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WORKING WITH INDUSTRY

Work placements are vital for gaining real-life experience and building your confidence and skill set. As many of our students discover, they can also lead to a job on graduation. POWERFUL PLACEMENTS FOR REAL EXPERIENCE

Whether a week-long or a year, compulsory or optional, we work with over 1,000 employers to find our students the right placements for them.

Voted Placement Student of the Year 2019, Hospitality Business Management student Jerome Anderson completed a year-long placement at the four-star Crowne Plaza hotel in the heart of Birmingham. He was then offered two roles in the industry. Here’s what Crowne Plaza management had to say: “Jerome always pushes himself to learn and develop in his position. He has an amazing personality that is shown in the way he works with the team and speaks to the guests. He represents our two biggest values; passion and integrity.” Culinary Arts Management student Joshua Topkar secured a placement at Dunboyne Castle Hotel and Spa in Ireland with the help of the hired@UCB team. He said: “This was my first time working as a chef, so I gained a lot of practical and theoretical skills. Plus, I learned how to work in a functioning kitchen.”

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