UWE Bristol internship scheme 2024–2025

Our internship scheme offers exciting opportunities to participate in a paid internship and gain valuable work experience. With opportunities available in a range of sectors and the chance to find your own internship, you can find something to suit you.

Internships are a great way to expand your skill set, improve your professional network, and can help you to consider the type of work that is right for you in the future. Your employer will mentor you and provide you with the support and knowledge to enable a successful internship.

Our 148-hour part-time internships allow you to work up to 12 hours per week for approximately 12 weeks alongside your studies and other commitments.

These internships suit project work that can be delivered flexibly and remotely where appropriate. Considering your timetable, other commitments and needs of the business, you should discuss and create a working agreement between you and your employer.

• Work in a sector of your choice for up to 148 hours and earn a wage
• Valuable, high-quality work experience that shows initiative to prospective employers
• Develop different ways of working; gain insight and knowledge about the workplace and your industry sector
• Gain a competitive advantage in the job market
• Build up a network of useful contacts whilst increasing your confidence
• Apply knowledge gained during your studies
• Broaden your career options by experiencing work in a sector not directly related to your degree

You can find your internship by searching on Infohub (login required) or by arranging your own by a speculative application. 

InfoHub vacancies

You can view internships posted by organisations after Monday 21 October on Infohub (login required).

To view the internship opportunities that employers are offering in 2024–2025, you can:

• Login to Infohub and select the ‘UWE internship schemes’ vacancy type OR go directly to the list of internship vacancies.
• Look for opportunities with 'UWE Bristol Internship 2024–2025’ in the job title.

Vacancies are added when organisations submit them to us.

Arranging your own internship

Approaching organisations speculatively or using your existing contacts and networks shows you are innovative and proactive and offers you the opportunity to explore opportunities that may not have been advertised.

Once you have approached an organisation, they should email the Internships Team on your behalf at uweinternships@uwe.ac.uk to formalise the arrangement.

All business sectors are eligible. Don't restrict your search to jobs directly related to your degree subject or you'll miss out on some amazing opportunities. Your internship must be either project-based or add value to your CV and include an element of training and/or mentoring.

The internship should give you a meaningful opportunity to build skills, knowledge and confidence in a professional area of work.

Speculative applications

View information about making speculative applications on Career Toolkit (login required).

You may want to use this statement in your speculative application:

"My university, the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol), is currently offering a part-time Internship Scheme, which offers a 100% subsidy of £XXXX to companies/organisations that employ an undergraduate student for a period of 148 hours over 12 weeks (12-13 hours per week). I am very interested in working at XX within the XX areas/field/job/sector and would very much appreciate it if you would be able to offer me an internship.

Interns must be paid at a minimum of £XXXX per hour via PAYE and the subsidy can be claimed back from UWE Bristol when the internship finishes.

Further details about the scheme are available on the UWE Bristol website. If you have any questions, please contact the Internships Team directly at uweinternships@uwe.ac.uk."

CV help

We offer a wide range of resources to support with CVs and applications including our useful CV Cycle resource. If you would like feedback on your CV, use our CV360 tool.

During your internship you are employed by the company not UWE Bristol. Your employer will recruit you on the same basis as they would any other member of staff and you will be paid directly by them through PAYE on a weekly or monthly basis.

We will provide the employer with access to an agreement that needs to be electronically signed by you, your employer and UWE Bristol. We recommend that your internship employer provides you with a separate agreement to cover any company policies not included in the UWE Bristol internship agreement.

You will be required to complete a short pre-internship questionnaire and a feedback form at the end of the internship. 

You will accrue 16.25 hours of paid leave during your 148-hour internship. Your holiday entitlement, working hours and sickness absence must be arranged according to your employer's policies and procedures.

Tax and National Insurance contributions

The figure paid to you may be subject to tax and National Insurance contributions. Sometimes you will be placed on an emergency tax code and what is deducted from your net pay is more than you should be paying. This will depend on whether you have another job and how much tax you have already paid in the current tax year. Find further information about paying tax as a student and how you can claim a refund if you think you have paid too much.

If you have any questions or concerns during your internship, please contact us at uweinternships@uwe.ac.uk.

The UWE Bristol Employability Bursary aims to support lower-income UK undergraduate students to access a range of activities. Activities aim to add value to your student experience and help you to achieve a better graduate outcome. An internship is an eligible activity.

When your employer confirms your internship with us, we will send you a link to complete an eligibility calculator. The Student Money Service will check your details and if you are eligible for the bursary you will receive payment just before your start your internship.

Bursaries are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and you must meet eligibility criteria.