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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.
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Global Credit Trainee
London
£40,000

2026 Audit Industrial Placement Programme
London, Glasgow, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Reading, Manchester, Bristol, Southampton, Leeds, Liverpool, Nottingham, Crawley, Ipswich

Aon Industrial Placement Programme - Actuarial Consulting - Pensions 2026
Glasgow, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Epsom, St Albans

Aon Industrial Placement Programme - Client Management 2026
Manchester, Leeds

Kepak Technical (Food Safety) 12 Month Industrial Placement Programme 2026
Kirkham, Preston
£25,000

Aon Industrial Placement Programme - Investment Consulting 2026
Glasgow, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Bristol, Leeds

Placement Student – Engine Plant IT Systems
Darlington, UK

2026 Shared Service Industrial Placement Programme
Liverpool

2026 Tax Industrial Placement Programme
London, Birmingham, Bristol, Southampton
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Systems Engineering Placement Scheme 2026
Sheffield, Manchester, Bristol, Silchester, Reading
£26,228 - £30,784
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Transport Systems Placement Scheme 2026
Crewe
£26,228 - £30,784
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Management Consultancy Placement Scheme 2026
London, Manchester, Bristol
£26,228 - £30,784
