South West

The organisations below comprise independent student placement initiatives, in-house university placement services and university Job Shops.

Institution/Delivery Agent	Name of Initiative	Description
Bath Spa University	Job Shop	Assist students to find part time, temporary and vacation employment opportunities that fit in with their academic studies.
Bath University	Careers Advisory Service	Helps students to find a range of internships and work experience during the summer vacation or as part of their degree course and also voluntary work opportunities that fit around their study.
Bournemouth University	STRIDE	A project to support the South West economy by encouraging university graduates to remain in the Dorset area.
Bournemouth University Graduate Employment Service	Gradsouthwest	If you are a company and would like to advertise a vacancy for free, then simply email Debbie at dpayne@bournemouth.ac.uk
Bournemouth University Career Service	Gradsouthwest	Assist students to find part-time, temporary and vation employment opportunities that fir in with their academic studies.
Brave	Shell Step	Placements of 8-13 weeks where students undertake a specific project for a host organisation.
Open University	Careers Advisory Service	Helps students to find a range of work experience and voluntary work opportunities that fit around their work and study.
Step Enterprise	SSWEP	8 week summer placements for social science students in social enterprises, SMEs, third sector and public sector organisations.
University College Falmouth	UCP (Unlocking Cornish Potential)	UCP part of the Combined Universities in Cornwall (CUC) initiative, managed by Cornwall College.
University College Falmouth	Work Experience Placements	Opportunities for employers looking to offer work experience placements to students, specifically in the South West and Cornwall areas.
University of Bath Student Union	Job Link	Assist students to find part time, temporary and vacation employment opportunities that fit in with their academic studies.
University of Bristol Careers Service	Career Advisory Service	Providing information, advice and guidance to enable students to make and implement informed choices about their future careers and realise their career aspirations, including work experience and voluntary opportunities.
University of Bristol Internships for Local Employers	Internships for Local Employers	A scheme for local employers wanting to employ students to work on specific projects or on an ongoing basis, anything from 2 weeks to 1 year, part-time or full-time basis.
University of Bristol Careers Service	JobShop	Assist students to find part time, temporary and vacation employment opportunities that fit in with their academic studies.
University of Exeter	Graduate Business Partnership	20 week project-based student placements for local organisations.
University of Exeter	Shell Step	Placements of 8-13 weeks where students undertake a specific project for a host organisation.
University of Exeter Students Guild	The Works	Assist students to find part time, temporary and vacation employment opportunities that fit in with their academic studies.
University of Gloucestershire Students Union	Jobshop	Assist students to find part time, temporary and vacation employment opportunities that fit in with their academic studies.
University of Gloucestershire Centre for Work-Based Learning	Placement Scheme	Placement for minimum of 48 weeks as part of sandwich degree course. Courses include Management (business, marketing, finance, human resources, media & music management) ICT (information systems, mulitmedia, business information technology, interactive games design, network computing) Tourism, Hospitality, Leisure and Events. Please contact placements@glos.ac.uk or 01242 714 319
University of Plymouth	Knowledge Transfer Partnerships	Government initiated scheme to help companies access the knowledge and skills within the UK’s ‘Knowledge Base’ supporting key developments. Combining the knowledge and expertise from an academic institution, with a recently qualified graduate on a strategic project.
University of Plymouth	Industrial Placements	1 year industrial placements for students studying in civil engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical, building surveying, computing, media and mathematics and statistics.
University of Plymouth Careers	Graduate Business Partnerships	Assist students to find part time, temporary and vacation employment opportunities that fit in with their academic studies.
University College Plymouth	Gradsouthwest	Helps students to find part-time, vacation, temporary and voluntary work opportunities that fit in with their academic studies.
University of Portsmouth Students Union	jobshop	Assist students to find part time, temporary and vacation employment opportunities that fit in with their academic studies.
University of the West of England Career Development Unit	Employability and Diversity Programme	Unpaid work experience/shadowing opportunities for up to 2 weeks targeting students from specific diversity categories.
University of the West of England Student Union	JobShop	Assist students to find part time, temporary and vacation employment opportunities that fit in with their academic studies.
Unlocking Cornish Potential (UCP)	Unlocking Cornish Potential	UCP part of the Combined Universities in Cornwall (CUC) initiative, managed by Cornwall College.