"I spent a 3 month placement in shipbuilding. The work was challenging and rewarding with new problems presenting themselves every day, frequently testing both my knowledge and initiative. It was a proud feeling to visit HMS Daring in Glasgow and see parts of the ship that I had helped build now attached."Find out more

"The DESG offers the best and most diverse range of training placements. Being part of the MOD, DESG has history and security running deep into its past. The opportunity of training placements all over the country and abroad was what I found really appealing."Find out more

"DESG offered the opportunity to allow me to experience the different elements of engineering and the roles a professional engineer may be expected to work as through out their career. It was this ability to experience the roles and suss out what I would like to do/develop as that appealed to me."Find out more

"As a graduate, you're offered many opportunities which you won't necessarily get otherwise. I've been off-roading in a Piranha armoured vehicle, experienced the adult 'playground' that is the tank shed at DA Shrivenham, and been out with the Royal Marines in an Offshore Raiding Craft and travelled to Norway and Denmark!"Find out more

"A highlight has been taking part in demonstrations on Salisbury Plain, as well as having the opportunity to use the Combined Arms Tactical Trainer (CATT) and to compare this experience to travelling in real Infantry Fighting Vehicles and Main Battle Tanks"Find out more

"It's a great opportunity and takes the stress off through your studies knowing you have a job lined up at the end of it. The funding through university also removes the burden of the inevitable student debts! The work is interesting and it's a great addition to anyone's CV."Find out more