Year in Industry

Year in Industry

Also known as a sandwich placement year, these opportunities usually last a full academic year and take place in the penultimate year of study. Students undertaking a Year in Industry are employed by the business as an employee, whilst also remaining enrolled as a student at the University.

The placement must be relevant to a student's degree. Completion of the placement includes, working for a minimum number of weeks, a successful placement tutor visit, submission of report and a positive feedback from the placement provider. The Year in Industry offers an opportunity to apply academic knowledge in an industrial setting, whilst also enabling students to network and build relationships which may prove useful in their future careers. Within the College of Health and  Science, students have undertaken professional practice placements at a wide range of organisations including NHS, IBM, RARE Ltd, BT, Reckitt, Severn Trent Water, Rolls Royce, and Siemens.