The Professional Training Placement Experience

Follow our current students through their Professional Training placements.

My Placement as an Engineering Essential Worker at Caterpillar

I am Dominique Jones, and despite my mechanical engineering placement, I am studying an Aerospace Engineering integrated masters degree. Surrey has been my second home since 2017, so leaving campus to work in the industry for the first time was a daunting thought, yet a moment that my life in education had been leading up to.  In 2020 that time finally came […]


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 […]


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