Apply for support

Our Placement Scheme offers support to OOC DTP students who have secured a placement with an external organisation. To apply for this support, you will need to:

  1. Talk to your supervisor about the opportunity - they will need to approve any time away from your studies.
  2. Let the OOC DTP team know that you have been offered a placement via an established scheme or that an organisation has agreed to host you on a placement. Email us on training@oocdtp.ac.uk.
  3. Complete an application for a placement extension and/or associated expenses. Make sure you use the correct application form. Ask your supervisor to submit this to training@oocdtp.ac.uk.
  4. If approved by the DTP, complete your university's requirements for a placement;
  5. Submit feedback and a report within one month of completing your placement.
  6. NEW: students are encouraged to take advantage of the DTP's sustainability policy, for further information see here

Any questions? Get in touch with the OOC DTP team on training@oocdtp.ac.uk

 

Please note, we are currently unable to consider placement applications from OOC DTP students who have a student visa. We are seeking urgently to clarify this situation with the AHRC, and will provide email communication to all of our cohorts with further updates.

Bespoke placements

It can take up to three months to put all of the approvals in place for a placement, so plan ahead and apply early.

Applications will be considered at the following deadlines:

  • 10 September 2024 

  • 5 November 2024 

  • 14 January 2025 

  • 10 March 2025 

  • 12 May 2025 

  • 14 July 2025 

 

Application Forms

If you have been offered a placement via an established scheme, please use our 'Placement Support' form. If you are developing a bespoke placement project, please use our 'Placement Project Plan' form.

OOC DTP Placement Support Form           OOC DTP Placement Project Plan

Examples

To help you complete your placement project plan, the following anonymised sample application forms may be of use:

Example Placement Project Plan 1             Example Placement Project Plan 2