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Measuring The Extent Of Online
Placement Resources To Support
Computing Students
             Nzinga (Ziggi) Deenah and Thomas
                                     Lancaster
Acknowledgements

This work has been funded by the Higher
Education Academy (HEA) Teaching
Development Grant “Improving Industrial
Sandwich Year Placements for Computing
Students”.


(This presentation is really of a side-project
supported by that research)


The assistance of Research Associate, Kawal
Banga, was greatly appreciated.
                                                 2
The Main Research Project…
The Leading Question…
Why aren’t all of our Computing students
undertaking a placement year?
We Know The Benefits…
Work experience
Experience the process of applying for jobs
Enhanced CV
“Out of the classroom”
Paid for a year
Graduate job opportunities with the placement company
Improved final year performance
Soft skills



                                                        5
(Most) Placements Are
Beneficial!




                        6
Why Aren’t Students Biting?
Are we not selling the placement experience?
Do placements not represent good “value for
money”?
Is the whole university experience too expensive?
Is obtaining a placement too challenging?
Are we not actively training students to obtain the
“work skills” that they need?
Are parents dissuading their children from
placements?
Are we lacking administrative support and
contacts?
                                                      7
We Set To Find Out…
How successful are the Higher Education
Institutions (HEIs) responsible for the UK
Computing sector at using placements with
students?
How does the Computing discipline compare with
the other academic disciplines?
What are the initiatives and best practice that
can be shared? What teaching and learning
resources are available for reuse?
How can we ensure that every Computing student
gets the opportunity to take a placement?

                                                  8
We Discovered…
Not many HEIs wanted to share learning and
teaching resources…


We kept asking…
Computing placement officers (or equivalent) at 116 HEIs in the UK
surveyed (76 responded = 66% response rate) – all of whom offered
three year undergraduate degrees in Computing subjects
Focus groups held with staff and students at 10 representative UK
Computing schools




                                                                     9
We Needed To Find Out…
Why were HEIs not sharing their resources? Did
they not have them?
Do HEIs advertise the availability of resources on
their websites?
Do HEIs specifically advertise Computing
employability and placement opportunities on their
websites?




                                                     10
The Research Process
What Ziggi did…
Manually searched the web sites of 116 HEIs
during September 2012
Searches restricted to a maximum of 15 minutes
(like a student?)
Tried to identify general information of interest
related to placements and employability
(“placement” defined in its widest sense)
Tried to identify resources for students available
on (or via) the HEI web sites



                                                     12
Some Standard Search
Terms
employability
placements
professional placement
sandwich year placement
learning resources
placement resources
placement initiative
employer engagement
services for business

                          13
Yes, There Were Potential
Flaws…

Did we really expect all of this information to be
available to the public?
Is the search provision on many HEI websites all
that good?
Is this really how a student would search (would
they use Google? would they care?)
Does the search provision seek departmental
pages/other web servers, or just a main university
site?
Did Ziggi really not get better at searching as she
went through the 116 web sites?

                                                      14
Some Findings
79 Out Of 116 HEIs Provided
Computing Sandwich Year
Placements

                           Publicly Available   Publicly Available
                             Information        Information Not
                              Identified           Identified

      Key Areas           Number        %       Number       %
  Initiatives Shown On
                            61        77%          18       23%
            Page
General Placements Page     77        97%          2        3%
 Computing Placements
                               65      82%     14      18%
           Page
 Employer Engagement
                               78      99%      1      1%
  All 20 ofPage 20 placement providers (according to HESA)
            the top
  had all three types of placements pages


                                                                     16
37 Out Of 116 HEIs Did Not Provide
Computing Sandwich Year
Placements


                          Publicly Available Publicly Available
                            Information      Information Not
                             Identified         Identified
       Key Areas          Number       %     Number       %
   Initiatives Shown On
                            25       68%        12       32%
             Page
   General Placements
                            33       89%         4       11%
             Page
  Computing Placements
                             8       22%        29       78%
             Page
  Employer Engagement
                            32       86%         5       14%
             Page
                                                                  17
Looked For Availability Of
Resources…
Pre-placement (e.g. training on writing CVs,
attending assessment centres)
During placement (e.g. support mechanisms,
keeping learning logbooks)
After placement (e.g. reflection, debriefing)


Resources did not have to be hosted locally –
links to external resources were considered
suitable (and reuse is to be encouraged)



                                                18
For The HEIs Providing
Computing Sandwich Year
Placements…

           Resources Identified       Resources Not Identified


                                                      84%
           72%                     76%




                 28%
                             24%

                                                16%



        Pre-Placement
          Resources     During Placement
                           Resources         Post Placement
                                               Resources



78% (62 out of 79) HEIs did provide links to external placement
resources


                                                                  19
What Do We Think?
Are Placement Officers The Right
People?
Are Computing Placement Officers really the people who
teach employability and who develop and share resources?




                                                           21
Other Key Questions
Does the availability of resources advertised on
HEI websites influence student decisions about
which HEI to apply to?
Does the availability of resources advertised on
HEI websites influence student decisions about
whether to undertake a sandwich year placement?
Why are HEIs not advertising Computing
placement opportunities clearly on their websites?
Is there a need for sector wide provision of
resources to support students through the end-to-
end placement process?
Are we just asking the wrong questions?
                                                     22
Further Resources
Workshop Resources
HEA Computing 2013 Workshop
“Improving Computing Sandwich Year
Placements”


http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2013/0
7_March_Computing-Bham-City


Contains copies of talks and notes from the
discussions



                                                  24
Upcoming Workshop
HEA Computing 2013 Workshop
“Improving Computing Sandwich Year
Placements For Scottish HEIs”


http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2013/0
2-May-Computing-RGordon


Thursday 2 May 2013
Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen


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Measuring The Extent Of Online Placement Resources To Support Computing Students - HEA STEM Conference - 18 April 2013

  • 1. Measuring The Extent Of Online Placement Resources To Support Computing Students Nzinga (Ziggi) Deenah and Thomas Lancaster
  • 2. Acknowledgements This work has been funded by the Higher Education Academy (HEA) Teaching Development Grant “Improving Industrial Sandwich Year Placements for Computing Students”. (This presentation is really of a side-project supported by that research) The assistance of Research Associate, Kawal Banga, was greatly appreciated. 2
  • 3. The Main Research Project…
  • 4. The Leading Question… Why aren’t all of our Computing students undertaking a placement year?
  • 5. We Know The Benefits… Work experience Experience the process of applying for jobs Enhanced CV “Out of the classroom” Paid for a year Graduate job opportunities with the placement company Improved final year performance Soft skills 5
  • 7. Why Aren’t Students Biting? Are we not selling the placement experience? Do placements not represent good “value for money”? Is the whole university experience too expensive? Is obtaining a placement too challenging? Are we not actively training students to obtain the “work skills” that they need? Are parents dissuading their children from placements? Are we lacking administrative support and contacts? 7
  • 8. We Set To Find Out… How successful are the Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) responsible for the UK Computing sector at using placements with students? How does the Computing discipline compare with the other academic disciplines? What are the initiatives and best practice that can be shared? What teaching and learning resources are available for reuse? How can we ensure that every Computing student gets the opportunity to take a placement? 8
  • 9. We Discovered… Not many HEIs wanted to share learning and teaching resources… We kept asking… Computing placement officers (or equivalent) at 116 HEIs in the UK surveyed (76 responded = 66% response rate) – all of whom offered three year undergraduate degrees in Computing subjects Focus groups held with staff and students at 10 representative UK Computing schools 9
  • 10. We Needed To Find Out… Why were HEIs not sharing their resources? Did they not have them? Do HEIs advertise the availability of resources on their websites? Do HEIs specifically advertise Computing employability and placement opportunities on their websites? 10
  • 12. What Ziggi did… Manually searched the web sites of 116 HEIs during September 2012 Searches restricted to a maximum of 15 minutes (like a student?) Tried to identify general information of interest related to placements and employability (“placement” defined in its widest sense) Tried to identify resources for students available on (or via) the HEI web sites 12
  • 13. Some Standard Search Terms employability placements professional placement sandwich year placement learning resources placement resources placement initiative employer engagement services for business 13
  • 14. Yes, There Were Potential Flaws… Did we really expect all of this information to be available to the public? Is the search provision on many HEI websites all that good? Is this really how a student would search (would they use Google? would they care?) Does the search provision seek departmental pages/other web servers, or just a main university site? Did Ziggi really not get better at searching as she went through the 116 web sites? 14
  • 16. 79 Out Of 116 HEIs Provided Computing Sandwich Year Placements Publicly Available Publicly Available Information Information Not Identified Identified Key Areas Number % Number % Initiatives Shown On 61 77% 18 23% Page General Placements Page 77 97% 2 3% Computing Placements 65 82% 14 18% Page Employer Engagement 78 99% 1 1% All 20 ofPage 20 placement providers (according to HESA) the top had all three types of placements pages 16
  • 17. 37 Out Of 116 HEIs Did Not Provide Computing Sandwich Year Placements Publicly Available Publicly Available Information Information Not Identified Identified Key Areas Number % Number % Initiatives Shown On 25 68% 12 32% Page General Placements 33 89% 4 11% Page Computing Placements 8 22% 29 78% Page Employer Engagement 32 86% 5 14% Page 17
  • 18. Looked For Availability Of Resources… Pre-placement (e.g. training on writing CVs, attending assessment centres) During placement (e.g. support mechanisms, keeping learning logbooks) After placement (e.g. reflection, debriefing) Resources did not have to be hosted locally – links to external resources were considered suitable (and reuse is to be encouraged) 18
  • 19. For The HEIs Providing Computing Sandwich Year Placements… Resources Identified Resources Not Identified 84% 72% 76% 28% 24% 16% Pre-Placement Resources During Placement Resources Post Placement Resources 78% (62 out of 79) HEIs did provide links to external placement resources 19
  • 20. What Do We Think?
  • 21. Are Placement Officers The Right People? Are Computing Placement Officers really the people who teach employability and who develop and share resources? 21
  • 22. Other Key Questions Does the availability of resources advertised on HEI websites influence student decisions about which HEI to apply to? Does the availability of resources advertised on HEI websites influence student decisions about whether to undertake a sandwich year placement? Why are HEIs not advertising Computing placement opportunities clearly on their websites? Is there a need for sector wide provision of resources to support students through the end-to- end placement process? Are we just asking the wrong questions? 22
  • 24. Workshop Resources HEA Computing 2013 Workshop “Improving Computing Sandwich Year Placements” http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2013/0 7_March_Computing-Bham-City Contains copies of talks and notes from the discussions 24
  • 25. Upcoming Workshop HEA Computing 2013 Workshop “Improving Computing Sandwich Year Placements For Scottish HEIs” http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2013/0 2-May-Computing-RGordon Thursday 2 May 2013 Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen 25