There are many organizations throughout the UK which work to source internship opportunities at a local level for recent graduates. The following is just a taster of some of the organizations in England and Wales, but we’d encourage you to look locally in your area for more.
Nationwide
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Adzuna – A search facility that browses a range of different on-line resources to identify opportunitites
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Charity Job – Provides information regarding a wide range of volunteering opportunities nationwide, including voluntary internships
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Graduate Talent Pool – A Government-managed programme to match graduates to businesses through internships
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Inspiring Interns – A range of different opportunities, nationwide
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Milkround – Careers and opportunities nationwide
North East
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Most educational establishments run their own graduate internship programmes, but individual organizations helping graduates from any FE or SHE institution are harder to find. You may wish to investigate opportunities featured in on-line case studies, such as this one on the South Tyneside Council website
North West
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The North West Universities Association (soon to be re-organised) started a Graduate Employability Support Project in 2009. This provides links to SHE institutions in the region who are working in partnership to support graduates
East Midlands
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Emgrad was part of the Graduate Internship Programme developed in 2009, focusing on graduate jobs and internships. The page provides links to a range of SHE institutions which can provide further support
West Midlands
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Graduate Advantage represents a partnership between several SHE institutions in the West Midlands, signposting graduates to a range of paid and voluntary internships
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The University of Keele helps to source a range of paid graduate internships, for which any graduate residing in the West Midlands may apply
South East
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Graduate Jobs South – Working in partnership with the region's University Careers Services to deliver a recruitment service to students, graduates and employers in the South
South West
Wales
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Go Wales - Helping graduates and students to get a head start in today's competitive job market, through work experience, jobs and resources.