What we expect from employers Basically once you employ a student, we expect them to be working in an area relevant to their design specialism. Students are taken on subject to the companies normal conditions of employment. They are regarded as formal employees. They do not receive grants, nor the other benefits associated with being a student. At the end of the placement, we ask the industrial supervisor to complete a simple assessment form.
Students also produce a formal report on the placement.
Placement periods are for 48 weeks, although some students often work for shorter periods at different companies. What employers have said about past students . . . Exceptionally high quality of work. . . Projects were well accomplished and efficiently done.