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If you need any guidance or further information on placements, please contact Juliet Shillingford Juliet.shillingford@bruford.ac.uk or your Programme Director/Subject Specialist Leader
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This tripartite document between Rose Bruford College, Student and Employer/Host, aims to provide a clear statement of the responsibilities of each party concerned. It is particularly important in relation to work-based learning and should be agreed and signed by all parties prior to the start of the student’s placement or period of work-based learning.
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We have been looking at our Leave of Absence processes and need to make them more robust in terms of both our duty of care to you, our Students, and to lessen the impact of Student absence from College projects, productions and events.To this end we have developed a Leave of Absence form for the School of DMTA to include the following scenarios:
- For personal reasons;
- For paid work sanctioned by the College as an agreed learning opportunity;
- For a UK research trip sanctioned by the College as an agreed learning opportunity;
- If your absence will remove you from all or part of a College project, production or event.
The aim here is not to increase workload, but to clarify the process and ensure that we know where all students are at all times in case of any issues that might arise. So as a general rule, always complete the form and discuss any planned absences with your Subject Leader.Please also note:- If you are sick, or have an emergency at home, the same reporting procedure applies as before, always get in touch with your Programme Administrator;
- For placements, students should still use the placement from;
- The placement form should also be used if students are allocated to show roles at a partner institution, for example at Urdang or RAM;
- Study abroad opportunities are administered through Student Services in the same way as before;
- Work, paid or unpaid, voluntary placements or secondments that are not an agreed element of a Programme of Study are entirely the responsibility of the Student.
The form is designed to be completed electronically, but hard copies will also be available from Programme Admin. -
This form covers group visits, both supervised and unsupervised, as part of students' programmes of study.
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GENERAL
In the same way that travel insurance covers you if you fall ill or have an accident abroad and motor insurance covers injury and damage at least to a third party, a Public Liability Insurance (PLI) policy protects you and your business if you are being sued by a third party.
As a service provider, you are a business and need to consider yourself as such for the purpose of PLI.
It is not a legal requirement for some businesses, however it should be considered essential if members of the public will be interacting with your business in any way - from customers receiving deliveries to clients visiting your office or work premises. This means that even home-based businesses should consider public liability insurance if their home office is also used as a meeting place.
Generally speaking, a public liability insurance policy covers you if someone is injured in some way by your business, or if you damage third party property when carrying out work. Bear in mind that even a minor scratch to personal property could lead to hefty fines, especially as you could be required to pay legal fees if the case goes to court, and these too would be covered by your policy.
LEVELS
The amount of cover that your business will require in this area largely depends on the level of risk that it undertakes on a daily basis. Equity and BECTU both set their level for members at £10million either as part of their subscription (Equity) or at a discount (BECTU).
Student membership of Equity offers reduced cover of up to £2million and whilst BECTU don't actually offer "student membership" as such, they do offer a "new entrant" discount that includes the full membership discount for PLI.
https://www.bectu.org.uk/benefits-services/pli
https://www.equity.org.uk/about/member-benefits/
If working on a government or local authority contract (eg Royal Parks) you will usually find that they stipulate a minimum level of cover in this area and it's common for this to be between £5 -£10million.
The NUS do not appear to offer any advise for their members, but have, on occasion, been advised that they need to cover themselves for rallies and demonstrations.
Other policies are available if you are not a union member. As with any purchase, shop around; there are plenty out there. Which one is right for you?
http://www.moneysupermarket.com/c/business-insurance/public-liability/
OUR ADVICE
As a student, we strongly advise that you take out PLI if you accept work, a placement or an internship for which the college does not provide any cover; this might include work you take during the holidays or work for which you have been given a leave of absence.
If you, the college and the placement host have each signed the tri-partite agreement, you can presume that you are covered.