For more information regarding the approval process contact the Work Experience Team.
Changes to your placement, additional placements
The approval is in relation to one placement only, as described at the time you initially submitted the request for approval. If your placement has changed, e.g. your placement start / end dates, you must notify the Work Experience Team if a correction needs to be made.
If you’re not happy when you start your placement and you’re thinking about swapping to a different placement, get support on placement before you make any decisions; once your placement is approved, you’re expected to stay on that placement because it’s now part of your degree.
If you secure another placement, you will need to request approval of that placement as a new placement. This includes any placements you want to do after you complete your first placement, e.g. if you’re planning to do 2x 6-month placements.
If you are converting a Short Placement (in module) to a Work placement year (Sandwich) you will need to request approval of that placement too as the learning outcomes will be different, and your responsibilities should also be different.
Fraudulent/fake placement details
When you submit your placement details, you are verifying that the information provided is genuine and accurate. If the Work Experience Team suspect that your placement is not genuine, your course team will be informed and this will be treated as a student conduct and disciplinary matter under the University’s Rules and Regulations.
Hybrid working, fully on-site working
All placements at Sheffield Hallam undertaken during the placement year of your course must include a minimum of 1 day per week for the whole duration of the placement working on-site at your employer’s premises, or equivalent location which is owned and/or managed by your employer. This means the University will no longer accept placements which are proposed as fully remote working.
Questions about the process?
The Work Experience Team oversee the whole process, so they might be able to help if it’s a question related to any of the technical aspects of the process or if you need advice in relation to anything one of the approvers has mentioned in their responses.
If it’s a question about your learning outcomes, or which Applied Professional Diploma setting to choose (for Work placement year (Sandwich) approvals), your Academic Adviser or an academic from your module or course team can help you with that.
What happens once my placement has been approved?
You will receive an email once your placement has been fully approved. When you have received this email you are ready to begin your placement. The placement checklist might be helpful for you to consider the practical things you might need to do before you start. If you’re going on placement outside the UK, find out about International Placements.
