Professional Placements

About Placements

Children stand in a circle reaching hands into the centre, looking down to the camera
CollOut project run by Central students on placement 2022-23. Photo: Leverhulme Trust

At Central, we take great pride in offering our students the best possible opportunities for academic study and professional development. Our Professional Placements are an integral part of this approach, allowing our students to work alongside some of the most distinguished industry professionals in their chosen fields. Through our close partnerships with our placement hosts, we can offer unparalleled hands-on experience, personalised guidance, and support from experienced professionals. 

We are incredibly grateful for the invaluable contribution that our placement hosts have made to the success of our program, with our relationship expanding to over 255 contacts in the industry. Their unwavering commitment and dedication to our students have helped countless individuals achieve their professional goals and propel their careers forward. We are proud to celebrate the achievements of those who have taken advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and have even gone on to support future placement students themselves.

We remain committed to providing our students with the best possible opportunities for academic and professional growth. We look forward to continuing our work with our esteemed placement hosts and helping our students achieve their full potential.

Become a Placement Host

If you or your organisation would like to register your interest in supporting our students on their professional placement, you can do so by filling out our Registration form. You will also receive regular termly updates from our Placements newsletter.

Handbooks

Please download the handbooks below to learn more about our Placements programme.

Students on placement: blog series

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Project Pathfinder

Current Writing for Performance, BA student Luca Newman talks about working with Seven Winds CIC on their second year Collaborative Outreach placement.

Project Pathfinder, from left to right: Israel Mokwe, Zoe Bilog Zaragoza, Luca Newman, Alexandra Fitzerman, Amirah Samer
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  •  Students

Students on placement: Smiles Africa

Current students on Drama, Applied Theatre and Education, BA share their experiences from their third year placement at Smiles Africa in Kenya.

Central students pose with participants from Smiles Africa

Contact

To contact our Placements team, please email placements@cssd.ac.uk