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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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EDF

Nuclear Engineering Industrial Placement

Gloucester

£23,250

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EDF

Electrical Engineering Industrial Placement

Glasgow

£23,250

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EDF

Business Improvement Industrial Placement

Morecambe

£23,250

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EDF

Procurement Industrial Placement

Morecambe

£23,250

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Lockheed Martin UK

Finance - 12 Month Placement

Havant

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Siemens Mobility

Engineering Safety and Assurance Internship - 12 Months

Northampton

£23,400

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Siemens Mobility

Innovation and Platform Management Intern - 12 Months

London

£23,400

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Siemens Mobility

Business IT Internship (12 Months)

Chippenham

£23,400

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Siemens Mobility

Quality Management and Business Excellence Internship (12 Months)

Goole

£23,400

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Siemens Mobility

Logistics Internship (12 Months)

Goole

£23,400

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EDF

Project Management Industrial Placement - London

London

£20,000 - £25,000

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EDF

Human Factors Industrial Placement

Gloucester

£20,000 - £25,000

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