Companies House in Cardiff have just come back to us asking for students. We have a student there this year, whom I will be visiting in the next few weeks, and I understand is having a good time. So this is a nice opportunity for a placement in the capital of Wales. Note that they intend coming to Aber to interview, so you don’t even need to go anywhere!

2019sandwich_placement_flyer

From: Lizzie Roddis <lroddis@companieshouse.gov.uk>
Sent: 13 March 2019 10:52

Last year you very kindly assisted us with our Industrial Placement opportunity and I was hoping that you would be able to do so again this year.  We are now able to offer a placement for 2019/20 at Companies House (Cardiff office) and would appreciate it if you were able to advertise this opportunity to your Computer Science students. We would again be happy to come up to Aberystwyth to hold interviews for this position.

Should you have any queries re. the above or the attached, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Kind regards

Lizzie Roddis

HR Business Partner (Digital Services)

Companies House

t: 029 2038 0190

e: lroddis@companieshouse.gov.uk

Eryk, our present IY student on placement, has just sent me this:

“My company opened the recruitment for the Industrial Year,

https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mandmdirect.com%2F02%2Fstp%2Fvacancies&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C225fd3b23daa43fc838e08d6a6fdcb6f%7Cd47b090e3f5a4ca084d09f89d269f175%7C0%7C0%7C636880006328400387&amp;sdata=AI%2FyqFt4TRiybxsNCTluFaSY84Jz8ddU9%2FyOZDuaC5I%3D&amp;reserved=0 ”

Scroll down to “See all roles” and “IT Undergraduate Year Out Placement Opportunities”

He’s also happy for you to email him with questions about what it’s like to work for the company: EWozniak@mandmdirect.com

The job is in Leominster, 70 miles or so from Aberystwyth on the A44.

Probably not commutable, but you can get back fairly easily to see friends on weekends!

Attached is an advert for a company wanting industrial placement students and graduates. The advert was sent to me by one of our recent graduates; therefore, obviously, they like Aberystwyth students, and that greatly increases your chances of success.

Reygar Ltd Grad_IY Advert

Croudace, who advertised a month or so ago, have just emailed me to say:

“We still have one remaining vacancy left for this year in our IT team as a Software Developer.”

So if you’re interested in an IY job on the outskirts of London (from what I remember, Caterham is quite a nice area), follow this link.

https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcareers.croudace.co.uk%2FVacancy%2FIndex%2F102&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C7762ec4477f347e5d6f208d6a3239e6b%7Cd47b090e3f5a4ca084d09f89d269f175%7C0%7C0%7C636875770711066827&amp;sdata=pvvFUn%2FxEw6Pr%2BHORqtRePzzF1sSh4grB03WRy5EmLU%3D&amp;reserved=0

<https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcareers.croudace.co.uk%2FVacancy%2FIndex%2F102&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C7762ec4477f347e5d6f208d6a3239e6b%7Cd47b090e3f5a4ca084d09f89d269f175%7C0%7C0%7C636875770711066827&amp;sdata=pvvFUn%2FxEw6Pr%2BHORqtRePzzF1sSh4grB03WRy5EmLU%3D&amp;reserved=0>

Once again, they approached me directly. So they are targetting Aber, which makes it worth bothering to apply if you like the sound of it.

Rhiz Evans, an ACS graduate says:
Anyone looking for an IY – Asda Technology are currently enrolling for  placement years in Leeds
https://www.asda.jobs/job-detail/?jobRef=1249010BR
Having worked here for 6 months I can honestly say it’s a fantastic  place to work and would recommend disregarding the current merger press  if you’re looking at jobs, also happy to answer any questions if  anyone’s looking at other tech jobs here as there’s a few going on  asda.jobs

Intern Software Eningeering – Feb 2019 v1.0 About Mimecast – Infographic November 2018

This has just landed in my inbox, from Mimecast, in London. Once again, as it’s come to us directly, they are targeting us, though I don’t know much about this company.

So if you’re interested in a software engineering placement, and would like to work in London, this is worth going for.

*******************************

From: Graham Strachan <gstrachan@mimecast.com>

Hi,

My name is Graham Strachan and I am organising a new intern placement scheme within our company.

We are most interested in BSc/MSc Computer Science students who plan to spend a year in industry for their placement period.

I have included an advert we have created for the placement position, which contains a link to our application system. The closing date for applications is 22nd March 2019.

I have also included an infographic explaining some details of the company.

If there are any questions from potential candidates then please add my email address as a contact, gstrachan@mimecast.com <mailto:gstrachan@mimecast.com>

If there are any problems with submitting applications to our portal then please provide the details of Graeme Craig as the contact,gcraig@mimecast.com <mailto:gcraig@mimecast.com>

If you have any feedback or suggestions regarding our approach please let me know.

Regards,

Graham

Graham Strachan m: +44 7519 114833

Plymouth Marine Laboratory come to us every year for IY students, and we have often had more than one student there. It’s a nice location, and (as I remember) largely a Linux establishment.

So this one is definitely worth a go if you like the sound of it!

https://advanced.advorto.com/pml/VacancyInformation.aspx?VId=21068#.XGbC3Xd2uUk

One of our second years has just had to turn down a placement offer with CodeThink. So, the company says they are still looking for students for an IY. It looks a very exciting placement opportunity, so definitely one worth going for if you are into software engineering and Linux. Kernel work, anyone?

Angharad

https://www.codethink.co.uk/join-us.html

A graduate of ours, Stephi Chan, who now works for Vodafone, has just alerted me to the fact that they’ve just opened their internship programme.

https://careers.vodafone.co.uk/intern-programme

I am sure Stephi, as a Gregynog regular (though not last year) would be happy to talk to anyone about what working for Vodafone is like.

Football Association of Wales Management System Internship

This is more likely to suit a Business IT student; I think we wouldn’t be too happy with a software engineer doing it. Though if you’re Comp Sci and you’re really keen on it, make a case to us (but we might say no).