This event shared the changes made to the assessment and feedback mechanisms on placement as part of a pilot project within the School of Business, MTU Cork ...

"Established in June 2020, those involved in organising and facilitating work placement in MTU Cork set about forming a learning community to collectively work towards improving the work placement experience for all key stakeholders, i.e., students, staff, employers and the institute. This learning community has gone from strength to strength and is now university wide with in excess of 90 members, including those from the MTU Kerry campus. They have put together a steering group as follows to represent various placement programmes across the college. Annette Coughlan, NCMI Catherine Murphy, Accounting & Information Systems & TLU, MTU Cork Clive Atkinson, Process Energy & Transport Engineering, MTU Cork Eleanor Baldwin, Physical Science, MTU Cork Marian Quinn, Childhood Studies, MTU Cork Mary Moloney, Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering, MTU Cork Rachel O' Farrell, Process Energy & Transport, MTU Cork Sean Donovan, Management & Enterprise, MTU Cork Shirley Millar, Tourism & Hospitality, MTU Cork Trevor Hogan, Media Communications, CCAD This session was effectively a meeting of the MTU Work Placement Learning Community, but those involved in, or interested in becoming involved in, work placement were also encouraged to come along to gain insights into the work of this highly successful learning community."

Reflective practice is a key skill in many professions including education. but is particularly relevant to students in the context of work placement. We as ...