Creating a high-quality industry placement: planning meaningful activities and experiences

Plan a placement that works for your team and gives students meaningful experience.

Bring tasks, supervision and feedback together in a clear plan, from the first day to the final review.

How do you turn the offer of a placement into a coherent workplace experience? This webinar will explore how employers can plan a placement from preparation and induction through to activities, feedback and review. The focus is on connecting meaningful work with student learning while keeping the plan manageable for the team.

What delegates will gain:

• A framework for planning the whole placement.
• Ideas for sequencing activities and increasing responsibility.
• Questions to agree with the provider before the start.
• Approaches to building feedback and review into the plan.

Key benefits / reasons to attend

• Give your team a clear plan before the placement starts.
• Organise useful tasks that build students’ experience over time.
• Make supervision and feedback manageable alongside day-to-day work.

Who is the event for?

Early talent managers, line managers, mentors and employers preparing a first placement or reviewing an existing offer.

Speakers and presenters

This one-hour webinar will be delivered by the Department for Education (DfE) and SDN Mesma Group (SMG). SMG is a trusted partner of the DfE and has a proven track record helping organisations understand and benefit from apprenticeships and technical education to upskill and prepare tomorrow's workforce.