There is no fixed length for an internship. The average duration is 3 months but they can range from 8 weeks to 12 months.

All internships offered by the University of Huddersfield pay £300 per week. Others pay as little as the minimum wage, the average wage is around £300 per week.

Internships give you the chance to gain professional experience and contacts, also prove your ability. They can often lead to long term employment.
Many employers offer internships as a way of giving graduates a trial to see how they  perform on the job

Like all jobs there are good and bad internships.

Before taking an internship you have to consider how valuable the experience will be and what it could lead onto.
Most internships should be paid and there is little justification for an employer not paying you if you are doing ‘real work’. For certain industries such as fashion, music and the ‘media’ unpaid internships’ are the accepted way people gain experience to get into the industry.

If you decide to take an unpaid internship you should be clear on the benefits you will gain, whether your expenses will be paid and what the prospects of gaining paid work are at a later date.

Many internships’ offered by the University of Huddersfield and Graduates Yorkshire have lead to permanent well paid roles. Some of these are also offered by large companies who pay a competitive salary.

Enternships
Find entrepreneurial experience and full time roles.

Enternships

The Graduate Talent Pool
Graduate Talent Pool, a government led scheme can help you kick start your graduate career. For 2008 and 2009 graduates, this site lets you search and apply for internships posted by employers.

Further information on the Graduate Talent Pool

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs)

Can help you enhance your career prospects by providing you with an opportunity to manage a challenging project, which allows you to use your degree, central to an organisations strategic development and long-term growth.  KTPs could last between 10- 40 weeks or 1- 3 years. Further details on  Knowledge Transfer Parternships. Find out what KTP Associates have to say about their KTP projects by watching their video case studies: KTP Video case studies 

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Student Employment Services

Talent Plus for Graduates
TalentPlus will help you discover a career path and provide you with invaluable work experience in your chosen industry. This new scheme is a partnership between Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) and Blue Orchid, with the aim of helping unemployed graduates discover a new career path.

Further information on Talent Plus and details of how to apply.

See the  Application process section on our web site for further information on how to market yourself effectively to employers throughout the application process.

For further information and advice or to have your CV and or application form checked prior to applying then please see the information available on our Appointments, quick queries and CV checks page or Contact us

See the section Graduate support for further information.

Information for current students

If you are a current student looking for summer work, a placement or term-time work experience then further information and advice is available elsewhere on our website in the following sections:

• JobShop  the universities on-line Jobs database
• Work experience and volunteering

If you require further information and advice on where to look for jobs and how to market yourself effectively to employers then come along to one of our quick query sessions or Contact us