Kickstart student’s
A CAREER
Our Professional Training Year (PTY) placement programme is one of the largest in the world, with over 2,300 partners in the UK and overseas. These organisations provide opportunities for students to put their skills into practice and to experience a real working environment.
The PTY at Surrey has a long history, starting at Battersea with the pioneering thick and thin sandwich course, and remains a big attraction for students applying to Surrey today. The University is also distinctive as placement opportunities are available to all students from any discipline.
One of our Civil Engineering students on their Professional Training Year
Of those who took part in one last year, 92 per cent of students felt the experience had made them more employable.
However, 21 per cent of placements were unpaid, which can make them inaccessible to some students and puts them at a disadvantage; in the modern workplace, internships and work placements are no longer optional but expected of today’s graduates.
Isabel Bloomfield, a BA Dance student, took an unpaid placement at an arts organisation and received a bursary
to cover expenses. “For my industry, which is very competitive and oversubscribed, employers normally want prior experience. Friends who did not do a placement struggled to get a job, and are now volunteering or have left the arts industry.”
We want all of our students to have equal opportunities – this year we have put £100,000 into PTY bursaries, but with the support of our alumni, we can give many more the chance to take up a placement, regardless of their background.
Please help us to give our students the best start in their careers. More information about how to support can be found at
surrey.ac.uk/alumni/giving.
And, if your company could offer a PTY placement and would like to find out more about the scheme, please email
placements@surrey.ac.uk.
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