Make this summer the one that changes your life
Published on 26 April 12
You already know the work experience you gain can shape your future, but if you thought you couldn’t afford the time or expense before – now you can.
The University is launching a new Summer Internship Programme, supporting you - whatever subject you may be studying - with the opportunities and experiences that will improve your prospects and help you up the ladder to the careers you deserve.
By now, you will probably have realised how important work experience can be to your future career. You gain experience, confidence, skills, networks and much more. But balancing these opportunities with your busy life can be difficult, and the Careers Service is here to support you in that process.
The new internship programme will be piloted this summer, and has two important key features:
- Internships that the Careers Service will work with employers to generate and promote.
- A bursaries programme to support students who want to do an internship.
Financial Support:
Bursaries will be available to help students access either internships generated by the Careers Service, or internships that they generate themselves.
For example, if you have already secured an offer for work experience this summer, you may be worried about how to afford it; perhaps the job is either low paid, or even unpaid, or based somewhere where accommodation or travel costs are expensive.
Because we know how vitally important it is for your career, we will be offering a number of bursaries – worth between £50 and £800 – to help students undertake work experience this summer. The bursaries can be applied towards full-time or part-time work, in any sector, and will be awarded through a competitive process.
You will need to apply and give us information on the internship you are planning to undertake, how it may benefit your career and why you feel you should be awarded a bursary.
Full details about the internship programme and how to apply for a bursary will be published later in May, but we wanted to draw your attention to these new opportunities now. Think you might be interested in knowing more about this scheme? Then please register your interest today.