Work placements

Credit-bearing Work Placements

Work placements give you insight into the practical aspects of your subject, and help you learn how to put theory into practice. They also make you aware of the variety of opportunities available in your chosen field.

The work placements listed in this table are credit-bearing, and relate directly to your undergraduate degree.

Undergraduate Degree	Length of Placement	Month(s)
Accounting and Finance BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance with Business Analytics BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance with Law BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance with People Management BA (Hons)	1 day per week for 10 weeks (usually a Wednesday)	January – April
Biomedical Science BSc (Hons)	Full-time for 18 weeks	January - May
Business Management BA (Hons) Business Management with Analytics BA (Hons) Business Management with Events Management BA (Hons) Business Management with Law BA (Hons) Business Management with People Management BA (Hons)	1 day per week for 10 weeks (usually a Wednesday)	January – April
Civil and Environmental Engineering MEng/BEng (Hons)	Full-time for 12 weeks	January - April
Criminology BA (Hons) Criminology and Policing BA (Hons) Criminology and Sociology BA (Hons)	4-6 hours per week during term 1	September - March
Digital Marketing and Business Management BA (Hons) Digital Marketing with Events Management BA (Hons)	1 day per week for 10 weeks (usually a Wednesday)	January – April
Fitness, Nutrition and Health BSc (Hons)	Full-time for 12 weeks	End January - April
Food and Consumer Science BSc (Hons) Food Science, Nutrition and Wellbeing BSc (Hons) Food, Nutrition and Health BSc (Hons)	Full-time for 12 weeks	January - April
Forensic Sciences BSc (Hons)	30 hours during term 1	September - Dec
Law LLB (Hons) Law with Criminology LLB (Hons)	1 day per week for 10 weeks (usually a Friday)	February – May
Marketing and Business Management BA (Hons)	1 day per week for 10 weeks (usually a Wednesday)	January – April
Mental Health Nursing BSc (Hons)	3-4 placements per year	Every year for the 3 years of the course
Physical Activity and Health BSc (Hons)	20 hours during term 1	September - December
Psychology BSc (Hons) Psychology and Counselling BSc (Hons) Psychology w. Forensic & Investigative Psychology BSc (Hons) Psychology with Development and Education BSc (Hons) Psychology with Forensic Scene Investigation BSc (Hons) Psychology with Health Sciences BSc (Hons)	30 hours during term 1	September - December
Sport and Exercise BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science BSc (Hons) Sport and Management BA (Hons) Sports Development and Coaching BSc (Hons) Strength and Conditioning BSc (Hons)	20 hours during term 1	September - December

Games/computing/cyber degrees

These degrees often provide different kinds of industry experience such as summer internships. This is not credit bearing.

You arrange this within your school, so speak to your course tutors about it.

Games/Computing degrees	Work Experience
Computer Arts BA (Hons)	Intern and mentorship opportunities.
Computer Game Applications Development BSc (Hons)	Intern opportunities with local/global games companies.
Computer Games Technology BSc (Hons)	Intern opportunities with local/global games companies.
Computer Science BSc (Hons)	Please discuss with your course tutor.
Computer Science w. Cybersecurity BSc (Hons)	Please discuss with your course tutor.
Computing BSc (Hons)	Please discuss with your course tutor.
Ethical Hacking BSc (Hons)	Intern opportunities in years 2-3 and 3-4.
Game Design and Production BA (Hons)	Dare Academy games design competition.

Work Experience (non-credit bearing)

We can also arrange work experience such as the Saltire Internships or the Santander Employability Scheme. These normally run through the summer holidays.