LAHP Placement Scheme
Guidelines
IMPORTANT: Please read these guidelines carefully before completing the application form.
The LAHP Placement Scheme offers LAHP-funded students the opportunity to undertake a placement of up to 6-months full-time (or 12-months part-time) which is focused on training and development.
Placements should enable students to develop transferable skills that can be applied to for instance their PhD research, engage the public in fresh and interesting ways, experience a working environment in a different sector from academia, discover new ways of working and new methodologies, and develop their employability skills. Placements should be aligned with the Vitae Research Development Framework and with the core skill development needs identified in your Training Needs Analysis.
The planned work undertaken during a placement should both further the aims and objectives of the host organisation and provide you with the opportunity to develop transferable skills that will enhance your career potential.
Routes to placement
- Apply for a placement advertised by one of LAHP’s existing non-HEI partners.
- Propose a placement to an existing LAHP non-HEI partner.
- Propose a placement to a new non-HEI partner.
We recommend you allow up to 3 months for placement approval process to be completed, as LAHP requires your institution to approve the placement and ensure a placement agreement is in place before it commences. Applications for placements are accepted on a rolling basis.
The LAHP Placement Scheme is managed by the LAHP Collaborations & Partnerships team: Dr Marquard Smith (LAHP Director) and Gillian Harrison (LAHP Senior Support Officer).
Eligibility Criteria:
- Students must discuss the possibility of a placement with their supervisor in the first instance to determine the skills they would like to develop, suitable placement hosts, and ideal timing.
- Placements can be undertaken on a full-time or part-time basis (International students please see section below)
- The maximum amount of time a student can spend on placement is 6-months (full-time) or 12-months (part-time).
- Students should ideally have completed the first year of their PhD before embarking on a placement.
- Placements must start within the funded period of the studentship and must be completed no later than 6 months before their funding end date. Exceptions to this rule may be made providing the student’s supervisor is in full support of the placement and is confident the student will still be able to submit their thesis on time. Placements can only take place within the student’s original funded period (not taking into consideration any funding extensions applied to support the placement).
- Placements can be undertaken at times most convenient for all parties and there is no set structure for how they must be taken. Students could, for instance spend 1 day a week or every day for 3 weeks on a placement, as is suitable for the project, the student, and the placement host.
- You can do a placement with a Higher Education organisation / institution, including the institution at which you are registered, provided the placement is not generating material for your PhD thesis and offers you the opportunity to develop transferable skills.
- Demonstrating or teaching activity cannot be supported as part of your placement project.
- Placements can be undertaken within a wide range of organisations or businesses.
International students
International students may be eligible for the LAHP Placement Scheme, providing their institution confirms so. It is likely that you will only be able to undertake a placement for a maximum of 20 hours per week. Please consult with the relevant advisor (e.g. a visa compliance officer) at your academic institution for advice on undertaking a placement before submitting your application. The LAHP administrative lead at your institution will be able to help connect you to the relevant advisor. It is your responsibility as a student visa holder, in correspondence with your institution, to ensure compliance with your visa regulations. LAHP will not approve any placement for International students until the visa compliance officer at your institution has confirmed it is compliant with the terms of your visa.
Collaborative Doctoral Award (CDA) students
CDA students are eligible to undertake a placement opportunity with a different partner to their CDA partner. In some circumstances, CDA students may be allowed to take up a placement opportunity with their CDA partner if they are working on a standalone project that does not feed into their PhD research.
CDA students must bear in mind that the total amount of funding LAHP may offer is 4 years full-time, or equivalent part-time (excluding any paid leave), or up to the end of year 4 of registration (excluding any leave), whichever is earlier. This is the case for all LAHP-funded students, however, as CDA students are already funded for 3.5 years full-time (or 7 years part-time) the maximum funding extension that could be applied under any criteria is 6-months. Therefore, if a CDA student elects to undertake a placement for the full 6-months full-time (or 12-months part-time) they would not be eligible to apply for a further funding extension on the grounds of either skills acquisition, complex methodology, or change to project. See the LAHP Research Extension Fund guidelines for full details on the criteria.
Application Process
Once you have agreed a placement in principle via one of the three routes outlined above, you need to complete this LAHP application form.
Please note as part of your application you will need to invite both your academic supervisor and your placement host supervisor to provide a supporting statement. You will be asked to enter their details and email address and a link will be sent to them to complete their statements. Once they have completed these, you will be emailed a confirmation and you will then need to submit your application.
Applications will be processed within 15 working days.
Full details of the LAHP Placement Scheme process can be found on the website: https://www.lahp.ac.uk/collaborations-partnerships/placement-scheme/
If you have any queries, please contact the LAHP team: lahp@ucl.ac.uk
LAHP Placement Scheme Application Form
LAHP Placement Scheme
Guidelines
IMPORTANT: Please read these guidelines carefully before completing the application form.
The LAHP Placement Scheme offers LAHP-funded students the opportunity to undertake a placement of up to 6-months full-time (or 12-months part-time) which is focused on training and development.
Placements should enable students to develop transferable skills that can be applied to for instance their PhD research, engage the public in fresh and interesting ways, experience a working environment in a different sector from academia, discover new ways of working and new methodologies, and develop their employability skills. Placements should be aligned with the Vitae Research Development Framework and with the core skill development needs identified in your Training Needs Analysis.
The planned work undertaken during a placement should both further the aims and objectives of the host organisation and provide you with the opportunity to develop transferable skills that will enhance your career potential.
Routes to placement
- Apply for a placement advertised by one of LAHP’s existing non-HEI partners.
- Propose a placement to an existing LAHP non-HEI partner.
- Propose a placement to a new non-HEI partner.
We recommend you allow up to 3 months for placement approval process to be completed, as LAHP requires your institution to approve the placement and ensure a placement agreement is in place before it commences. Applications for placements are accepted on a rolling basis.
The LAHP Placement Scheme is managed by the LAHP Collaborations & Partnerships team: Dr Marquard Smith (LAHP Director) and Gillian Harrison (LAHP Senior Support Officer).
Eligibility Criteria:
- Students must discuss the possibility of a placement with their supervisor in the first instance to determine the skills they would like to develop, suitable placement hosts, and ideal timing.
- Placements can be undertaken on a full-time or part-time basis (International students please see section below)
- The maximum amount of time a student can spend on placement is 6-months (full-time) or 12-months (part-time).
- Students should ideally have completed the first year of their PhD before embarking on a placement.
- Placements must start within the funded period of the studentship and must be completed no later than 6 months before their funding end date. Exceptions to this rule may be made providing the student’s supervisor is in full support of the placement and is confident the student will still be able to submit their thesis on time. Placements can only take place within the student’s original funded period (not taking into consideration any funding extensions applied to support the placement).
- Placements can be undertaken at times most convenient for all parties and there is no set structure for how they must be taken. Students could, for instance spend 1 day a week or every day for 3 weeks on a placement, as is suitable for the project, the student, and the placement host.
- You can do a placement with a Higher Education organisation / institution, including the institution at which you are registered, provided the placement is not generating material for your PhD thesis and offers you the opportunity to develop transferable skills.
- Demonstrating or teaching activity cannot be supported as part of your placement project.
- Placements can be undertaken within a wide range of organisations or businesses.
International students
International students may be eligible for the LAHP Placement Scheme, providing their institution confirms so. It is likely that you will only be able to undertake a placement for a maximum of 20 hours per week. Please consult with the relevant advisor (e.g. a visa compliance officer) at your academic institution for advice on undertaking a placement before submitting your application. The LAHP administrative lead at your institution will be able to help connect you to the relevant advisor. It is your responsibility as a student visa holder, in correspondence with your institution, to ensure compliance with your visa regulations. LAHP will not approve any placement for International students until the visa compliance officer at your institution has confirmed it is compliant with the terms of your visa.
Collaborative Doctoral Award (CDA) students
CDA students are eligible to undertake a placement opportunity with a different partner to their CDA partner. In some circumstances, CDA students may be allowed to take up a placement opportunity with their CDA partner if they are working on a standalone project that does not feed into their PhD research.
CDA students must bear in mind that the total amount of funding LAHP may offer is 4 years full-time, or equivalent part-time (excluding any paid leave), or up to the end of year 4 of registration (excluding any leave), whichever is earlier. This is the case for all LAHP-funded students, however, as CDA students are already funded for 3.5 years full-time (or 7 years part-time) the maximum funding extension that could be applied under any criteria is 6-months. Therefore, if a CDA student elects to undertake a placement for the full 6-months full-time (or 12-months part-time) they would not be eligible to apply for a further funding extension on the grounds of either skills acquisition, complex methodology, or change to project. See the LAHP Research Extension Fund guidelines for full details on the criteria.
Application Process
Once you have agreed a placement in principle via one of the three routes outlined above, you need to complete this LAHP application form.
Please note as part of your application you will need to invite both your academic supervisor and your placement host supervisor to provide a supporting statement. You will be asked to enter their details and email address and a link will be sent to them to complete their statements. Once they have completed these, you will be emailed a confirmation and you will then need to submit your application.
Applications will be processed within 15 working days.
Full details of the LAHP Placement Scheme process can be found on the website: https://www.lahp.ac.uk/collaborations-partnerships/placement-scheme/
If you have any queries, please contact the LAHP team: lahp@ucl.ac.uk