Student placement stories

A day in the life of a Marketing Placement Student

Have you ever wondered what a typical day looks like for a  Marketing  student on a year-long placement? Well, my name is Steph and I am currently on a placement year with BCU. It's been such a fun experience so far and I would love to bring you along for a day in my life. Let’s go! 

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Adam's work experience at Architecture Firm Gensler

During his studies on the BA (Hons) Architecture (RIBA Part 1 Exemption) course, Adam Nuttall spent two weeks in practi...

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Ben Hobbis: My placement experience

BA (Hons) Primary Education with QTS student, Ben, is half way through his second-year of course and recently began a b...

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Elvinah's placement experiences at Sky and Universal Music Group

School of Media student, Elvinah Noemie Xhignesse has achieved two work placements for Sky and Universal Music Group. ...

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Holly's English placement

BA (Hons) English and Creative Writing  graduate, Holly Psaliou, completed a work placement at the British American Gro...

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Improving lives on my psychology placement

Psychology students here at BCU get the opportunity to undertake a work placement as part of their studies. Work placem...

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Lewis Sherwood My engineering placement with Arconic

After enjoying his placement with aluminium manufacturer, Arconic, Lewis converted to a part-time degree in BEng (Hons)...

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Liam's placement at Solihull Moors Football Club

Are you interested in pursuing a career in sports coaching and physical education? Liam, a dedicated BSc (Hons) Sports...

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Mishark's placement at East Birmingham Youth Offending Service

Social Science student Mishark completed his placement at  East Birmingham Youth Offending Service, making a real dif...

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Mohammed's placement at Nissan Technical Centre Europe

Mohammed Akbar Hussain is a Mechanical Engineering student who worked as a Test Engineer at  Nissan Technical Centre ...

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My Education Studies placement experience

Jess Wythe, an Education Studies student, shares her placement experience.

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My experience working at Toye, Kenning & Spencer

We caught up with  BA Jewellery and Silversmithing  student, Prapasri Suwannakhot, who told us all about her role at...

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My Music Business Placement with BE83

Corinne Stewart, a third year Music Business student, is undertaking her placement with BE83.  BE83 Music Group is a B...

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My placement with Games Interactive

We caught up with BA (Hons) Video Game Digital Art student, Emily Evans, who told us all about her work placement at ga...

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My placements at InMusic and Music Tribe

BSc (Hons) Sound Engineering and Production  student, Aimee, completed three software engineering internships during he...

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My Work Experience Placement at Grayling PR

Second year BA (Hons) Fashion Business & Promotion student, Tom Pleydell undertook an exciting two-month work placemen...

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My work placement with Tate Liverpool

We caught up with BA (Hons) Art and Design student, Oliver Dupont, who told us all about his work placement with Tate L...

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My year in placement at spin master

Business Management  student, Caitlin, reflects on an exciting placement year with Spin Master, working with brands suc...

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Nadia's placement at Rare Games

Nadia landed a placement with well-known, Microsoft games studio, Rare . Her gaming passion along with her degree, cre...

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Natasha's placement as a Sports Science and Nutrition Intern

Natasha completed her placement with a rugby club as their sports science and nutrition intern, working with their fir...

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Olanrewaju's placement as a Manufacturing Engineer

Olanrewaju decided to undertake an industrial placement to gain invaluable experience and a deeper understanding of the...

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Our Biomedical Sciences Placement Experience

Getting hands on experience through opportunities such as taking a placement year is it great way to develop skills and...

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Placement profile: Accounting and Finance

Joshua Mussell is a final year  Accounting and Finance  student who secured work with Dunelm through a placement he ...

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Placement profile: Buyer at Primark Head Office

Georgina Fradgley, Fashion Business and Promotion student, talks to us about her placement at Primark Head Office.

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Placement Profile: Raman Sahota

BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies student, Raman Sahota, is currently on placement within a nursery in Smethwick, Bi...

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Quantity Surveying Placements at Turner & Townsend

BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying student David Tenkoramah spent his placement year at leading global consultancy Turner &...

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Student blogs - My Social work placement experience

Feeling worried about going on placement? It’s completely normal to feel nervous, but it’s also an exciting and valuab...

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Support Through Court | Lauren's Law placement

When aspiring solicitor, Lauren Moult, completed her BA Hons in Law with us, staying on to complete her postgraduate st...

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Toyota Motor Europe placement

BEng (Hons) Automotive Engineering student, Izabella, spent her placement year working for Toyota Motor Europe, in the...

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Zan's computing work placement at Blueberry Consultants

Zan is a BSc (Hons) Computer and Data Science student who worked as a Trainee DevOps at Blueberry Consultants. His plac...

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