Engineering OpportunitiesTata Steel runs a 4 week PAID placement for Year 12s at Port Talbot and Scunthorpe. You'll have the opportunity to take on a range of engineering and technical projects. It takes place over the summer
Applications close at the end of March. Find out more here Skanska is one of the world’s leading construction groups. They offer short-term placements during the summer period of your GCSEs or A-levels. These structured placements are based in Rickmansworth. Find out more here Airbus are the worlds leading aircraft manufacturers. They offers a work experience programme aimed at 14 to 19 year olds. You will spend a week in manufacturing, engineering or a support function at either Filton in Bristol or Broughton in South Wales. Find out more here McLaren offer a very limited number of week long work experience placements though reference is given to those who attend schools in the immediate vicinity of a McLaren facility. Placements run between May to July. Applications open in January Find out more here EDT offer a range of different experiences for different ages, ranging for STEM days to a *PAID* year in industry. Find out more here. Crossrail run work experience programs - apply online. Imperial College offers a range Science and Engineering Summer Schools. Applications close in April. More information on the Engineering Summer School for girls aged 11-14 can be found here. More information on the 'Insights into Science and Engineering Summer School' for Yr 10 can be found here. More information on the 'Headstart Engineering Summer School' for Yr 12 can be found here. The UK Electronics Skills Foundation offer Headstart Summer Schools are five-day residential courses for Year 12 school students who are studying subjects in science, technology, engineering and maths. They provide an opportunity for students to find out about degrees and careers in electronics and electronic engineering before they make their UCAS applications. Find out more: here Warwick University Engineering Taster Day on the 8th of April. The day will allow you to gain an insight into engineering as a career and the types of engineering courses available. It's open to students in Year 11 and 12. Only 90 spaces available and it's first-come-first-served, so sign up now! For more information and to book, click here. And if you are interested in engineering:
Science and Maths OpportunitiesJust a few of the programmes available:
UK's Science & Technology Facilities Council (Chilbolton, Daresbury Laboratory, Rutherford Appleton Lab & the UK Astronomy Technology Centre) Work experience programme for Yr 10, 11 & 12 pupils Application open in September for the following year Find out more: here European Space Agency are opening a new facility called ECSAT near Oxford. They will be launching a work experience programme shortly. Find out more here The Met Office is VERY exciting - they have one of the world's biggest supercomputers that can do 127 trillion calculations per second. How cool is that! They run a one week programme in the summer in Exeter (no accommodation provided) for anyone aged 14-17 Applications open in early Autumn and close in January Find out more: here Diamond Light Source is the UK's synchrotron (particle accelerator) based near Oxford. They offer a week long work experience programme for Yr 10, 11 & 12 pupils Applications open in February and close in early April Find out more here GSK, the global pharmaceutical company offer a limited number of work experience placements at their sites in Brentford, Stevenage and Ware. Find out more here Medical Research Council Clinical Services Centre offer an A level programme for 4 weeks in August. You complete a project based on the work of one of their research groups, and attend demonstrations of the facilities and techniques used throughout the Institute. Recruitment is undertaken through the Social Mobility Foundation and student stipends are funded by the Nuffield Foundation. Find out more here UCL under their Widening Participation programme offer a range of activities for Yr s7-11 and for Yrs 12 & 13. Find out more here And if you are interested in physics: you might also be interested in the very popular Particle Physics Masterclass Programme - a series of one day events at universities in London [Note: you'll have to get a physics teacher interested in coming along too!]. Find out more here Nuffield Research Projects If you are planning a long period of work experience (4-8 weeks), why not apply through the Nuffield foundation? Although they are not able to provide placements, they can be a useful name to drop to show you are serious (you need to be accepted onto the Nuffield program). You can use a Nuffield research project for a Gold Science Crest award, and since the research is your own, it is a good introduction to research in STEM. You could even use your project to enter Google's Big Bang Fair, like this guy, or the UK Young Scientist of the Year. |
Finance OpportunitiesBank of America Merrill Lynch offers two programmes
'Banking Uncovered' is a two day programme for Yrs 12 or 13 Applications open in January and close in March Female Futures is also a two day programme for Yrs 12 or 13 with some time spent networling with senior female leaders. Applications open in November and close in January. Find out more here Morgan Stanley offers two programmes::
JP Morgan offers three programmes:
Nomura offers a four day programme aime at Yr 12 & 13 students Find out more here Both HSBC and RBS have programmes at their local branches. You'll spend one week doing all sorts of stuff; from work shadowing retail bankers to carrying out market research. McKinsey Management Consultants offers a two-day residential Leadership Academy at Wellington College in Berkshire, in July. All costs are paid for by McKinsey. Applications close in Spring. The accountancy firm Ernst & Young runs a Skills Academy for Year 12 students who want a taste of what it's like working in the City. Applications are now open. UCL host a Young Investment Banker programme run by InvestIn. The programme aims to give a real insight into what banking involves. You will also be able to get tips on writing an effective CV/cover letter, dealing with unusual interview situations and much more. Other OpportunitiesThe BBC offers a range of work experience opportunities, with applications opening four times a year
Find out more: here Sky also offers a range of work experience opportunities,generally lasting between one and two weeks Find out more: here Studentladder offers help finding opportunities in STEM as well as Medicine and Media. Find out more here. Try contacting our wonderful careers officer, Mr Linscott, to gain ONL contacts. I recommend Professor Sternberg and Roma Agrawal for amazing work experience. Professor Sternberg works at Imperial in bioinformatics, and his place is so cool, they have liquid helium. Roma engineered the Shard, and her office has a machine which makes several types of hot chocolate. You can also email institutions directly. UCL generally has emails for scientists available on their website, with brief bios so you know what they do. Alternatively, you can visit the Royal Society Summer Fair, where you can chat to scientist, get their emails, and they are much better at replying once you have met them in person. Plus, the fair generally has lots of free stuff, like chocolate Nobel prizes so is worth a visit in its own right. Just a thought, girls...
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