Gain valuable
employability skills

Work Placement / Work Experience

Work experience and/or work placements are intended to help you get a head start by gaining valuable employability skills and practical experience in your chosen area of work. More details can be found here.

Noted below are some of the businesses and organisations who work with us:

Work Placement

Baxter Storey and student Guoguo

Guoguo stands behind the cafe counter holding out a coffee cup to a customer who isn't in shot

Guoguo is a bright and enthusiastic student who gained valuable work experience through a placement at The Pod, the College's public cafe.

This opportunity allowed Guoguo to develop her communication and customer service skills, learn the intracacies of till operation, master food preparation techniques, and adhere to health and safety regulations.
The Baxter Storey team, who run The Pod, were incredibly supportive, providing Guoguo with the guidance and encouragement she needed to thrive.

Work Experience

Baxter Storey and student Kai

Kai pouring flour into a green cup to measure it out

During the February 2024 Work Experience Week, student Kai took the opportunity to work with the College caterers, BaxterStorey, and among other duties got the chance to prepare his own favourite dish of Caribbean dumplings.

Work Placement

thePoint4 and student Kaitlyn

Kaitlyn wearing headphones listens to someone on the phone, she has a laptop in front of her

Work Placement

H erefordshire & Worcestershire Earth Heritage Trust and student Izzy

A student at a table exploring a box of fossils

Izzy worked at the Hereford and Worcester Earth Heritage Trust (EHT) as part of a work placement and collaborated with Mark Baggott from the Trust to develop a new accessibility feature that would allow students to explore the boxes independently.

The Earth Heritage Trust produces fossil boxes for schools, filled with real fossils found in the UK. The boxes include information on the fossils' types, how old they are and where they were found, as well as resources for learning about fossils and collecting them safely.

Read more about the project here.

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