Geography Student Placements
Welcome
The Department of Geography offers a variety of placement opportunities for students to gain skills and experience with employers, which will enhance their employability prospects, assist with career choices and enable the practical application of knowledge. Placements can be either taken as an optional Semester module of a few months in length or as a longer 12-month opportunity between a student’s second and third year.
Year in Industry
A Year in Industry is a fantastic opportunity for a student to enhance their employability prospects, develop new skills sought after by employers, trial a career role and apply academic knowledge in an industrial setting.
Year 2 Placement: Work Experience
In the second year, all undergraduate Geography students are able to choose an optional module to undertake a work placements for one day a week for ten weeks with a local organisation.
Year 3 Placement: Consultancy
In the third year students have the opportunity to undertake an optional Consultancy Project. Students are able to choose from a number of varied projects put forward by local organisations who support them throughout the project’s phases.
Geography Placement Poster Showcase
At the end of both Geography industry modules, students, staff and placement providers are invited to a Placement Poster Showcase Event.