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Placements are similar to internships in that they are structured work experience schemes through which university students enter the workplace, discover what it is like to work in a particular career sector and to develop useful skills. The term placement, rather than internship, has traditionally been used when a student had to undertake the work experience as part of their degree course – but these days some employers use the terms placement and internship interchangeably.
What kinds of placement are there? A placement year (otherwise known as a year-in-industry or a sandwich year) typically lasts between 24 and 50 weeks and is held between your penultimate and final year of studies. Summer placements, unsurprisingly, run during the university summer holidays; they are typically aimed at penultimate-year students, but some might be open to other year groups.
If you make a good impression as a placement student, many employers will either offer you a job for after graduation or put you straight through to the final stages of their graduate recruitment process; in some cases, they may also sponsor (AKA cover some of the costs of) your final year.
Aon
Aon Industrial Placement Programme - Register your interest
Birmingham, Bristol, Epsom, Farnborough, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, St Albans
EDF
Industrial Placements - Register your interest
TPP
Technical Engineer Placement Year
Leeds.
£30,000
Aldi
HR Placement - Recruitment (Bolton Regional Office) - REGISTER YOUR INTEREST
Bolton
£26,000
Aldi
Retail Management Placement - Cardiff - REGISTER YOUR INTEREST
Cardiff
£26,000
Industrial Placement Software Engineer
Southampton
Cummins Inc
Marketing Placement - Register Your Interest
Darlington, Daventry, Ramsgate, Huddersfield, Wellingborough
£21,000
Cummins Inc
Manufacturing Placement - Register Your Interest
Darlington, Daventry, Huddersfield
£21,000
Cummins Inc
Supply Chain & Logistics Placement - Register Your Interest
Darlington, Huddersfield, Daventry, Ramsgate, Peterborough, Rugby
£21,000
Cummins Inc
Sales Placement - Register Your Interest
Ramsgate, Peterborough
£21,000
Cummins Inc
Quality Placement - Register Your Interest
Darlington, Daventry, Ramsgate, Huddersfield
£21,000
Cummins Inc
Purchasing Placement - Register Your Interest
Darlington, Daventry, Huddersfield
£21,000
