Internship Scheme offers businesses fully funded access to talented graduates

Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is offering UK businesses access to talented graduates for a fully funded internship.

The 8-week scheme enables participating businesses access to extra resource, fresh ideas, new skills and different perspectives. In return, graduates from 2022 are given a valuable internship opportunity to develop essential employability skills via a graduate level role.

Last year’s scheme saw over 280 internships take place and a 93% approval rating from employers.

Pippa Routledge, Senior Account Director at GungHo communications, who participated in the scheme in 2022, said: “The scheme is a fantastic support and provides crucial practical experience for graduates looking to navigate the market post university”.

Previous participating businesses have used the scheme to explore how a graduate role can be embedded into their business, before extending the internship into a permanent role supported by NTU’s Employability team.

The Employability team will support organisations by managing applications, shortlisting, interviewing and matching graduates to the vacancy they have submitted. NTU will fully fund the graduate’s salary for the duration of their internship (35 hours per week for 8 weeks).

Helen Puntha, Head of NTU Green Academy, who also accessed the scheme in 2022, said: "The scheme is excellent. I feel it's a win-win: the graduate gained experience, we gained valuable skills and a fresh perspective and could get some work completed which we could not have otherwise resourced".

Businesses who are interested in the Graduate Internship Scheme need to submit vacancies by Wednesday 17 May 2023, with internships starting on Monday 24 July and ending on Friday 15 September.

To learn more about the Graduate Internship Scheme contact Grad.Internship@ntu.ac.uk.