About This Project Eight students from Slovakia spent two weeks on a work placement in Ireland, based in Limerick. IBD Partnership Group found and arranged an employer for every student, drawing on the same approach we use for all our work placements across our destinations. The visit was organised locally by The RALF Partnership, whose
About This Project Lea, an architecture student from Germany, spent three weeks in Portsmouth, UK on a training and study placement organised by IBD Partnership Group. Our team arranged her accommodation, her placement and her support throughout the stay, and a tutor met her on arrival and led a city tour. She lived with a
About This Project Five French students spent four weeks in Limerick, Ireland, from 20 November to 16 December 2025, on a work placement organised by The RALF Partnership. The weeks were split between workplace placements during the day and evenings and weekends with local host families, with a tutor travelling alongside the group and a
About This Project Nine students from Italy came to Portsmouth in June 2026 for an Erasmus+ work placement organised by IBD Partnership Group. We matched each of them with a local employer in their field, placed them with host families and kept tutors on hand from the moment a driver met them at arrival on
About This Project In March 2023, five students from the Réunion, France, travelled to Limerick for a three-month work placement organised by IBD Partnership Group. The programme paired each student with a local employer suited to their field, arranged host family accommodation for the full stay, and provided tutors on the ground throughout, from arrival
About This Project In July 2023, thirteen German students travelled to Cork for a month-long work placement organised by IBD Partnership Group. The programme paired each student with a local employer suited to their field, arranged host family accommodation for the full stay, and provided tutors on the ground throughout, from arrival and orientation through
About This Project In summer 2025, eleven vocational students from Austria, aged 17 to 20, arrived in Portsmouth for a four-week Erasmus+ work placement programme organised by IBD Partnership Group. The group spent their first week on English language training at IBD's Portsmouth training centre before moving into three weeks of work placements with local
About This Project In early 2025, five Swedish students arrived in Portsmouth for a two-week Erasmus+ work placement organised by IBD Partnership Group. Jessica, Jasmine, Emelie, David and Max, aged 18 and 19, were accompanied by their teacher Charlotte and placed across a range of employers in Portsmouth including retail, print, healthcare, and customer service.
About This Erasmus+ Work Placement Three Belgian students arrived in Portsmouth for a three-week Erasmus+ work placement coordinated by IBD Partnership Group. Max, Ana, and Simon were 17 and 18 years old and this was the first time any of them had worked abroad. They were placed in local companies across the retail, administration,
