Contact & Opening Times
The Placements Team is part of the University’s Careers and Employability Team and we specialise in and support credit-bearing placement activities across the University’s Schools and Departments. This includes the Professional Placement Year (PPY), shorter summer placements and mandatory clinical/educational placements.
Contact us
We offer in person and remote services, this includes 1-1 appointments and workshops.
Contact us by email: placements@reading.ac.uk
What can we help you with?
In addition to PPY training programmes (central and school based), PPY central events and PPY Online Training on Blackboard, we offer 1:1 appointments which are all bookable on MyJobsOnline.
In addition to our PPY workshops and PPY Online Training on Blackboard, we offer 1:1 phone appointments which are all bookable on MyJobsOnline.
Placement Appointments
Our placement team support all students with the preparation for their course-based placements as well as extra-curricular internships and work experience. There are no right or ‘wrong’ questions to ask or subjects to explore during a placement appointment. A selection of common questions and subjects are below but don’t worry if you have something different you’d like to talk about!
There are no right or ‘wrong’ questions to ask or subjects to explore during a placement appointment. A selection of common questions and subjects are below but don’t worry if you have something different you’d like to talk about!
• What placement options are open to me?
• Where can I look for placement opportunities?
• What skills are employers looking for?
• What do I do to prepare for an interview?
• How do I get ready for assessment centres?
• Recognise & develop PPY employment skills
• Prepare CVs & application form
• Market your skills effectively
• Identify employers & vacancies of interest
• Understand the recruitment & selection process used by employers
Be inspired
Find out what students have to say about their placement experience.
Find your Placement Co-ordinator
| School/Department | Contact | Placement Tutor |
| Agriculture, Policy & Development |
Emily Dewell: e.dewell@reading.ac.uk |
Becky Jerome: r.m.jerome@reading.ac.uk |
| Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science |
Rakesh Pankhania: r.m.pankhania@reading.ac.uk |
Archaeology - Roger Matthews: r.j.matthews@reading.ac.uk Environmental Science & Geography - Nick Branch: n.p.branch@reading.ac.uk |
| Arts and Communication Design |
Em Sowden: e.l.sowden@reading.ac.uk 0118 378 8354 |
Film Theatre and TV - Lucy Tyler: l.s.tyler@reading.ac.uk Fine Art - N/A Typography and Graphic Design - James Lloyd: j.c.lloyd@reading.ac.uk |
| Biological Sciences | placements@reading.ac.uk | Renee Lee: r.b.y.lee@reading.ac.uk |
| Built Environment | placements@reading.ac.uk |
Adrian Tagg: a.tagg@reading.ac.uk |
| Chemistry & Pharmacology | Rakesh Pankhania : r.m.pankhania@reading.ac.uk |
Chemistry - James Cooper: james.cooper@reading.ac.uk Pharmacology - Darius Widera: d.widera@reading.ac.uk Gary Stephens: g.j.stephens@reading.ac.uk Pharmacy - Vicky Kleanthous - v.m.kleanthous@reading.ac.uk |
| Computer Science | Emily Dewell and Rakesh Pankhania SMPCSplacementyear@reading.ac.uk |
Pat Parslow: p.parslow@reading.ac.uk |
| Economics and International Relations |
Purnima Darji : p.darji@reading.ac.uk 0118 378 8230 Tina Bhati : t.bhati@reading.ac.uk |
Economics - Simonetta Longhi: s.longhi@reading.ac.uk Politics and IR - David Marshall: d.j.marshall@reading.ac.uk |
| Food and Nutritional Sciences | Rakesh Pankhania : r.m.pankhania@reading.ac.uk |
Emma Bennett: e.j.bennett@reading.ac.uk |
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Humanities
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Emily Dewell : e.dewell@reading.ac.uk |
Classics - Christa Gray: c.m.gray@reading.ac.uk History - Elizabeth Matthew: e.a.e.matthew@reading.ac.uk Philosophy - Dr Michela Bariselli: michela.bariselli@reading.ac.uk |
| Institute of Education | Liz Henley ioeschoolplacements@reading.ac.uk 0118 378 2621 |
N/A |
| Literature and Languages | Rakesh Pankhania : r.m.pankhania@reading.ac.uk |
English Language - Erhan Aslan: erhan.aslan@reading.ac.uk English Literature - Maddy Davies: m.k.davies@reading.ac.uk Modern Languages - Sarah Lodge: s.e.lodge@reading.ac.uk |
| Mathematics and Statistics | Emily Dewell and Rakesh Pankhania SMPCSplacementyear@reading.ac.uk |
Peter Chamberlain: p.g.chamberlain@reading.ac.uk Claire Newbold: c.newbold@reading.ac.uk |
| MPharm |
0118 378 4702 |
Vicky Kleanthous: v.m.kleanthous@reading.ac.uk |
| Meteorology |
Claire Newbold Work-based Learning Teaching Fellow c.newbold@reading.ac.uk 0118 378 8541 |
Peter Innes: p.m.inness@reading.ac.uk |
| Psychology | Eadaoin Connolly e.connolly@reading.ac.uk 0118 378 8267 |
Amanda Branson: a.branson@reading.ac.uk |
| Speech and Language Therapy |
0118 378 4696 sltplacements@reading.ac.uk |
Allie Biddle: a.biddle@reading.ac.uk |