The Professional Training Placement Experience

Follow our current students through their Professional Training placements.

Reasons to be grateful during an Erasmus semester like no other

An online post I saw just before coming to Germany said: “travelling alone will be the scariest, most liberating, life-changing experience of your life” and, almost 6 months later, I feel it best sums up my Erasmus semester. Despite challenges, especially during a pandemic, I have lots of reasons to be grateful for my time […]


What I’ve learnt from doing a placement at home

Hey guys! I’m Emma and I’m a psychology student currently doing a placement at the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, also known as the CBCD, or Birkbeck Babylab. As everyone else is probably feeling, the expectation of my placement is far different from the reality. I got the email confirming I would be working […]


Six Months at Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte and my top tips for placement applications

Hello everyone! My name is Ananya. I am a Business and Retail Management student currently doing my placement training year as a Retail Trade Marketing Intern at B/S/H. To give you a little insight into what that actually means… The Trade Marketing team bridges the gap between the Brand and Sales teams. We are responsible […]


My first 6 months as an Intern for RSSL

Hi all! My name is Jack, I’m a chemistry student currently on placement at Reading Scientific Services Limited (RSSL) as a food, pharmaceuticals and investigative analysis intern. I started my placement just over 6 months ago and my time has flown by! I thought it would be good to share what my experience has been like so far.


My Placement Year in a Biomed laboratory

Hi there, my name is Hannah 😊, and I am a Biological Sciences student. I am currently on placement as a Medical Laboratory Assistant at Eurofins County Pathology, Guildford. I must admit I didn’t go out looking for a laboratory placement, but I am glad this is where I ended up! When I started my […]


A Placement & A Pandemic: the first 6 months of my Environmental Psychology placement year.

What is Environmental Psychology? For those of you that don’t know, Environmental Psychology is all about how we as humans interact with our physical environment, including both how the environment can impact us, such as natures’ influences on our wellbeing, but also how we can impact the environment and how this can be changed, for […]


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