Work Placement Information
Welcome to the WEX Team Guide!
Work experience is an essential & mandatory part of all Myerscough courses. This means students have to do it & log the hours, to successfully pass their course. All students must complete & log up to 150 hours of work experience in their academic year. Work experience is unpaid.
Students are encouraged to find a relevant placement before term begins. For example, if they have applied for a sports course, the work experience must be related in some way to the sports industry. This could be a sports shop, a coaching opportunity or working in a gym. Any questions on what can be used as a work placement can be answered by one of the Work Experience (WEX) Team. Placements will be visited so that relevant health & safety checks can be carried out to ensure students are working in a safe & supportive environment.
TIPS
- Don’t wait until college starts to contact possible work placements. If they start college with a placement already sorted they will be one step ahead.
- Use more than one way to contact employers. Some employers are very active on social media, others prefer a phone call or email while others prefer to see someone face to face.
- Speak to friends & family to see if they have any contacts who would be willing to offer a work experience placement.
If students are struggling to find a suitable work placement, the Work Experience Team can help once they have started college, although they should provide the team with a log or diary of everywhere they have tried.
For more information or to provide details of work placements, you can contact the team at workplacement@myerscough.ac.uk
Contact the team regarding any questions not covered on this page - Email: workplacement@myerscough.ac.uk