Modern Languages and European Studies
Placements and careers
Placements
Year abroad
This programme includes a mandatory year abroad during the third year. You can spend this year:
- undertaking a study exchange at a foreign university (usually an exchange with one of our current ERASMUS partners)
- working as a language assistant in a school
- on a work placement.
You can also have the flexibility for a combination of any of these options.
The year abroad assessment contributes towards your final degree classification.
Our dedicated and experienced Placements Officer will support and guide you through the recruitment process to gain your placement.
Our students have been employed in a number of interesting roles for all or part of the year, most recent examples include:
- American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union (AmCham EU), Brussels (Belgium)
- HSBC, Paris (France)
- PIE, Aix-en-Provence (France)
- Madrid Learn and Teach (Spain)
- Cillero & de Motta, Zaragoza (Spain)
- Kos Progetti (Italy)
- The Childcare Centre, Munich (Germany)
- Torres del Paine National Park (Chile)
- Northlands School, Buenos Aires (Argentina)
- IBM (Germany).
Find out more about the year abroad opportunities.
Careers
Our graduate employment prospects have been consistently ranked among the best in the UK.
The types of careers our graduates go into are wide-ranging. Some become professional linguists; working as teachers or as translators and interpreters in the European Parliament. Most find work in a wide-range of public and private sector institutions, where their communication skills, cultural and social awareness are highly valued.
Recent graduates have found work in translating and interpreting, while others have found language-related positions in:
- Lloyds Banking Group
- International Tennis Federation
- Department for Work and Pensions
- European Parliament (Belgium)
- Jet Air (Germany)
- Université de Provence (France)
- Converse
- Louis Vuitton
- working in Europe, America and Asia.
A high number of our students choose to go directly into employment at a national or international level. Some decide to pursue further programmes of study, including:
