Internship & Insights
Why work experience?
Work experience is an established path to securing a placement year and graduation. You can gain work experience through employer insight programmes primarily aimed at year 1 and 2 students and short term internships over summer primarily aimed at year 2 and 3 students.
Your university degree and extra-curricular activities will help equip you with some fantastic skills for employment after you graduate, but more and more employers are looking for proven skills through work experience.
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Where do I look for opportunities?
Even if your course does not include a compulsory work placement, many work placement programmes can be completed during your Easter or Summer break.
Work experience opportunities will be advertised on the Employability Portal. Many employers seeking graduates also advertise work experience opportunities on their website under ‘careers’.
Internships
There is sometimes confusion around what is an internship? Let’s separate fact from fiction:
- An internship is a period of work experience, offered by an organisation, usually lasting for a fixed, limited period of time.
- There’s an emphasis on on-the-job training, and internships can be paid or unpaid.
- It’s typically undertaken by students and graduates looking to gain relevant skills and experience in a particular field.
The benefits of completing an internship are boundless – they provide you with invaluable insights into organisations and help you gain employability skills and make your CV and job applications stand out to employers. No matter what year you are in it’s never too early or late to start thinking about applying for an internship.
Final year students can register to view graduate internships provided through two programmes:
- Graduate Leadership Programme offers 6 month paid internships combined with a fully-funded Postgraduate Certificate in Graduate Leadership. It starts in September with a Bursary of £1,100 per month.
- Santander SME Internship Programme offers full-time and part-time opportunities with local small to medium sized organisations. Internships are between 4 and 8 weeks with a Bursary of £315 per week (based on a 35-hour week).
Meet The Employer
| Employer | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|
| KPMG | 30/01/20 (11.30am-1.30pm) | Jordanstown Mall Block 1 |
| Deloitte | 03/02/20 (10.30am-1.30pm) | Jordanstown Mall Block 1 |
| EY | 03/02/20 (10.30am-1.30pm) | Jordanstown Mall Block 1 |
| Grant Thornton | 03/02/20 (10.30am-1.30pm) | Jordanstown Mall Block 1 |
| Fintru | 04/02/20 (1.00pm - 3.00pm) | Jordanstown Mall Block 1 |
| Allstate NI | 05/02/20 (11.15am - 1.30pm) | Jordanstown Block 16G foyer |
| Exploristics | 05/02/20 (2.00pm - 2.30pm) | Webinar |
| Options | 20/02/20 (12.00pm - 2.00pm) | Jordanstown Block 12 |
| Citi Group | 20/02/20 (12.00pm - 2.00pm) | Jordanstown Block 12 |
| Rakuten | Webinar TBC | Webinar |
| Kainos | TBC | TBC |
Current Internship & Insight Opportunities
| Job Title | Employer | Closing date | Apply link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audit & Assurance Internship Belfast | KPMG | 31/01/20 | |
| Tax Consulting Internship Dublin | KPMG | 31/01/20 | |
| Audit & Assurance Internship Belfast | Grant Thornton | 28/02/20 | |
| Tax Internship | Grant Thornton | 28/02/20 | |
| Advisory & Forensics Internship | Grant Thornton | 28/02/20 | Apply Here |
| Data Analytics | Exploristics | 7/02/20 | |
| Junior Software Developer | Exploristics | 7/02/20 | |
| Assurance Summer Internship | EY | 07/02/20 | |
| Tax Summer Internship | EY | 07/02/20 | |
| Discover EY | EY | 20/03/20 | |
| Tax Consulting Summer Internship | Deloitte | 07/03/20 | |
| Audit & Assurance Summer Internship | Deloitte | 07/03/20 | |
| Technology Summer Internship | Deloitte | 07/03/20 | |
| Legal Summer Internship | Deloitte | 07/03/20 | |
| Human Capital & Actuarial Internship | Deloitte | 07/03/20 | |
| Governance Risk & Regulatory Internship | Deloitte | 07/03/20 | |
| Business & Advisory Summer Internships | Deloitte | 07/03/20 | |
| Cyber Summer Internship | Deloitte | 07/03/20 | |
| Talent Academy NI | PWC | 05/02/20 | |
| Summer Management Internship Belfast | Enterprise Rent a Car | 24/02/20 | |
| Summer Compliance Internship | Barclays | 31/01/20 | |
Insights Programme | Fintru | 28/02/20 | Apply Here |
IT Insight Programme | Allstate Northern Ireland | 28/02/20 | |
Engineering Internship | Alexander Dennis | 05/03/20 | |
Insight Programme | Pinsent Mason | 24/02/20 | |
| Software Engineering Insight | Rakuten | 09/03/20 | |
| Spring Insight | Citi Group | 23/03/20 | |
| Year 1+2 Legal Insight Programme | Carson McDowell | 20/03/20 | |
| Year 1 Legal Insight | Factor Law | 18/03/20 | |
| Legal Insight Programme | TLT | 31/07/20 | |
| Legal Internship Scheme | Office of the Lord Chief Justice | 20/03/20 | Apply Here |
| Summer Intern Programme | Arthur Cox | 27/03/20 |