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Where to find internships and work placements.
Rights for interns and students in the workplace; work experience; work placements; rights to the National Minimum Wage.
Defence Futures and Force Design, part of the Military Strategic Headquarters, runs a paid internship programme open to individuals who are currently undertaking, or have recently completed, postgraduate studies.
Funding for schools to offer paid internships to potential teachers in chemistry, computing, design and technology, maths, modern foreign languages and physics.
Department for Business, Innovation & Skills supported guidance on running high-quality internship programmes.
Guidance on the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage for organisations who offer work experience, including placements and internships.
Call for Evidence launched into unpaid internships as some employers fail to pay young workers despite ban.
There is little evidence that internships can foster professional networks that facilitate knowledge transfer although there is potential for this
During her PhD, Molly Bartlett took on a 3-month UKRI internship with the Government Office for Science (GO-Science), leading a high-profile project evaluating the impact of the UK’s Chief Scientific Advisers (CSAs).
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