Work experience

A paid week of work experience at an international law firm's London office for Year 12 state-school students.

• Year 12
• No fee

Free employer-designed virtual work experience: about 10 hours of activities over two weeks, with a certificate for your CV or personal statement.

• Year 10–13 / S3–S6
• No fee

Find fully funded in-person, remote and multi-day work experience placements and Insight Days with hundreds of UK employers.

• Grades not published
• No fee

Law firm A&O Shearman's work experience for Year 12 students from state schools: a five-day Smart Start week at its London office in July, or the online Smart Applications webinar series.

• Year 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

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 four-day medical work experience programme at Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust for post-16 students considering Medicine: clinical skills, basic life support, phlebotomy and two days shadowing doctors.

• Year 12–13
• Cost not published

A two-year access-to-opportunity programme at law firm Charles Russell Speechlys for Year 12 students from lower socio-economic backgrounds at non-selective state schools near its UK offices.

• Year 12
• Cost not published

A work experience programme at Imperial College London giving Year 12 students from backgrounds under-represented in higher education an insight into life as a researcher and other university careers.

• Year 12
• Cost not published

Paid 12-month STEM work placements with UK companies for school leavers before university or as an alternative route.

• Grades not published
• No fee

Lab work experience weeks at the Rosalind Franklin Institute (Harwell Campus) for Year 10 and Year 12 students, rotating between interdisciplinary research groups.

• Year 10, Year 12
• Cost not published

A free 1–2 week STEM work placement with researchers and professionals, plus online workshops, for Year 12 and S5/S6 students.

• Year 12–13 / S5–S6
• No fee