Placement Employer of the Year 2012

results are announced

We would like to thank everyone who has submitted a nomination.  The judging panel has announced the results for each of the categories below:

• Over 50 employees – Placement Employer of the Year Award (6 months plus)
• Up to 50 employees – Placement Employer of the Year Award (6 months plus)
• Public sector Placement Employer of the Year Award
• Short-term Placement Employer of the Year Award
• Placement Employer of the Year Award as nominated by an Ulster student (open only to full-time students who have returned from placement)
• Placement Employer of the Year Award as nominated by a staff member at Ulster

Results of the competition will be presented on this website.

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Criteria

Ulster Staff Nomination form information:
Each nomination will be judged according to set criteria, in your submission you MUST refer to each of the following:
• engagement with the University
• quality of the placement experience
• management and organisation of placement
• mentoring and support offered

Placement employer Self-nomination form information:
Each nomination will be judged according to set criteria, in your submission you MUST refer to each of the following:
• Induction
• Placement Support
• Placement goals and objectives
• Student assessment, monitoring and feedback mechanisms
• What makes your work experience placements exceptional

Student nomination form information:
Please state why the organisation nominated should win an award for recognition of their contribution to work-based and placement learning at University of Ulster (250 words maximum).  In your submission you MUST refer to each of the following:
• management and organisation of placement
• training and development
• mentoring sand support
• feeling part of the organisation

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Rules and Regulations:

* The judges' decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
* Placement must have been carried out at the organisation within the last 12 months by a full-time student of the University of Ulster.
* Placements completed in the University are not eligible.
* Nominations within the up to 50 employees category must be "autonomous” employers, i.e. they must be independent with no participation in other enterprises and no enterprise has a participation in the business.
* Ulster students currently on industrial placement for the 2011/12 academic year are not eligible to submit a nomination.
* Each member of University staff is permitted to nominate only ONCE.
* In the first instance, information provided is strictly confidential, however winners will agree to take part in publicity for the Awards

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