Benefits for the Student
From gaining an insight on the relevance of their course to receiving a salary, here are several benefits on offer to students taking an engineering Year in Industry (YiI):
- A realistic and practical view of their chosen engineering specialism
- Enhanced employment prospects due to prior work experience
- A developed awareness of the link and importance between academic and practical skills
- Enhanced self-confidence and team-working skills
- Aptitude and awareness to graduate with a higher grade
- For Mechanical and Medical Engineering students, there is an opportunity to register on the IMechE MPDS (Monitored Professional Development Scheme)
What's more, having completed the YiI Scheme students possess a very useful document for their future career; as the YiI Competences can be used for early completion of the Professional Institution Competences, it is possible to reduce the time before they are able to qualify as a Professional Engineer (IEng or CEng). These Competences are common to all engineering institutions regulated by the Engineering Council.
Hear directly from Year In Industry Coordinator Bethan and Year in Industry Tutor Trefor, as they explain how Engineering students can benefit from a Year In Industry placement.
To discuss recruiting and employing an engineering student during the next academic year, please get in touch with our Year in Industry Coordinator, Sian Stocker:
