Leeds University Business School Work Placement & Study Abroad Extending your degree to 4 years

Leeds University Business School

Work Placement & Study Abroad

Extending your degree to 4 years


Four Year Programmes

• Additional year between 2nd and 3rd years• Choose Year in Industry or Study Abroad• Academic requirements:

– Year in Industry – Year 1 average of 50 or above– Study Abroad - Year 1 average of 60 or above

• Don’t need to decide until 2nd year.


Benefits

• Confidence• Employability• Grades• Skills & Experience• Career direction• Placement – can lead directly to graduate job• Study Abroad – can develop network of international

contacts


Costs

• Reduced fee to the university• Retain student status:

– Student loans– Student discounts & exemptions

• Some LEAs pay for study abroad flights• ERASMUS currently pays a grant• Work placements are usually paid - £10k - 33k (£15k

is the average)


Year in Industry

• One of the most effective ways of standing out in the graduate job market

LUBS placement year guiding principle:• It’s more important to develop job-seeking skills

than to “place” a student in a job

• Students find their own placement – in the UK or overseas


Year in Industry

• Support for finding a placement• 2nd year module From Study To Work

– Reflective learning log– Vacancies advertised on blog– Skills sessions from employers

We only send highly motivated students who have been offered a contract of employment. Students are encouraged and supported to find the best sector, role and location for them.

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Where do students find jobs?

• Economics placements– Government Economic Service (inc. HM Treasury, Department

of Health

• Management placements– IBM, Xerox, Accenture, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, M&S, Goldman

Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Microsoft, Asda, Proctor & Gamble

• Accounting placements– The “Big Four” – serves as an extended interview


Why study abroad?

• An exciting and challenging opportunity to gain experience of living and studying in another culture as part of your degree

• Choose from almost 200 institutions university wide, many specific to the Business School

• Gain confidence, broaden your horizons, and develop skills and experiences which can improve your future employability. Image: xedos4 / FreeDigitalPhotos.net


Study Abroad - Worldwide

• Leeds has exchange links with universities in the USA, Canada, Australia, South America, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and many more

• Places are allocated on academic merit and a strong personal statement

• This year the Business School is sending 42 students on a study abroad year to destinations throughout the world.

• A full list of university exchanges is here: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/studyabroad


USA


Business School links

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Drexel

• Excellent locations for summer internships in New York and Philadelphia


Australia


Canada


Study Abroad in Asia

• Shanghai, Hong Kong and Taiwan

• Learn about Chinese culture and business

• Cost of living is cheap• Ideal location for further

travel in Asia


Europe – the ERASMUS scheme

• Business School partners in France, Spain, Germany, Sweden and Denmark

• Many courses are taught in English, and offer language tuition as well

• Currently ERASMUS students do not pay tuition fees to either the home or destination university and are eligible for a non-means tested grant of up to £2000

• More information on ERASMUS is here• http://www.britishcouncil.org/erasmus.htm

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Scandinavia

• University of Lund, Sweden & Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

• Courses taught in English

• Excellent international reputations


Germany

• Mannheim Business School• No. 1 Business School in Germany• Study partly in English• Can include a work placement in semester 2


Student’s experiences

• “I feel very lucky and privileged to have had the opportunity to live and study in Hong Kong throughout the 2008/09 academic year and I wish I could do it all over again!!! ” – Jordan Marsh, Study Abroad Student

• “Overall, personally doing the work placement year was very beneficial, to me and my development. I would highly recommend it to anyone who has the opportunity.“ – Annalise Felton, Placement student at Xerox


Any questions?

Ruth Long

Work Placement & Exchange Programmes Officer

Email: [email protected]

Telephone:+44 (0)113 343 4511

mailto:[email protected]

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Leeds University Business School Work Placement & Study Abroad Extending your degree to 4 years