Student Placements and Internships
Students undertake two workplace experiences based with our partner organisations.
Internships are shorter in length and provide students with a taste of what it is like to work in a partner organisation
Secondments are for a minimum of 2 months and involve students working on a project defined in consultation with the partner host organisation and the students supervisory team.
Many students have already completed placements with organisations such as:
Research institutes
Regulatory and governmental organisations
Evidence Team - Chemicals, Pesticide and Hazardous Waste (CPHW) Unit
Environmental Pollution Team
Department of Ecotoxicology
Chemical Risk Division
Consultancies
Environmental Assessment Team
Integrated Water Planning Team
Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology team/Energy and Environment Department
Water companies
Waste Water Treatment Division
Third sector organisations
Centre for Conservation Science
UK Land and Climate
Industry
Product Safety Team
Aquatic Ecotoxicology: Effect Modeling Team
Onward Destinations/Careers
Our graduates have gone on to a range of roles including:
Name: Dr Eve Tarring
Role: Environmental Water Quality Consultant
Department/Team: Water Team
Company: Stantec
Eve sits between the environmental water quality team and the process engineering team for nature-based solutions. She carries out water quality assessments and water resourcing options mainly for water companies, as well as designing constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment.
ECORISC CDT
Department of Environment and Geography
University of York
York
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1903 322999
ecorisc-cdt@york.ac.uk