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Work ExperienceStudents on any of our courses can incorporate year-out placements in industry or vacation placements.
Gaining relevant work experience during your degree is hugely advantageous when entering the graduate job market. Through our links with industry, we have a large number of students who undertake (often very well paid!) work experience during their vacations, or through a year out in industry. Such work experience gives our students a strong competitive edge in securing permanent employment. Recent placements include work in a number of sectors with a range of companies.In the mineral exploration and mining sector this has included:
In the environmental and geo-conservation sector:
In the hydrocarbons sector:
In additionStudents have also gained placements working in volcano observatories and working as science communicators in museums. CompetitiveSuch work experience gives our students a strong competitive edge in securing permanent employment… Seven people were considered for the post and the Leicester graduate was head and shoulders above the second-choice candidate. One of the main factors that, first got my attention and next, became a serious deciding point, were the two extremely relevant industry-based periods of vacation work ...... two extended periods at the sharp end were big selling points.
Mike Blackwell, First Quantum MCM
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