11. Student placement charter

Introduction

Loughborough University has a long tradition of offering programmes incorporating placements and other forms of work-based learning (WBL). A work placement or WBL activity is defined as a period of professional level vocational experience, paid or unpaid, where:

There is a direct transfer of supervision of a student to a third party
The placement is assessed and integral to the student’s programme, or the activity provides an opportunity for the student to accrue a specified number of hours of professional practice to meet programme or accreditation requirements (e.g. clinical hours)
The student is enrolled at Loughborough University during this period

Placements and WBL may form part of an undergraduate or postgraduate programme. Unless professional accreditation requirements mandate a placement, undergraduate programmes must offer both a placement (Part I) and a non-placement route, during which a student may undertake a placement or study abroad.