Degrees with Employment Experience

The University is keen to support students who would like to gain employment experience during their undergraduate studies, and allows the option for any student to take a one-year placement between levels 2 and 3 or after level 3. The placement does not have to relate directly to your degree, but it must involve undertaking work which would be typical of a graduate level job ie you can't stack shelves at Tesco for a year but you could work in their head office. The experience gained during the year will clearly be valuable when applying for jobs after graduation, and indeed may lead directly to future employment in the company or organisation.

Following the successful completion of the placement, on graduation students will be awarded an amended degree title to reflect their additional experience eg BSc (Hons) Geography with Employment Experience.

The responsibility for finding a placement rests with the student, although the careers service can assist with this. Placements must be approved by the department, who will also provide support and monitor progress. If you are interested the University has a dedicated website www.sheffield.ac.uk/placements which gives more details, or you can contact Steve Wise who administers the scheme in the geography department.