Placement Scheme

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The LAHP Placement Scheme aims to match the interests, skills, and training needs of LAHP students with the needs and priorities of LAHP non-HEI partners, leading to a number of small/medium scale collaborative projects. Our placements provide students with the invaluable opportunity to build up their CV while studying with us, potentially opening up new career avenues for them.

These placements will enable students to develop transferable skills that can be applied to their PhD research, engage the public in fresh and interesting ways, experience a working environment in a different sector from academia, discover new ways of working and new methodologies, and develop their employability skills.

Placements can be undertaken at times most convenient for all parties and there is no set structure for how they must be taken; students could, for instance spend 1 day a week or every day for 3 weeks on a placement, as is suitable for the project, the student, and the partner.
Students must discuss placements with their supervisors before applying and should ideally be in the middle years of their degree; placements must start within the funded period of the studentship.
Placements must fall within the AHRC terms & conditions.

Routes to placements

If you are interested in undertaking a placement, there are three possible routes:

1. Placements designed by our existing LAHP non-HEI Partners

Our existing placement hosts regularly design placement opportunities for LAHP students in areas that provide students with invaluable industry experience, and which contribute directly to the development needs of the organisation. Please see our Placement Opportunities Available section for details of all current opportunities and how to apply. Some hosts will have their own application process, and others will require you to complete an Expression of Interest Form.

If successful in your application for one of these placements, please note that you also need to notify LAHP and complete a Placement Agreement Form.

2. Proposing a placement to an existing LAHP non-HEI Partner

Some of our existing partners are open to placement proposals from students in which you define the area of work that you would like your placement to be focused on. Please check out our placement host profiles below to see which institutions are currently willing to consider expressions of interest from students.

If you have an idea for a placement with a host open to student placement proposals, please complete the Expression of Interest Form and send it to lahp.partners@london.ac.uk to outline your proposal. The LAHP Office will then liaise with the relevant non-HEI Partner and then put you in contact with a mentor there.

3. Placements with new Partners

If you are considering a placement with an organisation that is not within the current LAHP non-HEI partners, or you and your supervisor are already in contact with a specific organisation, you can liaise directly with them and then submit the Placement Agreement Form to lahp.partners@london.ac.uk when all arrangements are agreed with the partner institution and your supervisor.

Financial support for your placement

Depending on the terms of your placement, you can apply for one of the following:

Research Extension Fund: this fund extends funding (fees and stipend) by up to 6 months depending on the length of your placement. If you were to undertake your placement on a part-time basis, your extension would be calculated pro rata, e.g., if you complete a 6-month placement on a part-time basis (2.5 days per week) you will be awarded a 3-month extension at the full-time rate. The Research Extension Fund cannot be used to extend the writing up period, and any applications must be submitted in advance of your funding end date.

Interrupting for the period of the placement: you would need to take this option if you are receiving a salary for your placement or completing a paid internship. Please note that during this period your stipend will be suspended for the length of your placement, and your submission end date will be extended by the equivalent period. If this is something you would like to discuss, please contact lahp.partners@london.ac.uk

To apply for the Research Extension Fund, please read the following guidelines carefully and complete the application form via Flexigrant:

LAHP Research Extension Fund Guidelines

LAHP Research Extension Fund Application Form

We will now consider applications for this fund on a rolling basis, and you can expect a decision within 15 working days of submission.

Additional support

You can also apply for additional funding if there will be significant expenses (such as travel and accommodation costs) associated with your placement that are not covered by your placement host. Support for these expenses is available from the LAHP Impact, Engagement & Entrepreneurship Fund. Applications for this fund are accepted on a rolling basis and should be submitted to info.lahp@london.ac.uk

To apply for funding, please read the following guidelines carefully and complete the application form:

LAHP Impact, Engagement & Entrepreneurship Fund Guidelines

LAHP Impact, Engagement & Entrepreneurship Fund Application Form

Placement host profiles

Here you can find a list of thenon-HEI Partners who have agreed to the LAHP Placement scheme. By clicking on the individual links, you will be able to find out more about the type of placements that each partner offers as well as whether they are open to placement proposals from LAHP students and supervisors. Please check this list regularly as we update it as and when new Partners join.

If you can’t find a suitable partner from this list, you can liaise directly with institutions that you or your supervisors have developed/or intend to develop collaborations with and then submit the LAHP agreement forms to us once the placement arrangements have been agreed.

ACTIVE PLACEMENT HOSTS

Bishopsgate Institute

Black Cultural Archives

British Film Institute

Derek Jarman Lab

Eastside Community Heritage

Lambeth Palace Library

Routledge – Taylor & Francis Group

Royal College of Physicians

Victoria & Albert Museum

Wasafiri

Zinc

Placement opportunities available

Here you can find all the placement opportunities that are currently open for applications.

Placement case studies

Find out about our LAHP students’ experiences in the placement case studies section.

Drop in sessions

If you would like to have a chat about placement opportunities and the process for applying with Dr Marquard Smith and Gillian Harrison, we have 15-minute drop-in sessions on the following Wednesday mornings this term:

Wednesday 29th January 2025, 10am – 11am
Wednesday 19th February 2025, 10am – 11am
Wednesday 5th March 2025, 10am – 11am
Wednesday 19th March 2025, 10am – 11am

You can book one of these sessions here

LAHP CONTACT

If you would like to contact LAHP regarding a placement query, please email lahp.partners@london.ac.uk

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