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Careers and Placements
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https://www.york.ac.uk/about/departments/support-and-admin/student-education-exp...
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# Careers and Placements

**Source**: https://www.york.ac.uk/about/departments/support-and-admin/student-education-experience/careers-placements/
**Parent**: https://www.york.ac.uk/about/departments/

A Biology student on their placement programme

# Careers and Placements

The Careers and Placements team is led by Louise Thurston.

## Careers

We provide careers guidance and support for current students and alumni, and are responsible for:

- Enterprise
- [Handshake](https://york.joinhandshake.co.uk/) - our careers platform
- [Placement Year programme](https://www.york.ac.uk/students/work-volunteering-careers/skills/internship-placement/placement-year/)
- Your [Career Journey](https://www.york.ac.uk/students/work-volunteering-careers/careers-resources/career-journey/)
- [York for Life](https://www.york.ac.uk/alumni/)
- York Strengths and York Award
- [Volunteering](https://www.york.ac.uk/students/work-volunteering-careers/skills/volunteer/)