One of the main advantages of doing a sandwich scheme at Brunel is that we can offer our students an enormous variety of high quality placements with good training and support. We were one of the first universities to incorporate work placements into our undergraduate degrees and thanks to this experience, we have been able to establish an impressive network of contacts in a wide variety of prestigious organisations - in business, industry, government and noncommercial establishments. Many students have the opportunity to work in organisations, which might otherwise, be quite hard to get into. This gives them a good foot in the door when it comes to applying for a graduate post. In many instances, successful placement students are able to show their worth and are offered jobs after they graduate and sponsorship throughout the rest of the course.
All students do something which is related to their degree or their personal career interests.
No two placements are ever the same so it is impossible to specify precisely what you will do. As a rule, students generally get out of their placements what they are prepared to put in. If you are a high flyer, there are normally plenty of opportunities to really make your mark. These are real jobs with real responsibilities, so it is not uncommon for our students to be managing small teams, to be involved in strategy and policy research, to have sole responsibility for significant projects, or to be used as consultants in the companies where they work. Whatever you do, your placement should greatly improve your skills, knowledge and understanding.