Becoming an intern or trainee

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

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

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
Lord Glenamara Memorial Prize giving 2016
- 2 February 2016
- Department for Education
- Speech

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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

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory