Workplace Learning

Workplace Learning

Workplace learning opportunities are designed to enhance students' employability by providing them with real-life work experience before they graduate.

Depending on their programme of study, students can complete a range of workplace activities while studying within the College of Health and Science at Lincoln, including module-based work opportunities, a Year in Industry, extracurricular business interactions, internships, practice placements and summer work opportunities. Workplace learning can last from as little as a few days, up to a whole year or more, dependent on the type of opportunities available and what the individual student chooses to undertake.

The workplace learning opportunity you decide to undertake, may be dependent on a number of things such as the type of opportunities available, duration or your personal preference. Whichever form of workplace learning you decide to pursue, it must be relevant to your studies. The College of Health and Science Workplace Learning Team, are here to support you in finding and identifying a suitable workplace opportunity.

Please note, that workplace learning is not available on all of our programmes. 

Find out more about our options and what you could achieve during your studies.

The Benefits of Workplace Learning

Workplace learning offers the chance to apply academic knowledge in an industrial setting, while gaining real-world work experience. Placement students have the opportunity to develop a range of skills including business communication, project work, teamwork, task prioritisation and time management by working in a diverse environment with a number of people to learn from. 

All these experiences aim to enhance a student's CV and provide the opportunity to develop connections with potential future employers. Many employers use placements to recruit talented individuals into graduate jobs. Completing a placement may also give you a taste of prospective career paths and job roles, and could therefore help you when making future career decisions.

Some workplace learning will require you to undertake a multi-step recruitment process. This will also provide invaluable experience around the application process including interviews, and assessment days, which could assist you in securing future employment in a competitive graduate market.