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Professional Programme Forum

    The Professional Programme Forum aims to bring together those colleagues involved in professional programmes (namely in education, social work, nursing, midwifery, and medicine) and apprenticeship programmes. The forum also welcomes interest from departments and programmes that incorporate placement experience and work-based learning. 

      The forum provides a platform for sharing information and good practice, identifying issues specific to the professional programmes, and working with other University committees to arrive at joint solutions.

        The forum meets officially three times per year. 

            For all enquiries, please contact professional-programme-forum@york.ac.uk

            Terms of Reference

            Terms of Reference

            1. To act as a forum for those involved in developing, running and supporting professional practice, work-based learning and apprenticeship programmes. 
            2. To provide staff-led fora for discussion of learning and teaching issues in the context of professional programmes.
            3. To identify good practice in the design and delivery of professional programmes and to disseminate across the University.
            4. To serve as a source of advice on professional and work-based learning programmes (eg advising on delivery and assessment models, placements and workplace mentoring).
            5. To act as internal advisers for professional, work-based learning and apprenticeship programmes across the University.
            6. To play a part in representing and referring staff views on learning and teaching-related issues, arising from the above activities, to the University Teaching Committee, Faculty Learning and Teaching Groups and the Employability Strategy Group.

            Membership

            Membership 

            Chair - Claire Ball-Smith, Education

            Deputy Chair - Polly Sykes, Social Policy and Social Work

            Forum Membership:

            • Programme and module leaders for professional programmes
            • Programme and module leaders for apprenticeship programmes
            • Representative(s) from the Apprenticeships Unit
            • Representative(s) from the Academic Support Office
            • Representative(s) from Careers and Placements
            • Representative(s) from the University of York Students' Union

            Secretariat support - provided by the Apprenticeship Unit:

            • Catherine Wild
            • Emma Parker (on maternity leave)
            • Theano Pavlidou

            Meeting dates

            Meeting dates

            Future

            • Thursday 6 March 2025, 1pm-3pm
            • Thursday 22 May 2025, 1pm-3pm
            • Thursday 6 November 2025, 1pm-3pm

            Past

            • Wednesday 6 Nov 2024, 1pm to 2.30pm
            • Thursday 23 May 2024, 1pm to 2.30pm
            • Thursday 7 March 2024, 1pm to 2.30pm

            The meetings take place online. For further details, please contact the team at professional-programme-forum@york.ac.uk.