This process applies to both short and professional courses. Staff should cover the appropriate sections on short courses at the start of the course, and ALL items on full courses during the induction day.
Get key staff (Head of Administration, Quality Manager etc.) to present various aspects as appropriate.
Arrange an early tutorial to map out where the student is with personal and academic skills, and if they need help to progress. Some support can be offered during their time at Outreach in the evenings.
Get a Course Representative elected at the end of the first week, and pass this information to Head of Administration & Quality Manager
Introduction and welcome
Centre Health and Safety briefing, Fire procedures, toilets, no-smoking
Course information. Include dates of face to face meetings and on-site training
Relationships between ORMS / RGU / FutureSkills (as appropriate)
Key staff (get all key staff to meet the students on their first day). Make sure they know who the Course Leader, Head of Administration, Personal Tutor and Module Tutors are.
Introductions to their fellow students. Practical icebreakers will break up the monotony of the day and introduce fun.
Confidentiality; Strict and Chatham House Rules
Course outline
Details of modules, attendance dates, assessment dates
Location of things (RGU and ORMS policies, resources etc)
Practice Placements, to cover who their PEd is, who can and can’t assess them, details of their placements and their requirements, both academic and non-academic including the requirement to maintain a weekly register of their activities.
Enrolment
Complete registration / enrolment forms. Ensure both ORMS and RGU forms are completed where necessary. Make sure they are signed
Photographs for ID cards
Fitness for Practice declaration
Data protection releases for photography etc.
Regulations
Course Rules and Regulations. Location of regulations, forms etc. on the ORMS’ Intranet or at RGU
Attendance (online, at placement, online); Attendance monitoring and implications of absence.
Annual declarations, health, criminal records
Patient confidentiality
Conduct
Use of social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc)
What a protected title is, and the use of the expression ‘paramedic’
Resources
Library Services
Moodle (iLearn or Campus Moodle)
Assessments and Practice Placements
Provide details of assessment points and submission dates
Completing the Ongoing Record of Achievement
Requirements of the course (number of hours on placement, online activity)
Harvard referencing
Cheating
Presentation of work (word counts, fonts, spacing, front sheets, etc)
Submitting assignments
TurnItIn
Late submissions, and penalties
Appeals
Release of information to employers and Practice Placements providers
Support and help
Personal tutor. You should allocate their personal tutor, and arrange an early tutorial
Additional learning needs, any assessments, pick up on any identified learning need or disability
Is there anything that poses a threat to their success? Ask this during tutorials.
Complaints
Suspending studies
Things they need to provide
Completed enrolment forms (RGU, ORMS)
Clearance forms
Payment of fees
Any health, dietary issues etc that need to be addressed
Release of information forms
Data Protection releases
Things you need to give them
Course handbooks
Module handbooks
iPads and software
Location of various forms etc.
URLs to various resources, pages, platforms
RGU online walk-through
If they have passwords and IDs, walk them through the RGU systems online. Try to get this completed by the end of their attendance period.
Make sure they know where RGU’s CampusMoodle is and how to get on it.