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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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CMS
CMS Ambassador
Birmingham, Glasgow, Canterbury, Lancaster, Leicester, Newcastle, Southampton, Stirling, Cardiff, Cambridge, Coventry, Liverpool, Nottingham, Oxford, Belfast, Warwick, York, Bristol, Norwich
£19,999
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FTI Consulting
1-Year Placement Intern | Marketing, Forensic & Litigation Consulting
London
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Edinburgh
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IBM
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Illumina
Marketing Specialist - Intern (Placement Year)
Cambridge
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Aldi
Retail Management Placement - Atherstone - REGISTER YOUR INTEREST
Atherstone
£26,000
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Aldi
Retail Management Placement - Chelmsford - REGISTER YOUR INTEREST
Chelmsford
£26,000
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Aldi
Retail Management Placement - Sheppey - REGISTER YOUR INTEREST
Sheppy
£26,000
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Aldi
Retail Management Placement - Neston - REGISTER YOUR INTEREST
Neston
£26,000
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Aldi
Retail Management Placement - Swindon - REGISTER YOUR INTEREST
Swindon
£26,000
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Aldi
Retail Management Placement - Bathgate - REGISTER YOUR INTEREST
Bathgate
£25,000 - £30,000
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Aldi
Retail Management Placement - Sawley - REGISTER YOUR INTEREST
Sawley
£26,000