The Professional Training Placement Experience

Follow our current students through their Professional Training placements.

Holá Barcelona

Last week I was walking 20,000 steps a day on average whilst working at MWC (Mobile World Congress) in Barcelona. My colleagues warned me of the grand scale of the premises, however I could not anticipate just how big the place was. With over 400,000 m2 of exhibition floor space, the Fira de Barcelona is […]


Apply Apply Apply

The Process I went through to get my American Placement Applying for placements at Surrey is a process similar to applying for University. Most students secure their placements via an open market process, having applied to various roles advertised on Surrey Pathfinder. As a Biosciences student applying for international placements I experienced a slightly different […]


My Placement Year in Outside Broadcasting

Since July 2018, I’ve been working for Arena Television as a Technical Assistant on my 12 month Professional Training Year for the Film and Video Production Technology course. Arena is a leading outside broadcast company in the UK, providing television coverage for live sporting events and light entertainment productions from the Premier League football for […]


Settling in and making the most of your placement

  Hi! I’m Georgina and I am a Digital Media Arts student. I am currently on a placement year working as a Digital Production Intern at Cartoon Network located in Central London, Soho. I have been working at Cartoon Network for 7 months already, but it does not feel like that long ago when I […]


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