Introduction
The STEM Host Guide
The digital resource offers insights on the management of quality work placement supervision [1] . [2]. The guide is written for hosts, however, it is likely to also be useful for placement students and teaching teams.
It is designed to be prescriptive, without being exhaustive. It provides suggestions for determining how you might opt to lead and support your student’s professional learning and development during their placement as they learn in the workplace.
It provides an overview of how your hosting role intersects with the performance review process (see placement performance framework section). The framework sets out the ‘what’ and the ‘how to’ of placement planning, expectation setting, performance monitoring and reporting.
All resources are downloadable and designed to be translated:
- to your workplace context;
- the student’s unique learning journey; and
- to be respectful of your unique mentorship/management/leadership style in guiding learning.
Key Takeaways
- Campbell, M., Russell, L., McAllister, L., Smith, L., Tunny, R., Thomson, K., Barrett, M. (2019). A framework to support assurance of institution-wide quality in work integrated learning. Final Report https://research.qut.edu.au/wilquality/wp-content/uploads/sites/261/2019/12/Final-Report.pdf ↵
- K Pažur Aničić, B Divjak, and S Ferns (2025) – The role of employers in the assessment process in WIL: Students’ and employers’ perspectives, Industry and Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/09504222251316340 ↵
