Why take a year in industry?

• Explore a potential career path or industry sector
• Get hands on skills using interesting technologies
• Enhance employability through demonstrating a commitment to a career in a specific area
• Develop essential key skills for employment including; communication skills; team working; problem solving; time management and negotiation skills
• You will develop an awareness of commercial implications of projects.
• Quite often a placement results in the offer of a graduate position for after your degree.

Finding a placement

It is your responsibility to find a position, however students looking for an industrial placement will find the student careers helpful, with opportunities advertised through myAdvantage.

Some example companies where our students have spent intercalated years are:

• IBM at Warwick, Hursley, Portsmouth
• BT
• Siemens
• 3Com
• Barclays Capital
• Goldman Sachs
• PriceWaterhouseCoopers
• PA Consulting
• Powergen
• Asidua at Solihull
• CISCO Systems
• ATOS at London

Approval of placement

Your placement must be approved by the Department, as we need to make sure that you will be doing relevant work- we wouldn't want you to spend the year making tea! We will also want to see that the pay that you receive will be adequate to support yourself for the year.

If you have any questions as to the suitability of your placement, then please contact the intercalated year coordinator, Dr Sara Kalvala (sara.kalvala@warwick.ac.uk)

We will also contact your proposed employer to ensure that they will ensure your health and safety throughout your placement. A summary of this can be found in this pdf document .

Application Process

To apply for a year in industry, you will need to complete the placement approval form (link). We encourage you to submit the application as soon as your placement is confirmed and you have the necessary documentation.

We will process all the applications as they arrive and submit all applications received by the end of term 2 for course transfer as a batch. However, we realize many placements are only agreed upon much later, so we accept applications until the end of August. However, this will cause a delay in the course transfer process, and something you should be aware of.

 

Fees

During your intercalated year, the University charges a reduced fee; further information on the fees is available from the Academic Office website. If you wish to speak to someone about this in more detail, you can visit Student Reception in Senate House or email studentfinance@warwick.ac.uk.

Students who are supported by their Local Education Authority need to make sure they do not miss the LEA deadline for approval of funding, which may mean that they need to transfer to an Intercalated Year degree during the 1st term of the academic year preceding their year away.

Support

If you experience difficulties during your year away which you would like to discuss with us, you can contact your personal tutor, the Intercalated Year Coordinator, the SU Advice Centre or Student Support.

Assessment for students taking Intercalated Year in 2022-23

We will move to managing reports via Tabula. The deadline for submitting your final report will be 31 August. Through the year we will be monitoring your progress through online meetings and a site visit by an academic.

During your year away

The department will ask you to stay in touch in a variety of ways throughout your year away.

Contact Details

You will be required to complete a form with your contact details during your year away which will be sent to you on approval of your placement.

Academic Visit

If you have a placement with a company in the UK, we will seek to arrange at least one visit by an academic member of staff from the Department.

Returning to University

As you will be away for a year, there are some matters which will require your attention:

Selecting a project

You will need to find a project for the year when you come back. On returning from a year in industry, many students will choose a project aligned to their experiences. You can do this during your year away by browsing the project suggestions and contacting the relevant academic members of staff by email. In the case of 3rd year projects, you can alternatively find a supervisor and project before you depart. or further assistance, you can approach the project organisers Greg Watson (3rd Year) and Sara Kalvala (4th Year).

Accommodation

You will need to contact Warwick Accommodation to arrange accommodation for the year after - you will be able to contact them from term 1 during your year out. The deadline for applications is usually in November but check the Warwick Accommodation website in October. The telephone number for the Accommodation Office is +44 (0) 24 76523772.