HE funding is increasingly subject to associated quality assessment. This implies some sort of measure. Assessment of students can contribute to such a measure. Those students who undertake assessed placements are nearly always supportive of the idea. In fact, they generally would like to see it count for more than it currently does.
Assessment gives students recognition of their achievements on placement.
1.7 Employers are supportive of the idea and wish to contribute Feedback from employers shows the value they place on industrial training and feel that it should be formally recognised by some sort of assessment. They are willing to contribute to the assessment. Back to top 2. The industrial training period can be internally accredited, externally credited or Both. This can be done by making the placement a module in a modular scheme or by some other mechanism which allows for the inclusion of the placement grade in the formula for calculating the Final Award.