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Student placements

Placement students can bring many advantages to your business, whatever its size. Students are work-ready with well-developed skills, and can therefore add real value to your projects.

Taking placement students can also be an efficient recruitment solution as you may end up offering them a permanent graduate job. This can also considerably reduce your recruitment costs and efforts.

Enquire about hiring placement students

How do placements work?

Undergraduate or postgraduate students work with you on a fixed-term contract for up to a year in an area of your business that is relevant to their course.

In return for their work, we ask that you offer them development opportunities and the chance to take on some responsibility.

During their placement, students may need to complete academic work for their degree. This could be a piece of valuable research for your organisation. Students are also supported by us throughout their placement.

A placement student can give you

  • a high-calibre employee who is motivated to perform well
  • fresh, innovative ideas
  • a flexible way to resource a short-term project
  • cost effective graduate recruitment.
They’re fresh, bright and motivated. They bring the whole team up with their enthusiasm.

Anton Cowell, Eschmann Equipment

Subject expertise

You can hire placement students with a wide range of subject expertise: 

  • Arts
  • Business, Finance and Marketing
  • Design and Architecture
  • Fashion
  • Health
  • Media
  • Pharmacy
  • Retail
  • Science and Engineering (includes maths, environment, computing and product design)
  • Sport and Service Management (includes leisure, sports business management, hospitality and retail)
  • Teaching.

Success stories

Each year, numerous organisations across a wide range of sectors benefit from resourcing their projects with our high-calibre students on placement. Here are just a few of the many success stories.

Eschmann Equipment

Eschmann Equipment

Eschmann takes on placement students to help with to help with projects and staffing needs. 

JBA Consulting takes on University of Brighton students on placements

JBA consulting

JBA takes on placement students to help with flood risk management project.

Brighton and Sussex University Hospital NHS Trust

Brighton and Sussex University Hospital

BSUH NHS Trust take on placement students to help in the pathology department.

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