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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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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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AtkinsRéalis

Ground Engineering and Tunnelling Placement Scheme 2025

Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Croydon, Epsom (Surrey), Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester

£24,570 - £28,808

Expired
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AtkinsRéalis

Waste Management Placement Scheme 2025

Whitehaven, Manchester, Glasgow

£24,570 - £28,808

Expired
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AtkinsRéalis

Mechanical Engineering Placement Scheme 2025

Bristol, Glasgow, Birmingham, Belfast, Epsom, Derby, Manchester, Sheffield, Stockton

£24,570 - £28,808

Expired
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AtkinsRéalis

Systems Engineering Placement Scheme 2025

Manchester, Sheffield, Bristol

£24,570 - £28,808

Expired
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Cummins Inc

Placement Student - Purchasing Co-Ordinator

Cwmbran, Torfaen

Expired
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AtkinsRéalis

Rail Consulting Placement Scheme 2025

Derby

£24,570 - £28,808

Expired
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AtkinsRéalis

Civil and Structural Engineering Placement Scheme 2025

Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Croydon, Derby, Epsom, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, Peterborough, Swansea, Whitehaven, Aylesbury, Newcastle, Swindon, Trowbridge, York, Chelmsford, Edinburgh, Stockton

£24,570 - £28,808

Expired
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AtkinsRéalis

Project Management Placement Scheme 2025

London, Bristol, Epsom, Manchester, Whitehaven

£24,570 - £28,808

Expired
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AtkinsRéalis

Intelligent Mobility and Smart Technologies Placement Scheme 2025

Manchester

£24,570 - £28,808

Expired
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AtkinsRéalis

Nuclear Safety Placement Scheme 2025

Manchester, Epsom, Bristol

£24,570 - £28,808

Expired
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