Professional Placement Year (A&F) (N1627)

120 credits, Level 5

Autumn and spring teaching

On this module, you’ll build on key course aims while enhancing your employability.

Taylor (2003) describes the aim of graduate recruitment as “reaching that elusive creature – the well qualified, well-motivated, intelligent, energetic, mobile graduate with management potential”. This module helps you apply your learning in context, develop new skills and prepare for your career. It also supports your personal and professional growth through your fourth year and beyond.

Where possible, particularly in fields such as marketing, accountancy and HRM, you’ll be encouraged to become a student member of a relevant professional institute. This will help you connect aspects of professional development with your learning experience.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2026/27. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.

Courses

This module is offered on the following courses:

• Accounting and Finance (with a professional placement year) BSc
• Banking and Digital Finance (with a professional placement year) BSc
• Finance and Business (with a professional placement year) BSc
• Finance and Technology (FinTech) (with a professional placement year) BSc