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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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BlackRock

12-Month Placement Programme

London, Edinburgh

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AWE

Year in Industry - Register Interest

United Kingdom

15 days to apply
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Tunbridge Wells Borough Council

Graduate Planning Assistant - 24 Month FTC

Royal Tunbridge Wells

Expired
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Red Bull Racing & Red Bull Technology

Business Performance Student Placement

Milton Keynes

Expired
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Rolls-Royce plc

Rolls-Royce Engineering and Technology Year Long Internship - Register your interest

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Accenture

Register your interest - Accenture's Undergraduate Programmes

Last day to apply
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Chester Zoo

Plants Voluntary Work Placement

Chester

Expired
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Suffolk County Council

Graduate Project Officer

Ipswich

£25,000 - £30,000

Expired
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Triumph Motorcycles

Finance Graduate

Hinckley

Expired
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Stantec

Industrial Placement - Structural Engineer (Birmingham)

Birmingham

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The Headland Hotel Co. Ltd

Student Placement

Newquay

2 days to apply
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Stantec

Industrial Placement - Civil Engineer (Leeds)

Leeds

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