Internship in Britain: internships in England
Internships in Britain
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Internship in the UK – your choice!
Are you about to start your internship or want to take a professional internship? Have you thought about going to intern in one of the European countries, but never acted on it?
Then you should come to us! The International Exchange Center offers internship programs in the UK for students and recent university graduates.
There are two options for the program:
The first option: Self Arranged, where the participant is responsible for finding their own internship position.
Requirements for the internship:
— Duration of the internship from 1 to 6 months (minimum 25 hours per week).
— Internships cannot be in the following fields: Hospitality, Healthcare/Medicine.
— The internship can be unpaid and must comply with UK regulations for volunteering. In most cases, if the employer does not pay for the internship, they provide bonuses to the intern, such as covering travel expenses to work (https://www.gov.uk/volunteering).
— A special internship program must be prepared for the participant, during which they will carry out additional tasks from the employer that are not part of the daily duties of a regular employee.
— The responsibilities during the internship must be varied and clearly explained to the participant. The participant must have a plan for the internship process.
— The participant must have a supervisor who will coordinate their internship.
— The company must be registered in the UK Companies House for at least one year.
A list of websites where the participant can find an internship position (some websites and companies may use terms like work experience, work placements, rather than internship). (PDF, 354.9 KB)
The second option: Placed, where the program sponsor finds the internship position.
The program sponsor selects a position for an unpaid internship from 1 to 6 months.
Popular fields for internships include architecture, finance, law, IT, human resources, PR, and advertising.
Internship positions cannot be offered in hospitality, education, medicine, or psychology.
Why would I do that
Placed option: £2219.
First payment: $300.
- Internship contract review.
- Certificate from the program sponsor confirming official internship completion in the UK, necessary for visa application.
- Informational support from the program sponsor regarding visa processing.
- Provision of information for opening a bank account in the UK.
- Provision of information for obtaining a tax number/NI number.
- Support from the sponsor during the internship.
- Accommodation expenses.
- Flight expenses.
- Transfer to/from airport.
- Visa processing (£244),
- Insurance arrangement.
- Employee Pre-Site Visit: $150. If your employer has less than 20 employees, profits less than £3000000 and the company was established less than 2 years ago, the program sponsor will visit the employer.*
- Changes to Certificate of Sponsorship after issued: £125.*
- * only for the Self Arranged option.
Materials on the program
- Brochure with program description
- Sample contract for participation in the program
- Country/vacancy information (manual)
- Program Participant Calculator
Requirements
- From 18 years old and older.
- Student (at least one semester completed) or recent university graduate (no more than a year before the internship begins).
- Having an IELTS certificate (minimum 6 points).
- Having at least £945 in the account.
- Medical insurance with coverage of at least $500,000.
Programs have fixed dates. Please check the start date of the selected program with the IEC coordinator. Program duration – from 1 week to 3 years, depending on the selected program. The documents should be submitted 4-6 months before the program start date.
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