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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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Paultons Park

Marketing Assistant - Student Placement

Romsey

£19,999

Expired
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G-Research

Technical Support Placement Student (2026–27) - Register your interest

Soho

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G-Research

Tech Placement Student (2026–27) - Register your interest

Soho

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G-Research

Placement Year student (2026–27) - Register your interest

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Technology Consulting Industrial Placement – Northern Ireland – July 2025 intake

Belfast

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Isle Of Wight Council

Under-Graduate Support Worker

Newport

£20,000 - £25,000

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AlphaSights

Placement, Client Service, 2025

London

£25,000 - £30,000

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Gp Fund Solutions

Professional Placement

Southampton

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Unilever

Technology management - Register your interest

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Unilever

Technology Foundation Industrial Placement - Register your interest

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Unilever

Sustainability - Register your interest

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Unilever

Communications – Industrial Placement - Register your interest

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