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 higher education, for more than 25 years. We represent over 1300 academic and administrative placement staff at more than 80 HEIs.
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
ASET's 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
ASET’s Vision
A Higher Education sector in which all students have access to high-quality integrated learning opportunities in a workplace, supported by committed and well-trained staff in educational institutions and with employers.
ASET’s Mission – Integrating Work and Learning
To promote the concept of integrated work-based and placement learning, with support for all those involved: prospective students and their families, HE students, educational staff, employers, professional and statutory regulatory bodies, and central Government departments.
ASET’s Values
ASET values the development of students into balanced individuals who make the most of their ongoing learning and employment opportunities, for themselves and society as a whole. This implies:
- Quality experience for students
- Support and development for staff
- Employer engagement
ASET’s Delivery Mechanisms
ASET aims to lead in dissemination of good practice, through research and innovation, collaboration and representation, using mechanisms such as conferences, seminars, website, and e-bulletins to its members.
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
- Those involved in employability projects
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 Advisers 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.
Institutional membership covers every single relevant member of staff in the entire university or college.
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