Placements

Your placement experience will be an exciting and valuable part of your studies.

At undergraduate level the placement provides you with the chance to spend your 3rd year on a 40 week paid industrial placement. At postgraduate level the placement offers the unique opportunity to experience six to nine months working in industry.

Whilst students are responsible for arranging their own work placements, we have a team of dedicated placement officers who provide a wealth of experience and knowledge in this area, as well as an established network of industry relationships.

Gain experience in your industry

Our students have enjoyed placements with:

• House of Fraser – working as an integral member of the training support team
• Intel – various internships offered in sales, business operations, finance, logistics and marketing
• Lastminute.com – operational, administrative and commercial support to one of the hotel partner marketing teams
• Macdonald Randolph Hotel – 5 star hotel – working in the lounge/restaurant and conference/banqueting departments
• Marks & Spencer – involved in everything from selling food and clothing to understanding management operations and HR practices
• The National Trust – support with event management, membership promotion, marketing and the management of the visitor experience.
• Tesco – within the store planning department
• TUI – working within the commercial division in one of the following departments: product, early trading, late trading, cruise, accommodation only trading, trading and development
• Welsh Rugby Union – training supervision, physical testing and assessment, refueling and rehydration, rehabilitation, research and development, video analysis, recovery practices, match day roles
• Unilever – analysis of consumer and market data.

...and many more.

If your company would like to find out more about recruiting a placement student please visit our Graduate Employment Service.