ESCAPES | Enhancing Student Centred Administration for Placement ExperienceS
ESCAPES is a JISC funded project running from March 2011 to August 2012 under the Relationship Management Programme.
The project aims to maximise both student satisfaction and administrative efficiency in the placement experience and to make a significant contribution to students’ readiness for career progression. The project will research and represent in a blueprinting and service redesign process key features of what students regard as an enhanced experience of placement, bringing benefits to learning, personal development and employability.
Process analysis carried out with the main stakeholders (including strong representation of the student voice) and across a variety of scenarios and current technological solutions will inform design of a generic process. This will be piloted and evaluated using existing and new IT tools to provide a modular, service-driven demonstrator, fully consistent with University strategies to maximise the potential for institutional change and embedding. Consultation and dissemination will have national reach through active collaborations with national sector bodies. The service design and technical outputs will provide a useful resource and reference point for the whole sector.