ASET (professional body)

ASET
Company type	A registered charity
Founded	1982
Headquarters	Sheffield, England
Website	www.asetonline.org

Last updated March 29, 2025

ASET, the Work based and Placement Learning Association, was established in 1982, and is now the leading professional body for placement and employability staff in UK Higher Education Providers (HEPs). ASET is a registered charity based in Sheffield, England,^[1] run by, and for, work based learning practitioners offering support, advice, guidance and representation to all professionals who work in the field. ASET seeks to advance the prevalence, effectiveness and quality of work based and placement learning in Higher Education, by promoting and publishing research.^[2]

ASET aims to:

Provide strategic leadership and a national voice as a central agency
Champion the concept of work based and placement learning
Advise on best practice, providing training and staff development opportunities for the dissemination of good practice across the sector
Offer informed and authoritative representation, advice and support to all professionals working in the field
Provide a forum for groups and individuals to discuss and formulate policies
Prepare, develop and publish information and research relating to work based and placement learning ^[3]

ASET provides training for over 1500 staff managing all forms of work placements through a regular staff development programme of workshops and an annual conference held in early September 2019.^{[ citation needed ]} ASET has provided leadership in the development of Good Practice Guides in many areas including Health and Safety for Student Placements and Supporting Students with Disabilities on Placement and also the promotion and dissemination of a series of ASET Viewpoints on topical issues.

References

↑ "About ASET". ASET. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
↑ "About ASET". ASET. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
↑ Fildes, Keith (23 March 2007). ASET Annual Conference: Proceedings of the 2006 Placement and Employability Professionals' Conference. ASET. ISBN 978-0-9542231-5-1.

External links

Official Website The Placement and Employability Professionals' Body
Guardian Newspaper Article A Guardian newspaper article about ASET and its work.

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[1] "About ASET". ASET. Retrieved 10 May 2020.

[2] "About ASET". ASET. Retrieved 10 May 2020.

[3] Fildes, Keith (23 March 2007). ASET Annual Conference: Proceedings of the 2006 Placement and Employability Professionals' Conference. ASET. ISBN 978-0-9542231-5-1.

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