Placement providers
Placement providers
Examples of companies that provide placement opportunities for our students include:
- House of Commons
- House of Lords
- John Lewis
- Morgan Stanley
- Bank of England
- HSBC Investment Bank
Can you provide placements for our students?
We are always looking for new institutions and organisations to be part of our placement scheme and provide placement opportunities for our students.
If you are interested in discussing being a placement provider, then please contact: hss-placements@bath.ac.uk
What do we expect from Placement Providers?
Key elements
We believe a good placement should include the following elements:
- Provide opportunities for learning, mainly practical, but also academic and social.
- Enable the student to assume an appropriate degree of responsibility.
- Maximise the student’s contribution to the organisation or department.
Supervision
Adequate supervision is a critical factor in the success of any placement. We ask that placement providers:
- Integrate the student into their project or team
- Facilitate contacts with other colleagues
- Arrange regular meetings with the student
- Outline expectations and a work programme
Ideally a student would be assigned to a supervisor for the duration of the placement, someone who can discuss the work programme, work expectations, monitor day-to-day progress and provide advice and guidance where necessary.
Support with student dissertation
We also would wish the placement provider to advise and offer guidance to the student for their dissertation and discuss logistical or ethical issues, and feasibility of the topic. The discussion of a work programme and the appointment of a daily supervisor, who may be another person in the team other than the director, ensures that, from the outset, both student and placement provider are clear as to the content and objectives of the placement.
Guidelines for Placement Providers
- Economics degrees
- Education degrees
- Health degrees
- Language degrees
- Politics degrees
- Psychology degrees
- Social & Policy Sciences degrees
What skills can students provide?
- They are able to demonstrate initiative, to assimilate information quickly and to take on an increasing degree of responsibility
- They are effective communicators with good analytical skills, and are well accustomed to working in teams
- They will have undertaken oral, visual and written presentation of research topics
- They will have developed both qualitative and quantitative research skills
