Work Placements - Key Benefits

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How can your company benefit from work placements

How can your company benefit from work placements


Work Placements The key facts.. So what is a Placement year? • Simply put it’s when a student spends a year working for a company/ organisation which has some relation to the students’ degree program Why offer a work placement? • Students can bring fresh and

innovative ideas to your business • They can provide you with essential

additional skills, helping you tackle key business projects • A student can bring enthusiasm and a new dynamic to your team • Future talent stream - how about bringing them back on a graduate programme? What are the benefits to the student? The work placement provides the student with a great opportunity to gain real-life work experience and invaluable ‘employability skills’ • Generally speaking it helps make them become more employable at the graduate level and while students are putting their learning into practice, you’ll be benefitting from their talent

How long is a placement? • A full placement year is 48 weeks but some

degree programs offer shorter placements What support does the student require? What support do they receive from the University? • The student will require a line manager for the duration of the placement • All students are allocated a placement tutor from their faculty • The University Placements Team is available to answer any queries Would you like to find out more information? The best way to find out more is to speak with us. One of our experienced Placement and Employability Advisers can talk you through the process.

Contact us: 01752 586007 or placements@plymouth.ac.uk for: Faculties of Science & Environment, Health & Human Sciences and Peninsula Schools of Medicine & Dentistry 01752 585651 or fobplacements@plymouth.ac.uk for: Faculty of Business and Arts and Humanities


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