Work Placement

The School provides an excellent opportunity for students to gain work experience during their studies. A diverse range of placements are available as thanks to the local industries in Belfast and beyond. The School also encourages students to gain work experience by getting involved in University societies and also volunteering.

Have a look at some of the current work placements available to our students below.

Placement opportunities in the Arts

Placement opportunities in Languages

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ARTS

Work placement opportunities as part of the Work Placement module

Kabosh Theatre
Antrim Co Council Arts and MADD music group
Arts and Business NI
Arts Council NI
Audiences NI
Belfast Book Festival
Belfast City Council
Belfast Music Society
Belfast Nashville Festival
Belfast Photo Festival
Belfast Print Workshop
Bruiser Theatre Company
BVCB
Cathedral Quarter Trust
CQAF
Craft and Design Collective
Crafts NI
Crescent Arts Centre
GENERATOR NI
Grand Opera House
Lyric Theatre Belfast
Lyric Theatre Belfast
Lyric Theatre Belfast
National Museums Northern Ireland
NI Opera
NITB
NMNI

Oh Yeah Centre
PLACE
Prime Cut
QFT / Film Hub NI
Rockport Community Arts Centre (associated with Rockport School)
Soundscape Park http://www.soundscapepark.org/
Strand Arts Centre
The Braid Arts Centre
The Black Box
The MAC
Moving on Music
Ulster Orchestra
Visit Belfast
Young at Art / Belfast Children's Festival
Bruiser Theatre Company
Theatre NI
Arts and Business NI
Arts Ekta
Outburst Belfast International Festival
Arts and Disability Forum
Replay Theatre Company
Arts Care

LANGUAGES

We are proud to have student placements with the following partners:
France Université de Bruxelles Université de Lorraine Université de Montpellier Université de Poitiers Université de Tours Spain (ERASMUS) Universidad de Alicante Universidad de Extremadura Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Universidad de León Universidad Complutense de Madrid Universidad Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla	Portugal (ERASMUS) Universidade de Coimbra Universidade de Lisboa Universidade do Minho Universidade do Porto Brazil Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Students' own work placements
Students can organise their own work placement in conjunction with the Year Abroad Co-ordinator. For example, we have had students work with charity organisations in Latin America.
Our past students have also gained work placement with organisations such as:
the BBC the Police Ombudsman’s Office, the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments, the Local Government Staff Commission, the NI Electoral Commission, the NI Local Government Association, Mencap NI Political Parties Santander The Office of the Northern Ireland Executive in Brussels British Council Assistantships Program	Ulster Carpets Hennessy Cognac Northern Ireland Executive Office in Brussels Price Waterhouse Coopers The Council of the EU The European Commission The European Parliament The United Nations (UN) The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) The Council of Europe Thomson Reuters