With over 95% of our courses offering a placement, we give you the opportunity to gain invaluable work experience alongside your degree. There are many benefits to doing a placement. A placement can allow you to:
- Increase your chance at securing a role.
- Discover what you really enjoy in the world of work.
- Earn money if you decide to do a paid placement.
- Gain new perspectives on your career choices.
- Develop key employability skills.
Please take a look at some of the companies that our students have completed their work placements at in previous years.
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In 2020, our placement team were finalists at the National Undergraduate Employability awards.
![Best University Placement Service (Over 500 Placements) Finalist Badge 2020](/pdc/images/work-placements/EA/Best-University-Placement-Service-Over-500-Placements-Finalist-Badge-2020-Cropped-600x451.png)
We were also finalists for the Best Collaboration between a University and Employer for our partnership with The Environment Agency that offers summer placements.
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Our summer internship programme (BSIP) won 2020's best widening participation initiative.
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