Industry placements: are you missing an opportunity?

Industry placements give employers the opportunity to help 16–19-year-old students in full-time technical education experience their industry, develop valuable workplace skills and understand the careers available to them.

You may already offer work experience, internships, apprenticeships or other placement opportunities – or perhaps you know you want to do more to introduce young people to your sector but aren’t sure where to start. In this webinar, we’ll demystify T Level industry placements and explore what they could offer your organisation. You’ll hear about the benefits employers are seeing, what hosting a student actually involves and the different, flexible ways a placement can be structured to work for both you and the student.

You will learn:

• What a T Level industry placement is – and how it differs from work experience, internships and apprenticeships
• The benefits of hosting a placement for your organisation, your workforce and young people
• What hosting a student involves and whether it could work for your organisation
• The different and flexible ways industry placements can be structured and delivered
• How other employers are making placements work in practice
• What support, tools and resources are available to help you get started

Who is the webinar for?

Any employer interested in developing future talent, helping young people discover their industry or finding out whether industry placements could work for their organisation – whether you are completely new to placements or already offer opportunities for young people.

Speakers and presenters

This one-hour webinar will be delivered by the Department for Education (DfE) and SDN Mesma Group (SMG). SMG is a trusted partner of the DfE and has a proven track record helping organisations understand and benefit from apprenticeships and technical education to upskill and prepare tomorrow's workforce.