- As a graduate, students can pursue a career in interior architecture or interior design as a practitioner working for the retail, commercial, exhibition, performance, leisure, or domestic sectors, or you might continue to postgraduate study.
- We produce graduates with the problem-solving and leadership skills necessary to forge successful careers.
- This program allows students to spend an optional year - in-between their second year and final year - learning and developing their skills through work experience.
- Students have a dedicated work placement officer and the University's award-winning careers service to help them with applying for a placement. Advice is also available on job hunting and networking.
- Employers are often invited to the School to meet students and present them with opportunities for work placements. By taking a work placement year you gain experience favored by graduate recruiters and develop your technical skillset.
- Students also obtain the transferable skills required in any professional environment. Transferable skills include communication, negotiation, teamwork, leadership, organization, confidence, self-reliance, problem-solving, being able to work under pressure, and commercial awareness.
- Throughout this program, students get to know prospective employers and extend their professional network. An increasing number of employers view placement as a year-long interview and, as a result, placements are increasingly becoming an essential part of an organization's pre-selection strategy in their graduate recruitment process.
Potential benefits from completing a work placement year include:
- improved job prospects
- enhanced employment skills and improved career progression opportunities
- a higher starting salary than your full-time counterparts
- a better degree classification
- a richer CV
- a year's salary before completing your degree
- experience of workplace culture
- the opportunity to design and base your final-year project within a working environment.