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Leeds Beckett University - City Campus,
Woodhouse Lane,
LS1 3HE
Health and social care practice learning hub
Working with the School of Health and the School of Humanities and Social Sciences.
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The Practice Learning Team manages professional placements and work-based learning for health and social care courses within the School of Health and School of Humanities and Social Sciences.
We provide clear and effective processes to support practice learning and to manage the quality of the student's placement experience. We source and allocate up to 3500 placements annually in the NHS, local authorities, and private, independent and voluntary organisations.
What we do:
- Provide support and guidance for our academic groups who are developing placement partnerships with new and emerging employers
- Provide training across all professions for practice educators to enable them to provide effective support for our students in practice
- Manage stakeholder events and practice networks for each professional group
- Support our students in sourcing and applying for placement opportunities
- Manage access to online assessment processes and resources for students on placement, and our practice educators
- Manage data and knowledge transfers to Health Education England and other local universities to facilitate capacity initiatives and allocation processes across health professions
In these pages you'll find helpful resources, guidance and contact information.
Meet your Practice Learning Team
If you need any further information regarding placements you can speak to one of our team. They are usually available:
- Monday to Thursday 08:30 - 17:00
- Friday 08:30 - 16:00
Proud partners
We work in partnerships with other HEIs, Health Education England, professional, regulatory and statutory bodies, public health, social care, and private, independent and voluntary organisations. Together we aim to foster best practice in placement learning.
Leeds Health and Care Learning Portal
This is a hub for development if you are in a health and social care role in Leeds, outside of any mandatory training you can access a catalogue of engaging video-based course addressing equality, diversity, inclusion, wellbeing, leadership & teamwork, & a diverse range of virtual workshops, eLearning packages & @LeedsHCAcademy programmes.
Library services for students on placement
While you are on placement at an NHS Trust, you have access to the library service there. During an NHS placement, you are also eligible to register for an NHS OpenAthens account, giving access to wealth of resources including the NHS Knowledge & Library Hub.
