Placements Campaign

About This Campaign

What the challenges are

Our insights have told us that students are experiencing issues with:

  • The cost of placements, including travel and accommodation
  • Late placement timetables, making it hard to plan work, travel, or childcare
  • Placement schedules clashing with teaching and assessments
  • Limited learning value and overcrowding at some placement sites
  • Lack of supervision and support while on placement
  • Difficulties completing required sign-offs and placement paperwork
  • Poor communication and signposting about placement requirements and opportunities 

What are we campaigning for?

We pushed for all nursing and healthcare students to be paid during their time on placements. When at placements, students are thrust into the real working world, supporting patients, services and communities whilst sometimes on a shoestring budget.

What have we done so far?

We supported and campaigned massively in May for the Pay the Placement campaign. We ran a Campaign Rep scheme where students were given the tools to be able to spread the word around campus to help force change. We did campaign walks around campus to let the masses know about the issues facing students and held events for nursing students to discuss issues they faced on placement.

How can students get involved

Interested students can join the Placement Action Group to continue to shape discussions and make improvements to this area of university life.

Join the Action Group

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