A 2nd year’s search for her perfect placement: using BU’s Careers and Employability Service

Rewind four months and I’ve just started my second year of Uni. One of my first lectures was titled: ‘Careers and Placement Lecture’. It was literally my first day of the new academic year and after just about recovering from first year, I was now having to think about my third year. Cue instant fear. We… Read more » about A 2nd year’s search for her perfect placement: using BU’s Careers and Employability Service

My high-flying placement

Callum spent his placement working with Monarch Airlines as the company paralegal and has won the prize for the best placement student within his cohort. “The majority of my time was spent dealing with Regulation (EU) 261/2004 litigation, which provides compensation to passengers whose flight was either delayed or cancelled (subject to certain conditions). Within… Read more » about My high-flying placement

How I met the Minister of State for Pensions on my placement

Atif joined the Pensim2 team within the Department for Work and Pensions DWP. Pensim2 is the department’s model used to estimate the impact of reforms to state and private pensions on pensioners over the next 100 years. Atif made an outstanding contribution to his placement company and as a result, won the prize for the… Read more » about How I met the Minister of State for Pensions on my placement