Benefits of placements

For the placement provider: 

• keen and enthusiastic employees 
• employees bringing fresh and innovative ideas 
• employees striving to take responsibility and succeed 
• the opportunity to facilitate wider collaborations 
• an opportunity to vet potential graduate employees and facilitate their recruitment process  

• improved professional and technical skills
• the chance to apply learning to the workplace 
• competitive advantage at graduate job interviews
• improved personal skills such as teamwork, project management and presenting
• better academic performance on return to university
• greater understanding of working environments
• enhanced job opportunities - some students secure graduate jobs with their placement employers or through contacts they have made whilst on placement