Supporting Placement Providers

These pages have been created as a resource hub for current and prospective placement providers who are supporting – or are interested in supporting – our students*. Here you will find a range of resources and essential guidance, documentation, and contact information to help you engage with practice learning across our wide range of health programmes

We provide practice placements for students in the following disciplines:

🩺 Nursing

🤰 Midwifery

💊 Pharmacy

🌍 Public Health

🚑 Paramedic Science

🖥️ Diagnostic Radiography

🎯 Radiotherapy and Oncology

🦷 Dental Hygiene and Therapy

Practice Learning is a mandatory component of all our pre-registration health programmes.  During placements, students are supported in practice by a network of professionals, which may include practice supervisors, practice assessors / educators personal academic coaches and link lecturers. We are committed to ensuring high-quality practice learning environments that support student development and meet professional standards.

Placements at University of Suffolk:

We offer a diverse range of placement opportunities across NHS hospital and community settings, private healthcare organisations voluntary, charitable, and independent sectors. 

Placement Administration Team 

The Placement Administration team is responsible for the coordinating and logistics of student placements, including: placement allocation, occupational health clearance and mandatory training tracking.

Note: DBS clearance is managed by the DSB team at dbs@uos.ac.uk

We work closely with placement providers to ensure placements are suitable and beneficial for both students and host organisations.

When allocating placements, we consider:

Known reasonable adjustments
Students’ term-time addresses
Driving status

Students are not normally expected to travel more than one hour from their term-time address to their allocated placement.

Contact Us

General enquiries or feedback: placementadmin@uos.ac.uk Have a question of suggestion for this hub? We’d love to hear from you.

Interested in becoming a placement provider?

Contact: Carolyn Benfield – Placements and Health Partnerships: c.benfield@uos.ac.uk

*The term student also relates to learners and apprentices.