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Placements & work experience
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general
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https://sheffield.ac.uk/careers/support/experience
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https://sheffield.ac.uk/careers
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2026-03-23T16:38:03+00:00
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Placements & work experience

Source: https://sheffield.ac.uk/careers/support/experience Parent: https://sheffield.ac.uk/careers

Gaining work experience during your degree can take many forms. Here are some of the opportunities open to you.

Types of work experience

Placement year (students only)

Internships

Internships are extracurricular work opportunities that can be done alongside your study programme.

Internships (students only)

Virtual work experience

Flexible programmes that have been developed by graduate employers to mirror work within their organisation.

Virtual work experience programmes

Volunteering

All work experience will be valuable in your search for employment, whether it is a paid placement or internship, or an unpaid volunteering opportunity.

Volunteering & unpaid work experience

International work experience

Study abroad