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The Year in Employment is a great opportunity to complete a work placement between your second and third year as part of your degree. This placement year will help you develop fantastic skills and successful students will graduate with the Year in Employment on their degree transcript. You choose to undertake a placement in the industry of your choice. Check your course eligibility in our download below.
“I would encourage any student thinking about doing a placement year to go for it! It is a fantastic experience and doing a placement is a great platform to getting a job after University. I am really enjoying learning so much about the industry and feel it has given me invaluable insight and new skills I can transfer.
Students are responsible for securing their own placements, which are undertaken after the second year of study (this applies to students on both 3 and 4 year degree programmes). We recommend that you begin considering where you'd like to complete a placement in the summer before your second year as many placement vacancies open in the autumn of your second year.
We have placement opportunities on MyCareer or you can source your own placements elsewhere (see 'Apply here' tab)
The process for moving onto the Year in Employment Programme
Email the Work Experience Team if you are considering or searching for a placement
Once your placement begins, you will need to complete the following in addition to your responsibilities with your placement provider:
We offer support before, during and after your placement:
Before your placement
During your placement
After your placement
Placement opportunities are listed on MyCareer, but you can source your own placements from elsewhere. Some useful sites are:
For more useful information on job hunting, please visit our page here
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We'd like to hear from you if you are considering the Year in Employment or have any questions on the programme. The Work Experience Team will support as required with our contact details below:
Email: workexp@soton.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)23 8059 3501
Please inform us as soon as you've been offered a role by 31st May. We can confirm placements on the Year in Employment Programme after this date with approval from your faculty.