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Dear Colleagues, I hope you will be able to help with an issue that is taxing our placement units in relation to the length of a placement year. Our regulations currently state that in order to qualify for a sandwich award, students must take 48 weeks of placement activity. Our placement units are saying that this is starting to cause them problems in a number of areas, and would like to make a case that a lower number of weeks should be acceptable, in certain cases. Please could you let me have the answers to the following questions: 1. Do you have a minimum and maximum number of weeks that students have to undertake placement activity to gain a sandwich award? 2. Are there differences between subject areas, or just a university standard? 3. Do you have any guidance/something in your regs about exceptional circumstances eg where a company goes out of business? Thanking you in anticipation of your help with this - I will collate responses and post to the list Have a happy Easter [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Judith A Davison Project Manager [Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: ico-3]: 01484 472744 [Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: ico-1]: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: ico-4]: www.hud.ac.uk<http://www.hud.ac.uk/> Vice-Chancellor's Office: Planning and Information Services University of Huddersfield | Queensgate | Huddersfield | HD1 3DH Please note my usual working days are Tuesday to Friday University of Huddersfield inspiring tomorrow's professionals. [http://marketing.hud.ac.uk/_HOSTED/EmailSig2014/EmailSigFooter.jpg] This transmission is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you receive it in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and remove it from your system. If the content of this e-mail does not relate to the business of the University of Huddersfield, then we do not endorse it and will accept no liability.