What external recognition do City placements have?
The high standard of City placements is recognised through the British Computer Society's Professional Development Scheme (BCS PDS). This gives you a framework for career development planning, which we help you with. Your validated record, demonstrating competence in a range of tasks, will provide you with evidence of experience you can use when applying for jobs.
On graduation, if you have completed 12 months or more of full-time placement validated BCS PDS experience at an appropriate level, you are able to apply for British Computer Society membership at Associate grade level. Professional Pathway students may be able to apply for full membership of the British Computer Society as soon as they graduate if they have the equivalent of two years full-time validated BCS PDS experience at an appropriate level.
We also offer you the chance to obtain a Graduate Apprenticeship in IT Services to show employers that you have achieved nationally recognised standards of competence in applying IT in the workplace. When you are on placement, one of our Work-Based Learning Advisers will visit you and help you identify the skills and technical units related to the work you are doing.
City is currently the only university offering both of these qualifications to students on placement.
- When do one-year placements begin?
- What does the Professional Pathway involve?
- How do I get a placement?
- What happens on placement?
- What external recognition do City placements have?
- Can overseas students go on placements?