Advantages to employers
The department has been running degree schemes that include an integrated industrial year (IY) for well over three decades, and currently have around 70 students taking an IY annually. Many companies regularly employ IY students while others have occasional requirements, providing the opportunity to:
- take on lively, competent, energetic young people;
- re employ their industrial placement students after they graduate;
- provide a cost effective solution to short term staffing and project work;
- have the student carry out an employer inspired final year major project, which can be of benefit to both student and employer.
Learning Objectives
Employers must ensure that they can satisfy the responsibilities specified in the Guide for employers; and in particular that students are given the opportunity to satisfy the required learning objectives. This should pose no problem for any student employed at a suitable (pre-graduate) level; students on specific degree schemes usually try to find work that enhances their expertise in their specific specialisms and this should be discussed at the time of appointment. Students are expected to be flexible in this respect, should requirements change.
Overseas Companies
Aberystwyth University encourages and supports students who choose to work outside of the UK during their Industrial Year. We welcome advertisements from companies outside the UK who wish to employ our students.
Please bear in mind that UK nationals may require a work permit in order to be legally employed by a company outside of the UK. It is the responsibility of the employer and the student to ensure they comply with the immigration regulations of the host country. Industrial Year students take the year as an integrated part of their degree scheme and are therefore may be considered as students for most legal purposes.
Further Information
Please refer to the main Industrial Year page for an overview of the IY scheme and details of the degree courses that include an IY placement.
Please refer to the Guide for employers for details of the IY scheme, the procedure for employing IY students, detailed employer responsibilities, salary expectations and how to advertise to our students.
For general enquiries please email the Industrial Year Administrator (cs-iy-admin@aber.ac.uk).