In applying for your placement, you are encouraged during your second year to contact the Placements Officer for your programme or School and check the placement notice boards for advertisements of current opportunities. This process is supported throughout by the University, with workshops, publications and individual advice sessions. Most students apply to more than one placement employer. The application process is therefore just like applying for a real graduate job, excellent experience in itself. Information on placement opportunities is usually available on Open Days, please ask on the day or contact the relevant admissions tutor if you would like to know more.
Students also qualify for student loans on their placement year.
On language placements, you can either study, work as an assistant in a school, or work for a business organisation. The year abroad will help you develop fluency in your language and an understanding of a foreign culture and society. You will be given plenty of help and guidance in choosing and arranging your placement, and support when you are abroad. I could see that the experience I would gain would help keep me ahead of the recruitment game on graduation. Since coming to Goldman Sachs, I learned more in the first four months than could ever be taught in a lecture theatre.