Work experience

A paid federal summer job program for ages 15–18 doing conservation work at national parks, forests, wildlife refuges and fish hatcheries across the country.

• Grades 9–12
• No fee

A spring insight day at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust for Year 12 students applying to study medicine.

• Year 12
• Cost not published

Paid summer jobs in City of Norfolk departments for Norfolk residents ages 16–21, with job-readiness training and financial-literacy education.

• Grades 10–12
• No fee

Anchorage's long-running youth conservation corps: teens earn a paycheck restoring habitats, improving trails, planting trees and caring for parks across the Municipality of Anchorage.

• Up to grade 12
• No fee

Work experience placements of up to one week shadowing in an NHS Highland workplace for school pupils aged 15 or over in the Highland and Argyll and Bute council areas.

• Grades not published
• Cost not published

A year-long social mobility programme for Year 12 and S5 students in England and Scotland with online workshops, a mentor, a laptop and a paid week of work experience at Addleshaw Goddard offices. The 2026-27 intake applied in September 2026; the 2027-28 window had not been announced when checked.

• Year 12 / S5
• No fee

A two-week work experience programme at Buxton Opera House for Year 10 to 13 students living within 30 miles, with applications opening in November 2026.

• Year 10–13
• Cost not published

On-site summer work experience at the Science and Technology Facilities Council's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (Harwell Campus, Didcot) for Year 10–13 students at UK schools, working on individual projects with STFC supervisors.

• Year 10–13 / S3–S6
• Cost not published

A free week-long, non-residential work experience programme for Year 12 physics students at Queen Mary, with seminars, lab sessions and a research project. 2027 details are due in early 2027.

• Year 12
• No fee

Paid after-school and summer programs for Chicago high-school teens: hundreds of apprenticeships and outreach assistantships in arts, STEM, sports, communications and more. Spring session: late February to mid-May.

• Grades not published
• No fee

The City of Seattle's paid summer internship program that places youth ages 16–24 in City departments, community organizations and private employers for 6–8 weeks.

• Up to grade 12
• No fee

A locally funded paid summer work program for City of Memphis youth ages 14–22, with up to 20 hours a week for six weeks.

• Grades 9–12
• No fee