Introducing the Framework Project

The framework project was established to meet the needs of 3 stakeholders groups, in relation to periods of work placement. The stakeholders are the educational establishments, the students and industry (the placement provider).

The project aims to provide a quality framework to underpin the learning experience of students working on an industrial placement. The needs the project seeks to ensure:

• A quality placement experience for which the student is appropriately prepared and through which the student is properly supported, enabling maximum benefits to be gained from the work based learning taking place.
• A quality system that supports the role of the placement provider in offering an appropriate learning environment for the work based learning to be undertaken.
• A system that enables education institutions more effectively to integrate the academic curriculum with work based skills development, and which offers a more attractive means of encouraging employers to provide quality placements.