Most of our courses offer professional placement opportunities. During your placement, you will spend up to a year with a business or organisation using what you have learnt on your course in the workplace.

You’ll be a valued member of a real-world working team, get insights into the career path you want, and contribute to projects and services. On top of this, you’ll have fun, make friends and build your professional network.

Some of our courses allow you to study or work abroad option. As part of this, you can do a placement in an organisation in a different country.

Our placements team are dedicated to supporting you at every stage.

From applying, through to regular catch-ups during your placement and a final review at the end, we're here to help you.

It will be your responsibility to arrange a placement. However, we will provide support and advice, while our employer connections help to increase your chances of finding a suitable placement.

All of our courses with a placement option include Professional Development Programme (PDP) sessions.

These timetabled sessions are designed to help you:

• develop your CV writing and job application skills
• get you ready for interviews
• prepare you for aptitude and skills tests
• increase your practical skills ready for real-world workplaces

Our placements team will provide support and advice throughout the process, and regularly organise talks and events with employers and previous students.

We can’t guarantee specific placement opportunities, but we have a well-established placement support system and dedicated team of Placement Officers to help you.

You will have check-in sessions with a member of the placements team during your placement. These will take place either in person or via video calls.

No matter what placement you do, you'll gain important experience. Some of our students also earn a salary, which helps with living expenses and other costs. Salaries are largely dependent on the sector you choose to work in and are not guaranteed.

If you're an international student, you will be able to do a paid placement if you have a Tier 4 student visa.

During your placement, you’ll pay reduced tuition fees Read more about tuition fees while on placement or studying abroad.

Your tuition fees during your placement will contribute to a range of services and support. Find out more about what your tuition fees pay for while you're on your placement.

Our student placement blogs will help you discover what it’s really like on placement. Our bloggers offer insights into the professional workplace, and the social aspects of doing a professional placement or time abroad, plus tips on making the most of the experience.

You can also follow our placements Instagram account. We regularly share real-life placement stories and have takeovers hosted by students during their placements.