Undergraduate Student Placements

We place over 4,000 students each year in business and community programmes.. Placements vary from a few weeks to 18 months during the academic year, and the University supports both student and employer throughout.

"Placement students offer Mattel both intelligence and enthusiasm, while Mattel can in turn offer experience and team integration - thus forming a mutually beneficial partnership."
Marianne Sweetsur, Product Manager, Disney, Mattel UK. Ltd

Benefits to employers

Students can tackle tasks using specialist skills that lack of time or resources prevent businesses from carrying out. At the same time, the business benefits from up to date knowledge whilst potentially embarking on a valuable relationship with the University.

"The students work very hard during their time with us. We didn't start this scheme as a recruitment aid, we started it just to see how it would work. But we've found ourselves saying, well we know this young person, they've shaped up very well with us, lets give them a job."
Peter Smith, Director, Hill Martin Ltd

For further information contact the Business & Community Division

Subject areas

UWE students placements include the following major subject areas:

• Information Technology
• Science and Healthcare
• Planning and Environment
• Construction and surveying
• Languages
• Law
• Business
• Design
• Engineering

In addition to placements, many students supplement their incomes with part-time or vacation work. Organisations looking to employ students part time should visit the UWE jobshop.