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 |
| Head of Student Placements | Em Sowden: e.l.sowden@reading.ac.uk | |
| Placement Operations Coordinator | Catherine Lanyon: c.lanyon@reading.ac.uk | |
| Agriculture, Policy & Development |
Emily Dewell: e.dewell@reading.ac.uk |
Becky Jerrome: r.m.jerrome@reading.ac.uk |
| Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science |
Rakesh Pankhania: r.m.pankhania@reading.ac.uk |
Archaeology - Thom Hayes t.j.hayes@reading.ac.uk Environmental Science & Geography - Nick Branch: n.p.branch@reading.ac.uk |
| Arts and Communication Design |
Emily Wyatt e.j.wyatt@reading.ac.uk |
Film Theatre and TV - Lucy Tyler: l.s.tyler@reading.ac.uk Fine Art - Ollie Musson o.c.musson@reading.ac.uk Typography and Graphic Design - James Lloyd: j.c.lloyd@reading.ac.uk and Geoff Wyeth g.m.wyetth@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 - Adam Bromley a.p.bromley@reading.ac.uk Pharmacology - Alex Bye a.bye@reading.ac.uk |
| Computer Science | Emily Dewell and Rakesh Pankhania SMPCSplacementyear@reading.ac.uk |
Xiaomin Chen: xiaomin.chen@reading.ac.uk |
| Food and Nutritional Sciences | Rakesh Pankhania : r.m.pankhania@reading.ac.uk | Justine Norris j.f.norris@reading.ac.uk |
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Humanities
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Emily Dewell : e.dewell@reading.ac.uk |
Classics - David Carter - d.m.carter@reading.ac.uk English Language - Erhan Aslan: erhan.aslan@reading.ac.uk English Literature - Maddy Davies: m.k.davies@reading.ac.uk History - Elizabeth Matthew: e.a.e.matthew@reading.ac.uk Modern Languages - Laura Harmsworth l.k.harmsworth@reading.ac.uk |
| Institute of Education | Liz Henley ioeschoolplacements@reading.ac.uk 0118 378 2621 |
BA Ed Primary - Cara Broadhurst: c.broadhurst@reading.ac.uk PGCE Primary - Scarlett Murphy: s.l.e.murphy@reading.ac.uk PGCE Secondary - Will Bailey-Watson: w.baileywatson@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 |
mpharm.placements@reading.ac.uk 0118 378 4702 |
Aisha Akhtar and Flavia Ghouri Stroud: Mpharm.placements@reading.ac.uk |
| Meteorology |
Emily Dewell and Rakesh Pankhania SMPCSplacementyear@reading.ac.uk |
Peter Innes: p.m.inness@reading.ac.uk Claire Newbold |
| Philosophy, Politics and Economics (SPPE) | Amanda Gill: a.j.r.gill@reading.ac.uk |
Economics - Dr Stephen Kastoryano: s.p.kastoryano@reading.ac.uk Philosophy - Dr Michela Bariselli: michela.bariselli@reading.ac.uk Politics and IR - Professor David Marshall: d.j.marshall@reading.ac.uk |
| Psychology | Eadaoin Connolly e.connolly@reading.ac.uk 0118 378 8267 |
Shannon Wake: Shannon.wake@reading.ac.uk |
| Speech and Language Therapy |
Lesley Young (0118 378 5027) and Shelley Burgess 0118 378 7341 sltplacements@reading.ac.uk |
Allie Biddle, Placements Coordinator: a.biddle@reading.ac.uk |