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.