Warwick Uni - Psychology work placement leads, please

[SunflowerSeahorse]

Hi,
Our son is in Year 2 of a 4 year Psychology degree at Warwick. Year 3 has to be a work placement (paid) in a relevant / related field. He needs to apply soon.
He has spoken to his tutor who said that the university does not help students to find placements. How helpful; remind me how much university fees are?
It is frustrating as students from the university go on placements every year, but there's no list of contacts or any advice (unless our son has missed something)
He has posted on the university student forum, but nobody has responded.
Any help or advice gratefully received from former students (especially at Warwick) anyone from the university, anyone from employers (NHS maybe?) who have taken on students for a paid year of experience.
Many thanks

Hi OP, In addition to the Bright Network mentioned up thread, your DC could look at Rate My Placement (link below). This focuses on advertising general business placements and internships but, as others say, it is all useful experience and that is where many psychology students ultimately gravitate.

I checked the U of Warwick website and it says some support is provided but, as with other unis, it will be general in nature and up to the student to engage. Info on roles and employers, talks, assessment centre practice sessions etc will help make a student's search more targeted and more effective. Even fabled U of Bath promises no more than that (with the exemption of their Social Care course, if I remember).

Early engagement helps. Your DC may find others have engaged with all this at the start of the second year, even if many placements are only being advertised now. They can catch up but also need to prepare for plan B and the possibility of having to move to the three year course. If that is the case, then they should engage, at the beginning of year three, in the process of researching and applying for graduate positions and/or continuation of HE.

www.ratemyplacement.co.uk/search-jobs/placement