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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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Siemens Mobility

Communications Internship (12 months)

Chippenham

£23,400

Expired
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Jigsaw Trust

Learning Support Worker (1 Year Paid Placement)

Cranleigh, Surrey

£25,000 - £30,000

Expired
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Tilbury Douglas

Year Out Construction Management Placement

Exeter

Expired
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Jigsaw Trust

Trainee SEN Teacher (1 Year Paid Placement)

Cranleigh, Surrey

£20,000 - £25,000

Expired
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Frazer-Nash Consultancy

Systems Engineering and Integration Placement Year 2025

Bristol, Manchester, Warrington

£25,000

Expired
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Illumina

Communications Associate - 12 Month (Undergraduate Placement)

Cambridge

Expired
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HW Fisher

Year Placement 2025

London

Expired
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Illumina

Accounting and Finance Associate – (Undergraduate / Placement) – 12 Months

Cambridge

Expired
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Illumina

Patient Advocacy Associate – (Undergraduate / Placement) – 12 Months

Cambridge

Expired
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Illumina

Lab Scientist Intern (Undergraduate / Placement) – 12 Months

Cambridge

Expired
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Experian

Product Marketing Industrial Placement

London

£25,400

Expired
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EDF

Emergency Preparedness Industrial Placement - Gloucester

Gloucester

£20,000 - £25,000

Expired
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