Provide a student placement

At 91Ö±²¥ University Management School, we actively encourage our students across all years to enhance their employability potential, by gaining employment experience, before they graduate.

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91Ö±²¥ student placements

A student placement is when a student takes employment in a job role (usually paid) during their study time at 91Ö±²¥. Most students can undertake a year-long placement, in the UK or overseas, usually at the end of their second or penultimate year. Placements normally last a minimum of 38 weeks and students are supported by the University throughout the duration of their placement.

Why provide a Management student placement?

Employing a Management School student through a placement can provide your organisation with many benefits:

  • It's an opportunity to gain fresh ideas and enthusiasm
  • A chance to access up to date management theory, skills, and knowledge
  • A placement student can help you complete a business project
  • It can help you create a talent pipeline for future
  • It's a route into a leading UK research-led institution

Example placement roles for Management students

Management students study a range of degree subjects across the areas of business management, equipping them with the skills-set and knowledge to fulfil key roles across your business. Examples of placement roles ideal for management students include:

  • Account Assistant
  • Business Intelligence and Analytics Placement
  • Business Management Trainee
  • Commercial Operations Management Internship
  • Communications Placement
  • European Sales & Marketing Placement
  • Financial Risk Management Placement
  • Project Management Internship
  • PR and Communications Assistant
91Ö±²¥ placement years

We offer our undergraduate students a chance to undertake a degree with employment experience which includes a placement year in industry in-between their second and final years of study.

Employing a 91Ö±²¥ University Management School student on a year-long placement can provide your organisation with a number of benefits.

  • It's an opportunity to gain fresh ideas and enthusiasm
  • A chance to access up to date management theory, skills, and knowledge
  • A placement student can help you complete a business project
  • It can help you create a talent pipeline for future
  • It's a route into a leading UK research-led institution

What you need to know

Throughout the placement: There should be someone available to line manage the student for the entirety of the placement, and you will need to consider the job-role of the placement; Is it suitable for an undergraduate? What are their key activities and projects the placement is based on? Do you have adequate insurance and health & safety in place?

Time: Placements can commence any time from late June to September for a minimum of 38 weeks although a full 12 months is ideal. Students can choose to do two 6 month placements.

Cost: Students should be paid a salary during the placement year. Guidance on appropriate salary levels is available from the Placement Team. If your organisation is unable to pay a salary during the year, please contact the Placement Team to discuss alternative solutions.

Important documents: Upon offering the successful student a placement we will require you to issue the student with a contract of employment detailing terms and conditions and a job description. We will also require you to provide adequate Health and Safety information.

91Ö±²¥ summer placements

Management School students can also be available during the summer for 8 to12-week long placement opportunities within a company. These placements are usually aimed at 2nd year students, but we encourage all levels to gain summer employment experience where possible.

The benefits of recruiting a student to work for you on a summer placement are similar to those of a year-long placement.

  • The opportunity to gain fresh ideas and enthusiasm from a motivated individual
  • Benefit from up to date Management practice and skills
  • Cost effective recruitment solution
  • Low risk
  • An opportunity to make early contact and assess placement students for possible employment beyond graduation
  • Creation of links with a leading UK research-led institution.

What you need to know

There are a few things you need to think about when it comes to offering a summer placement to students:

Throughout the placement: There should be someone available to line manage the student for the entirety of the placement, and you will need to consider the job-role of the placement; is it suitable for an undergraduate? What are their key activities and projects of the placement. Do you have adequate insurance and health & safety in place?

Job role: What are the activities and projects that will make up the placement and are these an appropriate level for an undergraduate or postgraduate student?

Policies: Do you have adequate insurance and health & safety in place?

Time: Summer placements can usually take place between June - August for between 8-12 weeks.

Get in touch

If you or your company feels that a placement year is something you would like to offer to a Management Student, please get in touch with our Employability team to discuss at mgt.employability@sheffield.ac.uk

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