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About the Team

Find out what services we offer, how we support your placement journey & find your placement coordinator.

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
Given the current circumstances, we are now operating as a fully digital service with all workshops and events being delivered as a webinar.

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. Alongside your Placement Tutors we are also on hand to provide advice to students currently experiencing challenges with their placements due to the COVID-19 outbreak. 

Placement Appointments
The team of Placement Coordinators have many years of experience in supporting students with their placement journey and we would be delighted to discuss your placement plans and goals. Our confidential and impartial advice is available to all students. 

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 Office Location
Agriculture, Policy & Development Alexandra Baker
a.l.z.baker@reading.ac.uk
0118 378 7965
Wager 123
Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science Alexandra Baker
a.l.z.baker@reading.ac.uk
0118 378 7965

 

Wager 123

Arts and Communication Design
Em Sowden
e.l.sowden@reading.ac.uk
0118 378 8354
Carrington 207
Biological Sciences placements@reading.ac.uk Carrington 207
Built Environment placements@reading.ac.uk
Carrington 207
Chemistry placements@reading.ac.uk
Carrington 207
Computer Science Sandra Ilett
s.ilett@reading.ac.uk
0118 378 8605
Carrington 207
Economics and International Relations
Purnima Darji
p.darji@reading.ac.uk
0118 378 8230

Tina Bhati
t.bhati@reading.ac.uk
Edith Morley 192
Food and Nutritional Sciences Em Sowden
FNSplacements@reading.ac.uk
0118 378 8354
Carrington 207
 
Humanities

Alexandra Baker
a.l.z.baker@reading.ac.uk
0118 378 7965
Wager 123
Institute of Education Liz Henley
ioeschoolplacements@reading.ac.uk
0118 378 2621
Building L16
Room 108
London Road Campus
Literature and Languages Alexandra Baker
a.l.z.baker@reading.ac.uk
0118 378 7965
Wager 123
Mathematics and Statistics Claire Newbold
Work-based Learning Teaching Fellow
c.newbold@reading.ac.uk
0118 378 8541
JJ Thompson 219
Meteorology
Claire Newbold
Work-based Learning Teaching Fellow
c.newbold@reading.ac.uk
0118 378 8541
JJ Thompson 219
MSc Psychology Em Sowden
e.l.sowden@reading.ac.uk
0118 378 8354
Carrington 207
Pharmacy and Physician Associate Programme
Faaiza Bokhari
mpharm.placements@reading.ac.uk
0118 378 4702

Ermariona Akulli(on leave)
mpharm.placements@reading.ac.uk
0118 378 4702
Carrington 207
Psychology Eadaoin Connolly
e.connolly@reading.ac.uk
0118 378 8267
Support Centre, Agriculture
Carrington 207
Speech and Language Therapy Sherifah Al-Katib
sltplacements@reading.ac.uk
0118 378 6659

Julie Hankinson
sltplacements@reading.ac.uk
0118 378 4696
Harry Pitt 151


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