Turn Learning Into Experience
WIC strives to best connect your studies with real-world application — partnering with external companies to bring placement and career opportunities alongside your degree.
Services built around your career.
Job Shop
Live opportunities and job-search support for current students.
Graduate Support
Continued careers support as you move from study into work.
Alumni
Including the Skills in Action Programme — a 3-day work experience programme equipping alumni with additional experience for job applications.
Student Entrepreneur Society
A community for students building their own ventures alongside study.
Your Employability & Placements team.
Faisal Usmani
Director of Employability and Placements
Manthankumar Nileshbhai Patel
Employability & Placements Lead — London
Khushbu Patel
Placement Officer — London
Muhammad Shahzaib
Employability & Placement Officer — Birmingham
Sheena Jaweed
Placement Officer — Birmingham
Real placements, built into your degree.
WIC partners with external companies to bring students outstanding placement opportunities alongside their studies — adding valuable skills and experience ahead of graduation.
- Business & Management
- Health & Social Care
Workshops that build real skills.
Regular sessions run through the Employability & Careers team, preparing you for the job market alongside your studies.
- Mock Interview Workshop — realistic interview scenarios with employers and industry professionals
- Personal Branding & Professional Presence — building a professional online profile
- LinkedIn Workshop — building a strong professional online presence
- Placement Q&A and Pre-Placement Briefings
- Employability & Careers Inductions