Case study: industry placement stories
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Introduction
In this resource you can hear feedback from employers, staff and students about their positive experiences of T Level industry placements.
The first case study is in 7 short sections dealing with different aspects of T Level industry placements. You can watch the video all the way through – it lasts around 8 minutes or click on the menu below to select the chapter you particularly want to learn more about.
Full video - industry placement stories
There are also separate shorter video clips going into more detail about each aspect. Click on the play button on the images below to learn more.
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Videos |
How you can use this in your organisation |
Benefits to employers |
This video shows some of the ways in which employers benefit from offering industry placements to T Level students.
Video length: 1 minute 24 seconds |
The checklist below lists the benefits talked about in the video. Plan how your organisation will make these happen. There’s space to add other benefits too. The checklist will help you to:
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Benefits to students |
This video shows some of the many different ways in which T Level students benefit from spending time on an industry placement with employers.
Video length: 4 minutes 8 seconds |
The checklist below lists the benefits talked about in the video. Plan how your organisation will make these happen. There’s space to add other benefits too. The checklist will help to:
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Benefits to staff |
This video shows why T Levels give back so much to the staff who support students on industry placements and welcome them into their teams.
Video length: 2 minutes 15 seconds |
The checklist below lists the benefits talked about in the video. Plan how your organisation will make these happen. There’s space to add other benefits too. The checklist will help to:
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Meaningful work and projects |
This video shows the range and variety of work that T Level students do in industry placements and the types of projects they contribute to. Video length: 4 minutes 32 seconds |
The document below lists words used by employers in the video to describe activities that make industry placements meaningful and interesting to students. You can use it to:
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Planning and provider links |
This video shows how employers plan industry placements with colleges and training providers to give T Level students real and valuable experience of the work environment.
Video length: 4 minutes 13 seconds |
The checklist below lists the goals mentioned in the video, the experiences students need to reach these goals, and how you can structure learning. These are important aspects of an industry placement that should be agreed by your organisation working together with schools and colleges. There’s space to add other aspects of the placement where employers and providers can also collaborate. The checklist will help to:
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Diversity and inclusion |
This video shows how employers are making their workplaces more diverse and more inclusive by having students on industry placements from a wide range of backgrounds.
Video length: 2 minutes 7 seconds |
The checklist below lists some of the ways in which employers are already improving diversity and inclusion through T Levels. There’s space to add other ways in which this is happening too. The checklist will help to:
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Practicalities and logistics |
This video shows some practical arrangements employers are making to share placements, work with providers, look after students’ health and wellbeing, place them in the right part of the organisation, and give them the support they need.
Video length: 3 minutes 46 seconds |
The checklist below lists some of the things that need to be arranged before the placement starts so that the process runs smoothly. Many of the processes employers use for new recruits can also be used for students on industry placements. Colleges and schools can help you with additional requirements, e.g. for safeguarding. There is space at the end of the checklist for anything else you think needs to be arranged. The checklist will help to:
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