{"id":1052,"date":"2018-08-13T12:02:49","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T11:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/employabilitypoints\/?p=1052"},"modified":"2019-11-20T16:22:08","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T16:22:08","slug":"brett-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/employabilitypoints\/2018\/08\/13\/brett-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Brett Group"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Brett Group is a successful, established construction and building materials group – the largest independent construction company in the UK.<\/p>\n

Rewards 2019-20<\/h2>\n

For a sixth year, the Brett Group will provide one student with the chance to undertake a work shadowing placement within the in-house legal team. Furthermore, Brett are offering an exclusive work experience placements in both their IT and finance teams.<\/p>\n

Student Testimonials<\/h2>\n

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In Summer 2018, Saga Rad (Kent Law School, postgraduate) spent one week in the Brett Group\u2019s Environment Department.<\/p>\n

Saga reflected on her time with the company:<\/p>\n

\u2018Spending a week at Brett Construction was very inspiring for my future career! I got an insight both in the theoretical and practical perspectives of environmental\u00a0regulation. I learnt in practice about concepts which I had only studied in class, such as impact assessments or environmental sampling. It was also really fun to visit sites, to get a taste of the daily working life, and of course to wear the Brett safety\u00a0helmet!\u2019<\/p>\n

To read the full case study, see here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Furthermore, in 2015, Kent Law School student, Elouise Mitchell gained the chance to undertake an EP reward with Brett Construction. Here is what she had to say regarding her experience:<\/p>\n

“I was very fortunate in being selected for a two day work placement with Brett Construction Group, in their in house legal department, based in Canterbury. The two days were jam-packed with a mixture of legal research and case studies followed by visiting sites across Kent and London that the legal team have been working to secure or develop.<\/p>\n

It is so difficult to gain legal work experience, and doing something that is slightly different from the traditional Vacation Scheme or Mini Pupillage was a wholly interesting and enlightening experience. Before my work experience, I hadn\u2019t even considered the route of working for a large corporation\u2019s in house legal team, and now \u2013 I am tailoring my career path to work for a business with international links in the energy sector and I am hopeful that I will be able to work for their legal team.<\/p>\n

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I found my experience to be a lot better than I had expected, faster paced, interesting and enjoyable. Brett construction deals mainly with stone, aggregates and quarries \u2013 something I had never linked the law with, and it was amazing to see another way that the law affects the world. I am very grateful to have been selected for the opportunity and would recommend that all students, not just those from law, apply for this placement.”<\/p>\n

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