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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.
Student Placement - Digital Marketing
Birmingham
£20,000 - £25,000
Mandatory Internship - Customer Service Agent (m/f/d)
London
Summer Placement Test Systems Engineer
Edinburgh
Industrial Placement – Supply Chain Analyst
Bracknell
£20,000 - £25,000
Human Resources (HR) Placement Student
Hillsborough
£25,000 - £30,000
Marketing Communications Undergraduate Placement
Milton Keynes
£20,000 - £25,000
Prudential Risk Undergraduate Internship
Street
Graduate PR & Sustainability Support Executive
Forres
£19,999
Student Graduate (GIS Technician)
Salisbury
Student Placement - Digital Marketing
Birmingham
£20,000 - £25,000

Restructuring 12 Month Placement Programme (Summer 2026) - Birmimgham
Birmingham
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Junior RFP Writer
London
