Experiential Learning Policy &
Procedures R1
2001/01/01
DESIGN PROGRAMMES
Experiential
Learning Policy
Every final year
student at our college is required to undertake a period of in-service training
in their chosen discipline as part of their Business Practice module.
This experiential training is
intended to prepare the student for a career in design whether it will be in
private practice or in the employ of a design practice or a company. The transition from the academic world into
the working world should then be considerably easier for our graduates and they
in turn should be significantly more productive and employable because of it.
Experiential
Learning Procedures
Students are briefed on the purpose
and the requirement of their internship.
Our students are expected to undertake a
minimum of six weeks full-time in-service training in an appropriate design firm
or in a design office or closely related practice over their mid-year holidays.
Students receive a personalised
letter of introduction for presentation to the representative of the practice.
The letter explains to the host what will be expected of the student.
The students are advised that the
internship must be in an design practice, design
office or similar. The in-service
training must be conducted under the supervision of a qualified designer. For at least half of the time, the student
must be exposed to at least five of the key subjects in the design syllabus.
Each student is required to take
particular note of: the nature of the enterprise, management structure, office
systems and documentation, design processes, professional interface and project
management. They should also be aware of
contracts, accounting procedures and procurement procedures.
The supervisor at the design practice
is requested to monitor the student’s involvement, to prepare a short report on
the effectiveness of the participation and forward this to Inscape. The host is also requested to comment on the
relevance of the subject matter in our course to the student’s chosen career.
In-service
students maintain a record of activities while undergoing this training which
is marked by our lecturers. A
'portfolio' reflecting the extent of the student’s exposure and a detailed
diagnostic report is presented by the student to our
lecturers upon their return from in-service training.
DRAUGHTING AND DECORATING PROGRAMMES
Experiential
Learning Policy
Under development
Experiential
Learning Procedures
Under development
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