Student Placements and Graduate Jobs

From dashboards to AI bots, my placement year at PepsiCo

Saabeh Shafique is studying a Tech Industry Gold accredited degree (ITMB) at Oxford Brookes University. His degree gave him the opportunity to undertake a placement year at PepsiCo as an IT functional analyst.

How I developed my employability skills through a placement at HSBC

Stefan Dupey-Whyte is a Tech Industry Gold student at Loughborough University. He’s studying Information Technology for Business and has completed his placement at HSBC.

Sadiq Alibhai, Loughborough University / Heathrow Airport Ltd

Congratulations to Sadiq Alibhai for joining our Tech Industry Gold Class of 2020! Sadiq completed a Tech Industry Gold accredited degree, studying at Loughborough University and completed a year’s placement at Heathrow Airport Ltd.

Blog: Tech Industry Gold degree student experiences Wimbledon placement

Meet Northumbria University’s Tech Industry Gold undergraduate, William Cairns, who was successfully selected for a placement run by IBM at The Championships, Wimbledon.

It’s ‘match-point’ for first-class Tech Industry Gold degree graduate

"My placement year with IBM was fantastic. My job title was Creative and Front-end Development Assistant in the Watson IoT Sales Enablement team, where I was involved in many projects across teams."

Tech Industry Gold degree leads to work placement in Australia

Alex Holmes achieved a first-class Tech Industry Gold accredited degree from the University of Hertfordshire. He also secured a sandwich year in Australia. He explains how making the most of all the opportunities offered were key to achieving great results.

Liam Jack, ITMB graduate

Liam's fascination with tech and 'entrepreneurial tendencies' have led him on a varied tech journey from creating apps to interning at Wimbledon, all while studying for his degree. 

Jani Wijesinghe, ITMB graduate

Jani Wijesinghe talks about her industrial placement experiences as an ITMB student.

Manvi Philip, ITMB graduate

HP's Manvi Philip discusses her journey from ITMB to HP and how, for her, tech was a natural path. 

I really want girls to get into tech because it’s super cool

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