Our offer to you
The Work-Based and Placement Learning Team is here to support Faculty of Health, Innovation, Technology and Science students with all aspects of your work-based and placement learning journey.
We offer information, advice and guidance, as well as coaching support in relation to work-based and placement learning and professional employability skills development. This includes help with your work-based and placement learning search, CV/cover letter, online applications and recruitment processes.
Benefits of completing a work-based and placement learning experience
- Gain experience in an industry or sector you’re interested in.
- Gain skills and develop key competencies that graduate recruiters prefer.
- Understand the relationship between academic theory and workplace practice.
- Make new contacts whilst on placement and learn how to network.
Support we offer
- Developing the skills you need to find a work-based and placement learning experience.
- How to make the most of your time on your work-based and placement learning experience.
- Support and guidance with your placement CV, cover letter and applications.
- Interview preparation for potential work-based and placement learning experiences.
- Work-based and placement learning experience paperwork.
- DBS checks.
- Skills reflection post-experience.
- Understanding key employability skills.
Each School has a designated Work-Based Learning Officer who you can book a 1:1 appointment with. Come and see us to explore what support we can offer you and to answer any of your work-based learning questions. Find out who your Work-Based Learning Officers are.
We offer this support via 1:1 appointments, Microsoft Teams meetings, email, telephone calls or visit us in our office.
Email: WBPL-HITS@ljmu.ac.uk
Telephone: 0151 231 2079
Room: 904, James Parsons Building, Byrom Street, L3 3AF.