Placement opportunities

Gain real experience through powerful placements

Getting real-world experience is the best way to boost your skills and help make you a standout candidate in your future career. Employers are on the lookout for people who already have experience working in industry before leaving education.

Expert support

You will have access to support from employability tutors who have knowledge of placements in your specific subject area. They will be on hand to help guide you before, during and after your work experience, providing information about what roles are available, employers who might suit you and guidance on how to be prepared for working in industry.

Here are just some of the employers with whom we have helped our students to secure work placements:

Armac Martin
GMI Construction Group
MAK UK Chartered Certified Accountants
Trilogy Trinity & Co Chartered Accountants
The University of Law
University Hospitals Birmingham (NHS)
Royal Orthopaedic Hospital (NHS)
Mondelēz
Aston Villa Football Club
Birmingham City Football Club
The NEC Group
West Midlands Police Firearms Unit

As part of my college course, I completed a placement at Birmingham Children's Hospital in the Heart Investigation Unit. I gained good experience of a cardiology department and the different investigations they carry out including ECGs, tapes, exercise test, CPEX and Echo. Near the end of my placement, I was allowed patient contact, which enabled me to practise my positioning and application of the ECG stickers and expand my knowledge of ECGs altogether. After my placement, I continued going into the hospital once a week to gain further experience. I'm pleased to say that I have since secured a full-time 12-month contract in the same department.

Jessica McLachlan Health and Social Care Level 3

Get part-time or voluntary work during your studies

We can help you secure part-time or voluntary work with support from our Unitemps recruitment agency our campus. You'll also have access to online search tools as well as opportunities to meet with organisations at our employability fairs.

To find out more about opportunities for work alongside your studies, please send an email to unitemps@ucb.ac.uk.

To find out more, visit us in the HIRED suite in room 425 at Summer Row or email us.

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