The Placement and Employability Professionals’ Body
ASET is the professional body for placement and employability staff. It has been at the forefront of developments in sandwich courses and other forms of work placements, in both higher and further education, for more than 25 years. We represent over 1300 academic and administrative placement staff at 90 HE and FE institutions.
ASET has been the catalyst for the development of guidelines in many areas and also the promotion and dissemination of best practice. We also seek to champion the general concept of work-based learning.
ASET is an educational charity run by work-based learning practitioners for work-based learning practitioners and offers support, advice, guidance and representation to all professionals who work in the sector.
As the leading organisation in the work-based and placement learning sector we seek to provide independent and influential strategic leadership for it.
Membership gives all relevant staff at universities, further education colleges and employers the opportunity to benefit from, and contribute
to, a wealth of experience and expertise.
Endorsement
"ASET is an organisation that’s leading the way in promoting graduate employability – a key area for this Government - and I welcome this opportunity to give public recognition, and my personal appreciation, for your many achievements in this important field.
Your hard work and expertise is playing a vital role in delivering solutions based on work and learning. They have benefited universities, the corporate world and above all the many undergraduates you assist. I applaud your many successes as a leader in the field and encourage more people to become involved."
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Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP, former Minister of Education
Alan Johnson at the ASET Conference with ASET's John Wilson
Aims
ASET seeks to:
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Provide strategic leadership for the sector and influence policy makers
- Champion the concept of work-based learning
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Advise on best practice for managing placements
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Provide training and facilitate the sharing of good practice for placement and employability staff
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Offer representation, advice and support to all professionals working in the field
Who We Represent
Placement Professionals is a generic term used to encompass the variety of staff at academic institutions who are involved in placements and work-based learning, either in a central Placement Unit or in individual subject departments. This includes:
- Placement Officers
- Placement Managers
- Placement Administrators
- Academic Placement Tutors
We also represent and are keen to work with anyone involved in employability related projects. Some of our work may also be of interest to Careers Advisors and managers of other types of student work experience.
Our scope also extends to professional practices in health and social work such as nursing, dentistry, medicine, physiotherapy, midwifery, social work and dietetics who, although they tend to allocate placements, rather than make students find them, and require more rigorous assessment, generally apply similar systems for managing student placements.
Although we are UK based, we are keen to promote European and International links and have a number of oversees member organisations in countries including Ireland and Holland.
Institutional membership covers every single relevant member of staff in the entire university or college.
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