IT Undergraduate Review

The placement was great with a lot of skills learnt throughout my time on placement. I enjoyed coming into work and actually look forward to it on my days off

I felt valued as much as any member of the team would feel valued within a company. I became very close with my team

Regular meetings with my manager to find out how I am doing. They regularly checked up on me to make sure i was getting what i wanted out of placement

I was very busy within my job role. But I felt this helped me develop my multi-tasking skills and showed that my job was important within the company.

I was given as much responsibility as anyone on my team

I believe my skills coming from a technical background were not utilised as well as they could have been. It gets a bit disheartening when you see colleagues in apprenticeship roles receiving better opportunities with a large amount of time spent with more technical teams within the company. As an undergraduate I have the skills and capabilities to get involved with more technical areas within the department, although this really is not used. I can honestly say that on a technical side I have not gained any experience that will benefit me going into university. In fact I will say it will hinder me, as I have now spent a year away from studying any related topics as my university degree was more technical than my job role at VWFS. The interpersonal skills I have developed throughout my time at the company have been amazing. As well as the life lifeskills lessons that were given to undergraduates

Great atmosphere to work in everyone within the department was very approachable and great to work with

The general work placement was set up very well and seemed to be better for some departments compared to mine. I believe there could have been more organisation involved in developing my technical skills throughout the job role. Overall it was well organised but could have been slightly better for my specific placement.

The company provided many opportunities to develop my interpersonal skills throughout my year which I am greatly thankful for.

Some of the future prospects are very appealing. Although there are no graduate opportunities for the area of work I want to get involved in

There was a good social scheme at the work place

Quite expensive considering you need to be able to drive to get around in Milton Keynes. Although the company car scheme is great for that

The nightlife is not great in Milton Keynes although it seems to be improving

There were many opportunities to get involved with activities such as football and tough mudder