Year in Employment Scheme (YES)

Taking a year out to work during your degree course is an excellent way to develop skills, confidence and career focus, motivating you to perform at a higher level in your studies and on entering the graduate labour market.

At Aberystwyth University, two options for a year in employment are available:

Integrated degree schemes

4-year or 5-year 'integrated' degree courses include a 'Year in Industry' as part of the planned programme of study ('Industrial Placement' or 'sandwich' year). Speak to your personal tutor and/or staff in your academic department about the arrangements for the Year in Industry. For information on changing onto or off an integrated degree scheme, click here.

Year in Employment Scheme (YES)

For those not following an integrated programme, YES (administered by the Careers and Employability Service) enables students from a range of subjects to undertake a year in employment between the second and third year of undergraduate study. 

Student Feedback

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What were the highlights of your year in employment?

"Working on site in London on behalf of Thames Water doing survey planning and carrying out surveys of clean water mains to produce condition and leak assessments." (YES 2024/25 at Binnies)

"I got to give a talk at a conference, see my work make a tangible difference and help others, and fly to Malaysia with work." (YES 2023/24 at Severn Rivers Trust)

"Having the chance to do physical work, learning what is actually important in work compared to what uni tell you is important." (YES 2023/24 at Plas Pencelli)

 

Thinking about the scheme from submitting your interest in YES to the end of your year in employment - what was good about the scheme?

"I particularly liked the flexibility of the scheme allowing me to take a placement year at shorter notice without being on the integrated scheme." (YES 2024/25 at Binnies)

"I probably learnt a lot more in the 1 year YES than my whole degree - I'm very much a practical person so having the chance for practical work experience really taught me a lot"  (YES 2023/24 at Severn Rivers Trust)

"It allowed me to take a year out to gain valuable experience which I thought I otherwise wouldn't be able to do" (YES 2023/24 at Plas Pencelli)