Scholarship Programme
Motability Operations Summer Placement Scheme Case Studies
Becky Coleman
Motability’s scholarship programme is fantastic as it has allowed me to experience a diverse range of roles and projects. It has also allowed me to take responsibility for delivering projects.
As a company everyone is always really supportive in the business, really friendly and happy to help you further your knowledge and values your ideas and input highly.
The funding has also been really useful in aiding my studies and continues to do so.
- Becky Coleman
Gary McCann
The Motability Scholarship Programme provided me with an ideal opportunity to gain experience in the workplace during my years at university; in total I spent two summer breaks with the company and have subsequently joined the organisation as a full time employee.
As an IT student I was keen to join Business Systems and see how the modules I had been studying could be put into practice in the real world. I was placed in London with the Business Analyst team within Business Systems. From the outset I was made very welcome and was encouraged to meet with the individual team members to understand their roles. Before long I was contributing at team meetings and participating in larger meetings around the business. Coming from the classroom environment I found this sense of responsibility incredibly rewarding.
Although the majority of my time was spent within Business Systems, in each placement I was allocated time to work amongst the other areas of the business to become familiar with the role they play. This exposure to the business was a real eye opener as it outlined the importance of working together and emphasized the mammoth task of running and maintaining such an incredible scheme.
- Gary McCann
Ivy Broadhead
I took part in the Motability Student Scholarship Programme from 2007-2010, spending two months every summer at the City Gate House, working first in Customer Services, followed by Debt Management and Marketing. For me, it was a fantastic opportunity to gain real, hands-on experience while earning money, meeting great people and living in a different city. I have dwarfism, and find it difficult to stand or walk for long periods, so standard student jobs like bar work and waitressing don’t really work for me.
With the scholarship programme, that wasn’t an issue, and the work experience I got out of it is worth so much more, giving me real, transferable skills I can use across different sectors.
Each year I had several placements to choose from, letting me focus on the areas and projects that most interested me, and seeing how different departments contribute to the overall running of such a major company. A student placement can also help you decide what you want to do in the future, getting a sense of what a job in marketing or finance or another department would really involve day to day, and making your CV a bit more impressive at the same time.
Motability staff couldn’t have been more welcoming or supportive, and during my placements I made friends I’m still in touch with today.
Now it is more important than ever to leave university with work experience, and I would recommend anyone looking for a varied, challenging and enjoyable summer job to think about the student scholarship programme.
- Ivy Broadhead