Placer – a unique platform and app offering work experience and graduate job opportunities to students in higher education.

Employers need work-ready graduates and students need work experience to gain the skills employers demand. But there is a shortage of work experience placements on offer, as well as barriers for students from low income backgrounds or those without word-of-mouth connections. Placer is a partnership between the National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB), Jisc and Unite Students, and is addressing this challenge nationally .

Placer is revolutionising the way that students access work experience opportunities by offering a unique platform on which employers can publish their work experience opportunities (anything from one-day tasters to long-term placements) to reach multiple universities/colleges and their students.

The result?

Students improve their employment prospects by developing the skills they need to be work-ready when they graduate.
Employers benefit from a pool of student talent and get to meet their recruits of the future.
Universities and colleges attract students who know they need to get experience of work alongside their studies.

Who is Placer for?

Employers

Tap into a pool of high calibre student talent.
Build lasting relationships with universities, colleges and their students.
Meet job candidates of the future - saving you time and money on recruitment further down the line.

Universities and Colleges

Attract the best students by offering high-quality work experience opportunities.
Help your students develop the job-ready skills they need alongside their studies.
Give students access to work experience opportunities generated by you, as well as those curated by Placer.

Students

Enhance your job prospects by gaining job-specific skills and practical experience of work.
Access a wide range of opportunities from your university and Placer’s network of employers.
Use work experience to make informed career decisions.

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Cass Business School student on the transforming benefits of a work placement

I am Yushi Chen, a graduate student at Cass Business School in MSc Management. During the last term, I applied to join the Cass bespoke Corporate Responsibility project to complete my dissertation with a work placement. And that’s how I met Placer, spending a demanding yet rewarding two months of the year. At the time I joined Placer, the team was seeking partnership and engagement with ..

Working in partnership to expand opportunities for students

It is hard to remember a time in higher education when work experience wasn't important. Placements and internship provision have become a normal part of the university landscape and employers say that evidence of work experience is a crucial component of any successful application. Each year, the Institute of Student Employers’ membership survey shows an increase in the number of ..

Why work experience is the most important thing you will do

At school I was taught to do well so that I could go to university, that was the end goal. But, I wasn’t taught how to prepare for what came after university or what job roles were available to me, I was just told to choose a subject to pursue. I was fortunate enough that my course at university offered a placement year which also counted towards my degree. Without this being an available..