{"id":26559,"date":"2024-04-10T14:37:34","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T04:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=26559"},"modified":"2024-04-10T14:37:34","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T04:37:34","slug":"greater-anglia-to-boost-university-students-skills-through-industrial-placement-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=26559","title":{"rendered":"Greater Anglia to boost university students\u2019 skills through industrial placement scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"

Greater Anglia<\/a> is offering university students the chance to gain skills and experience for a year through its industrial placement scheme.<\/p>\n

The company, which runs trains from London Liverpool Street to destinations across Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, is offering the paid placements to students in collaboration with the local partner universities at the University of Essex in Colchester, the University of East Anglia in Norwich, the University of East London in Stratford and Anglia Ruskin\u2019s Chelmsford and Cambridge campuses.<\/p>\n

The scheme is offered as the third year of a degree, giving students a chance to get real practical experience in the field they are studying in across eight departments \u2013 with everything from HR and marketing to IT and asset management on offer.<\/p>\n

The successful students\u2019 placements will start in September 2024.<\/p>\n

Viktorija Novikova, Greater Anglia\u2019s Early Careers and Apprenticeships Manager, said: \u201cWe are proud to offer the industrial placements to our partner universities across our patch.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur placement students have played roles in vital projects over the years, from being involved with the rollout of our new trains to assisting with marketing campaigns, and we can\u2019t wait to see what the successful candidates can bring to the table this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some former students even have got full-time jobs with Greater Anglia following their performance and positive impact during their placement year.<\/p>\n

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Video credit: Greater Anglia<\/p>\n

Karolina Szpigiel, who completed her placement in marketing in 2022, is now the company\u2019s brand manager, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cMy industrial placement saw me work on projects from partnerships to digital marketing, gaining skills and a huge amount of confidence which was valuable not just in the office, but also when I was back at university for my final year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would highly recommend the placement to anyone thinking about applying for it \u2013 you never know where it will lead and what you\u2019ll get from it along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mohammad Ali, who completed his placement in marketing in 2020 and now works as an Online Marketing Manager, said: \u201cThe placement is great \u2013 it lets you see what the 9-5 life is like, and for me, it was good as it helped me decide that despite my banking and finance degree, that wasn\u2019t an area I wanted to pursue, but marketing was.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got a great taste of lots of different types of digital marketing with emails, social media and websites. I had a lot of ownership and I discovered myself more during my placement there than at university which was very valuable.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d advise everyone to go for a placement if they can.\u201d<\/p>\n

Successful candidates, who will apply through their universities and be interviewed by Greater Anglia managers, will be paid \u00a320,075 and get free travel across the Greater Anglia network during their time with the company, plus additional perks and development opportunities whilst on the placement.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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