We asked Interactive Media student Jade about their degree, gaining work placement experience and the day-to-day life of a games designer. Why did you decide to do a placement? Working in the games industry has always been what I wanted to do and through the course I’m studying at university, I discovered my love for … Continue reading Jade’s experience as an Intern Games Designer at Criterion Games
Interactive Media student Kyle discusses the benefits of taking part in a work placement in the IT solutions industry. Why did you decide to do a placement? I wanted to do a placement as I’d not really had any work experience. I wanted to leave university with some experience under my belt in addition to … Continue reading Kyle’s work placement experience in IT solutions
Interactive Media student Ella tells us about her work placement as a Creative Campaigns and Production Intern at The Walt Disney Company. Why did you decide to do a placement? I really wanted to get outside the university bubble and experience the creative industry for myself. Also, as Interactive Media is a hugely varied course … Continue reading Ella’s placement experience at The Walt Disney Company
Hey guys! My name is Christine, you might have come across one or two of my previous blogs, such as my ‘What I wish I knew before starting my placement in the Operating Theatre’ blog. If you haven’t, you might want to check them out to gain some useful insight into what this amazing course has to offer. I have just completed my first term of third-year as a student nurse on the Adult Nursing course. Being a third-year student, I think I am finally eligible to say that I have completed a fair number of placements in my day. Hence, I finally feel qualified to bring you my ‘Placement Survival Guide’.
Interactive Media student Naoimh talks about her experience of taking part in a work placement in the games industry. Why did you decide to do a placement? I wanted to get real world experience of working life in the industry I wanted to enter before graduating. I wanted to have an opportunity to gauge my … Continue reading Naoimh’s placement experience at Revolution Games
Placements The first thing to mention is the biggest difference between first and second term for us nursing students – starting placements. I love how nursing at York integrates placements so early into the course. At first, I was not looking forward to starting placements because I was really enjoying full-time student life. I had … Continue reading Reasons why you should study Nursing at York
Placements One of the best things about Midwifery at York is that, within a few weeks, you are out on placement putting theory into practice. You’ll be testing urine for protein and infection markers, checking blood pressure, learning how to work out a baby’s positions in the uterus and learning how to listen to the … Continue reading Five things look forward to about Midwifery at York
Hey everyone, I’m Katy, and I’m an Accounting, Business Finance and Management (but we all call it ABFM) student. I’ve just finished my second year and I’m about to start my industrial placement with a company called Audit Partnership Ltd, which is based just outside York in a town called Tockwith. What’s an industrial placement? … Continue reading Bring it On: embarking on a Management industrial placement
