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Undergraduate placements: Going back to school...

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The Thinking Schools Academy Trust set up an undergraduate student placement scheme eight years ago. Lee Miller explains how it works and what is involved

It has always been a core belief of mine that outstanding education should extend far beyond what is learnt in the classroom. It was with this in mind that I decided to set up a student placement programme for finance and business undergraduates to encourage and enable young people to consider education and wider public sector as the meaningful and fulfilling career option that it is.

Starting small eight years ago when I was in the role of business manager in what was then called City of Portsmouth Girls’ School, we appointed a student, Kyle Ball, while he was in the placement year of his degree at University of Portsmouth.

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