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► Definitions of Work Experience
Sandwich and Industrial Placement
A fixed term period of assessed, paid work, that forms part of your degree. It often lasts for a full year.
Work-based Project
A specific piece of assessed work for your course; undertaken at an employer’s premise.
Work Placement
A period of work experience; which can be paid or unpaid and is part of a course of study. This can be arranged through your university, directly with an employer, or by yourself, and is for an agreed period of time.
Internship
A phrase that is increasingly used by large companies and refers to a placement within their organisation, usually over a number of weeks during the summer holiday period.
Part-Time Work:
Paid or unpaid work, undertaken either during term time, in the holidays or both for less than 35 hours per week.
Work Shadowing:
Where a student observes a member of staff working in an organisation, and so gains an understanding of what a particular job entails.
Vacation work experience where students undertake a specific project within a small or medium sized business for eight weeks during the summer.
Voluntary Work:
Any type of work undertaken for no payment, usually outside of your course, in your spare time.
