What the platform does
Listed honestly: what works today, and what is still being built. If a feature is not on the first list, do not plan around it yet.
Available now In use
- Student registration and cohortsStudents registered against a programme, year and cohort, with placement allocation history held against each record.
- Placement recordsEmployer, work area, supervisor, dates and agreed hours recorded for every student.
- Digital logbookStudents log tasks and hours. Entries require confirmation by a named workplace supervisor. Self-certification is not possible.
- Coordinator dashboardCohort progress at a glance, running hour totals against target, and flags where a student is behind or an entry is unconfirmed.
- Reporting and exportCohort reports exported in the formats supervisory agencies expect, generated rather than compiled by hand.
- Access control and audit trailRole-based access for student, supervisor, coordinator and employer. Every confirmation carries a name and a timestamp that cannot be edited afterwards.
- Verified portfolio exportStudents export their own record of tasks, competences and supervisor feedback, and keep it after they graduate.
In development Roadmap
These are planned, not delivered. They are listed so partners can plan, not so we can appear larger than we are.
- Assisted matchingSuggesting placements by discipline, location and availability, to reduce coordinator workload. Matching is currently done by our placement team.
- Offline-first USSD and SMSLogging and confirmation without a smartphone or data connection, for students on placement in areas with poor coverage.
- Student information system integrationDirect exchange with institutional systems, replacing file-based import and export.
- Employer recruitment toolsAllowing host employers to search the portfolios of students they have supervised.
Data protection
Student records are processed under the Nigeria Data Protection Act and, where applicable, United Kingdom data protection law. The institution is the data controller; NWIEP processes records on the institution's instructions under a written processing agreement.
Access is role-based, confirmations are immutable, and retention periods are agreed with each institution. Students may export their own portfolio at any time.