Placement Support Service
Gaining placement experience can really boost your employability.
The Placement Support Service can:
- Support you with your search for a placement
- Offer guidance and advice on the application process
- Speak with your Placement Co-ordinator about placement options within your course.
- Complete a registration form to sign up for the Employability Link Placement Support module on Blackboard.
- Register with our online Vacancies and Events.
- Start to prepare your Placement CV and get it checked by a Careers Adviser.
How to get started :
What are the benefits of undertaking a placement?
What have our students said about their placement experiences?
Katie Duffy FURther useful information:
Prospects - Work Experience website
Target Jobs - Work Experience website
Digital Versions of Work Experience Magazines:
For more information contact Jean Beggs, Placement Administrative Assistant on 0141 848 3370 or email jean.beggs@uws.ac.uk
For more information about work placements in your School please contact your Placement Co-ordinator or Programme Leader.
ARE YOU A UWS undergraduate STUDENT WishING to REGISTER FOR PLACEMENT SUPPORT?
Please complete and return to the Employability Link on Paisley campus or Student Link at any other campus. Alternatively email as an attachment to placement@uws.ac.uk
YOU WILL NEED THE RIGHT CV AND COVERING LETTER FOR PLACEMENT
Are you an employer wishing to advertise a placement?
Click on "Employers" on our side menu to find out about the full services of the Employability Link.
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SOME Work Experience Schemes
e-Placement Scotland helps students at Scottish universities and colleges find paid IT work placements. http://www.e-placementscotland.com/ Check out this YouTube video
Third Sector Internships Scotland helps students to find paid work experience in the Third Sector. http://www.3rdsectorintern.com/
International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience (IAESTE) provide science, engineering and applied arts under-graduates with training experience abroad relevant to their studies. http://www.iaeste.org.uk
Workplace Experience Programme for International Students aims to develop a range of opportunities enabling Scottish business to engage with international students. AGCAS Workplace Experience Programme for International Students