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Student Studio

Student Studio was developed in response to a commonly observed problem: in a busy office under pressure it can be very difficult to offer meaningful work experience to students. Being new to the workplace, students can hardly be expected to produce professional-standard work and it is time-consuming to conceive of meaningful tasks for the student. Indeed supervisors may not be aware of what experience would be most relevant to their studies.

Student Studio overcomes these challenges by providing sector-specific projects in an easy-to-follow online format that provide a well designed framework for the student’s work experience. Student Studio projects challenge students to meet their own project brief, and so the initiative for their work comes from the students themselves. The activities pages for each project deliberately prompt the students to think about how they can make the most of the resources around them in the host company. And when the supervisors have got that last minute meeting to dash off to, they can be reassured that the student has plenty to be getting on with.

The development of the Student Studio website has been funded by the Useful Simple Trust. In early 2010, ICE Quest agreed to fund the development of two Student Studio project packs aimed at raising the quality of work experience in the construction sector. Specifically, these projects have been developed to tie in with the curriculum of the Construction and the Built Environment Diploma, but are designed to be suitable for any student wishing to find out more about the construction sector.