Work placements

Research has shown that taking on a work placement during your studies can be an excellent way to improve your employability skills and your chances of getting a job once you graduate. At the University of Glasgow there are lots of opportunities for you to get work experience with a whole range of employers. Your School or subject centre may offer work placements as part of your course. Club 21, within the University Careers Service has a range of paid summer placements available to apply for now! You could also have a look at the paid external placement opportunities advertised on the right hand side of this page. For example, the new Third Sector Internships Scotland scheme provides paid placements, up to 10 weeks in length, across Scotland. There is also the Commonwealth Graduate Fund which is offering funding for 1000 graduate jobs in Glasgow. Placements are available now in a whole range of areas including Marketing, Communications, Fundraising, Policy Development, Social Media. If you are about to graduate or have already graduate from an undergraduate or postgraduate degree check out Talent Scotland's paid placements.

Case studies

To find out more about what it is really like to do a work placement and how it might benefit you, have a look at what current University of Glasgow students from a range of different discipline backgrounds have to say about working for a range of different companies and employers:

• Club 21 Case Studies
• Champions Life Academy - Economics
• KPMG 1 - Accounting & finance
• KPMG 2 - Accounting & finance
• PricewaterhouseCoopers 1 - Accounting & finance
• Pinsent Masons 1- Law
• Pinsent Masons 2- Law