Work Experience

You will have the opportunity to undertake work experience during your time at the University of Bedfordshire. Each undergraduate or postgraduate course provides you with the opportunity to complete a work placement. Settings for work experience are varied in both context and location.

Our students have completed work experience at:

  • Nurseries;
  • Infant schools;
  • Lower schools;
  • Middle schools;
  • Junior schools;
  • Primary schools;
  • Upper schools;
  • Secondary schools;
  • Further Education (FE) colleges;
  • Special Educational Needs (SEN) schools.

They have also broadened their experience through working in settings such as the following:

  • Museums;
  • Children’s hospitals;
  • Units which support children with Emotional and Behavioural Disorders (EBD);
  • Charities supporting children varying needs.