Placement support and staff contacts

Students from most departments can seek support in securing a placement by booking an appointment with the central Placements Team in Careers and Placements; book an appointment via Handshake (select Placement Year/Year in Industry Advice in the appointment types). However, first please check the information below, as your point of contact and the name of your appointment may differ depending on the department that you are in. 

If you are not sure who to contact, please email the central Placements Team on careers-placements@york.ac.uk 

Biology

• Phil Lang 

Email: bioaway@york.ac.uk
Book a Biology Year in Industry appointment via Handshake 

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Chemistry (MChem in the final year of your 4 year degree)

• Professor Neil Hunt

Email: chem-industry@york.ac.uk 

Chemistry (if you want to do a placement which is not related to your degree, or earlier than your final year of MChem study)

• Central Placements Team

Email: careers-placements@york.ac.uk 
Book a Placement Year/Year in Industry Advice appointment via Handshake

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Computer Science

• Luke Bryant and Harriet Leaf

Email: cs-placements@york.ac.uk

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Electronic Engineering

• Dr Samadhan Patil

Email: samadhan.patil@york.ac.uk

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Environment and Geography

• Lorna Smeaton

Email: environment-careers@york.ac.uk 
Book an Environment and Geography Placement Advice appointment via Handshake 

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Physics

• Dr Phil Lightfoot

Email: phil.lightfoot@york.ac.uk

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Politics and International Relations, PPE and Economics

• Ann Tunstall

Email: careers-placements@york.ac.uk 
Book a Placement Year/Year in Industry Advice appointment via Handshake

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School for Business and Society

• Jules Ineson, Hannah Spencer, Zoe Clark and Julie Harriss 

Email: sbs-placements@york.ac.uk