Becoming an intern or trainee

Find a traineeship or internship, employment rights and pay, benefits, skills and qualities required.

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Services

• Find an internship

  Where to find internships and work placements.

• Employment rights and pay for interns

  Rights for interns and students in the workplace; work experience; work placements; rights to the National Minimum Wage.

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Guidance and regulation

• Help to find work for Universal Credit claimants aged 16 to 24
  • Detailed guide
  • 28 March 2024
  • Department for Work and Pensions
• Providing quality internships: guidance for employers and interns
  • Guidance
  • 11 November 2013
  • Department for Education and Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills

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News and communications

• New action to tackle unpaid internships as Government seeks to protect younger workers
  • 17 July 2025
  • Department for Business and Trade
  • Press release
• Elaine: work experience to X-ray physicist
  • 8 March 2024
  • Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
  • Case study
• From maths grad to analyst, meet Stella
  • 17 October 2023
  • Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
  • Case study
• Applications open for Care Leavers Internship Scheme 2020
  • 7 September 2020
  • Department for Education
  • News story
• University? Traineeship? First Job? What’s your post-exam plan?
  • 2 August 2019
  • Department for Work and Pensions
  • News story

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Research and statistics

• Traineeships: evaluation
  • 19 June 2019
  • Department for Education and Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
  • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

• Traineeships: funding reform in England
  • 18 November 2014
  • Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills and Department for Education
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 14 August 2014

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Organisations

• Department for Education
• Department for Work & Pensions
• Department for Business & Trade

• Defence Science and Technology Laboratory