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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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Generation Success

Marketing Placement Opportunity (9-12 Month Academic Placement Year)

London

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Credit Agricole

12 Month Internship - Credit Research

London

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Prematchapp

Internship Socials & Content

London

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Perrigo Company Plc

QC Analyst - Industrial Placement

Wrafton

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Love Corn

Marketing Intern - 12 Month Placement

London

£20,000 - £25,000

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Fulkrum

HR Intern - Recruitment & Resourcing - Placement Year

Corby

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University Of The West Of England

Library Enquiry Placement Student

Frenchay

£20,000 - £25,000

Expired
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Pirelli

Materials Technology Assistant (Undergraduate Placement)

Burton-On-Trent

Expired
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George At Asda

George Merchandising Assistant Student Placement

Lutterworth

Expired
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Convene

Event Coordinator- University Placement Year

Manchester

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SEQENS

Industrial Placement Student

Middlesbrough

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The Graduate Network

Primary Graduate Teaching Assistant

Manchester

£19,999

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