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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.

RSM
Tax Assistant - Placement - Guildford
Guildford

RSM
Audit Assistant - Placement - Southampton
Southampton

THAMES VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Policy & Inward Investment Administrator (1 Year Student Placement)
Slough, Berkshire
£20,000 - £25,000

Siemens Mobility
Innovation and Platform Management Intern - 12 Months
London
£25,643

AlphaSights
Placement, Client Service, 2025
London
£25,000

MHA
Placement- Aberdeen Office- September 2025
Aberdeen

RSM
Audit Assistant - Placement - Chester
Chester

Capgemini
Industrial Placement - Engagement Management 2025
Telford
£20,000 - £25,000

RSM
Audit Placements
Aberdeen, Chester, Guildford, Hull, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Newcastle, Preston, Reading, Southampton, Stoke

EY
Audit Industrial Placement
Birmingham, Leeds, Reading

RSM
Tax Assistant - Placement - Stoke
Stoke

Jigsaw Trust
Learning Support Worker (1 Year Paid Placement)
Cranleigh, Surrey
£25,000 - £30,000