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Placements in Industry

Placements in Industry. Trevor Oliver Associate Dean, UG Programmes Sudha Vaidya Placements Officer James Riley Postgraduate and Placements Student at BMW. Background. All Aston programmes offer the opportunity for students to do a 12 month industrial placement.

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Placements in Industry

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  1. Placements in Industry Trevor Oliver Associate Dean, UG Programmes Sudha Vaidya Placements Officer James Riley Postgraduate and Placements Student at BMW

  2. Background • All Aston programmes offer the opportunity for students to do a 12 month industrial placement. • Some programmes are only available with placement. • University objective is placement for most/all students. • Bursaries to assist placement students. • Careers & Employability Centre works with local placements team.

  3. Benefits to the student • Valuable industry experience • Career prospects • Gain better degree result • May lead to sponsorship or job • Put theory into practice • Professional Recognition • Work ethic • Increase understanding of the subject • Adds value to your degree

  4. Benefits to the company • Valuable industry experience • Access to university careers service • Access to university information resources • Recruitment potential • Additional and/or focussed project resource • Time limited (at outset) • Students usually have excellent and up to date IT skills

  5. Issues • Finding placements • Student engagement • How does Placement count? • Codes of Conduct • Confidentiality • Length of Placement • Fee

  6. Placement experience at BMW • James Riley – MSc in Mechanical Engineering & Design & • FS Team Manager 2010

  7. More information • Example of employer information available http://www1.aston.ac.uk/eas/placement-year/placement-information-for-employers/ • Information for students http://www1.aston.ac.uk/eas/placement-year/information-for-students/ • Careers and Employability centre http://www1.aston.ac.uk/careers/

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