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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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DPD

Assistant Management Accountant - 12 Month Student Placement - Starting July 2025

Smethwick

£20,000 - £25,000

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Sensata Technologies

MSD Electronics/Software Development Placement

Newtownabbey

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Retail Renault Group

Marketing Intern - Sandwich year placement

London

£19,999

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Brighton College

HR Assistant (Placement)

Brighton

£20,000 - £25,000

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William Grant & Sons

Specification Data Administrator

Bellshill

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Balfour Beatty

Civil Engineer Year In Industry Placement

Colchester

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Northumbrian Water/Essex & Suffolk Water

Wastewater Project Undergraduate

Sunderland

£20,000 - £25,000

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Smartestenergy

Graduate Risk Placement

London

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Retail Renault Group

Business Placement Data Analyst Intern

London

£19,999

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BDO

2025 Industrial Placement Programme

Reading

£25,000 - £30,000

Expired
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NHS Scotland

Summer Student Placement - Medical Records

Isle of Lewis

£25,000 - £30,000

Expired
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Vet Record Careers

Veterinary Internship - Internal Medicine

Derby

£30,000 - £35,000

Expired
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