quality assurance in international placements in the netherlands josé ravenstein, na llp/ nuffic...
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Quality assurance in international placements in the
NetherlandsJosé Ravenstein, NA LLP/ Nuffic
Zagreb, 16 December 2011
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Subjects
• Dutch HE system
• Different types of placements
• Actors involved
• Phases in the international placement
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Dutch Higher Education• binary system - 14 research universities
- 3- year Bachelor/2 year master- 231.838 students
- 39 universities of applied sciences- 4- year Bachelor- 402.210 students
• 8150 incoming students within Erasmus or with resident permits for internship
• 2300 outgoing Erasmus placements
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Research universities versus universities of applied sciences
Research Universities Universities of Applied Sciences
Placement is standard practice in some fields of study
Placement is mandatory
Bachelor is not seen as an exit qualification
Professional profile of the Bachelor programmes = clearly related to jobs/career
No structural cooperation with employers
Curriculum focuses on professional development
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Different types of placements• Orientation placement
- short (weeks, rather than months)- work shadowing, small assignments
• Profile placement - a few months, semester- semi-independent work, under
supervision• Final year placement
- a semester or academic year- high degree of independence- complex assignment, resulting in
thesis
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actors involved• Students• Placement coordinator• Teacher• International office• Management of the institution/exam board• Placement coordinator in the enterprise• Management of the enterprise• HR officer• Intermediary organisations ( sometimes)• Coordinator consortium
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Consortia• What are consortia?
• Leonet
http://www.tue.nl/studeren/studeren-aan-de-tue/waarom-de-tue/internationale-samenwerking/internationale-netwerken/leo-net/
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Three phases in the international placement
• 1. Preparing an international placement
• 2. Quality assurance during international placements:
supervision
• 3. The evaluation and assessment of international
placements
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1.Preparing the international placement II
• Embedded in the Curriculum
• Pre departure meetings
• Finding “ good quality “placements
• Requirements on student before going
• Clear expectations student/institution
• Length of the placement
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1. Preparing the international placement II
• Language and cultural preparation
• Insurance
• Finance
• Accommodation
• Emergency plan
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Erasmus documents before the placement
• Placement agreement between sending institution and student
• tripartite training agreement
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• Supervision
exemple:
At the end of the first month:-Initial placement report from student-First month placement evaluation by company supervisorAt the end of three months-Intermediate placement report from studentAt the end of the placement-Final placement evaluation by company supervisorWithin one month of completion of placement- Assessment of final placement report
2. Quality assurance during international placements: supervision
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3. Evaluation and assessment of international placements
• Work placement itself
• Workplacement process
• Workplacement report
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Erasmus documents
• Placement report
• Transcript of work
• Statement of the host institution
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information
• http://www.nuffic.nl/nederlandse-organisaties/netwerken/cospa/cospa-publicaties
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statements• A placement should have a minimum duration
of 5 months. If it’s shorter the student will not take enough in!
• The HE is responsible for the quality of the international placement
• Students are responsible for finding a international placement!