or before Monday 14th March 5pm.

This will allow us the necessary time to process all the placements and to organise IT access for you prior to the placement commencing.

City, University of London, Department of Radiography works in partnership with each of the following Hospitals:

We aim to enhance the student experience, by equipping our students with the tools required to bridge the gap between education and employment.

• Source internships and placements
• Educate about employability
• Professional Development planning
• Enrich programme content with industry input
• Organise specialist events
• Connect academia with industry.

There are many advantages of recruiting a placement student or intern from City. We provide comprehensive guidelines and additional support throughout the placement process from conception to completion.

Placements are fixed term and there is no requirement for you to offer work extending past this period. Placement students and interns offer a valuable resource for a fraction of the cost of a graduate.

Our students will bring high level technical skills, knowledge, enthusiasm, objectivity and new ideas to your organisation. Hiring a student will allow you to build stronger, mutually beneficial links with academia and the world class research at City, University of London.

• Support from the PLU
• No long term obligation
• Cost effective
• Complete specific project work
• Build links with academia
• Objectivity, creativity and new ideas.

We offer a number of pathways in which a student can undertake some form of work-based learning.

• One-year sandwich placements – All undergraduates are encouraged to complete a one-year placement or summer internship as part of their course
• Professional Pathway Scheme - Unique to City, this initiative allows an undergraduate to work for up to four days a week whilst completing their degree
• Postgraduate internship scheme - Postgraduate students are encouraged to complete an internship as part of their dissertation.

The PLU is always keen to hear from employers that are interested in discussing alternative pathways for students to undertake professional experience, including opportunities for project work.

The PLU supports students and employers throughout the placement to make sure that both parties are benefiting effectively from the experience. We provide comprehensive guidelines and additional support throughout the placement process from conception to completion.

Each placement student is assigned a work-based learning advisor (WLA) who will provide assistance throughout the duration of the placement by visiting the workplace and ensuring that both the student and placement provider are meeting the pre-agreed deliverables.