Testimonials

Work experience bursaries can be used to cover travel, accommodation and dependent care costs for a whole host of career-related opportunities. Find out how some of our previous recipients used their bursary to gain vital work experience, enhance their employability and expand their professional networks.

  • Alannah Williams 4th year Earth and Planetary Sciences student, giving presentations, working with new people, skills learnt from working at the European Space Industry in Madrid.
  • Emily Na 4th year MEng Materials Science and Engineering student who gained great time management & project planning skills for Proctor and Gamble in Reading.
  • Josiah Edebiri 4th year Electrical and Electronic Engineering student who worked at Rolls Royce gaining experience working with world renown power electronics engineers
  • Erin-Lily Horsfield 1st year Chemistry student, spent 12 weeks working with Adelphi Values Prove deepening her understanding of the pharmaceutical industry.
  • Nate Alcala 3rd year LLB Law student who completed a vacation scheme internship at Slaughter and May, a commercial law firm in London.
  • Zsófi Kutasi 2nd year Environmental Management student completed a 10 week summer internship at a Risk Management Consultancy based in Chester, which she found the work experience rewarding and helps her choose a future pathway.
  • Muhammad Younas Mahmood 2nd year Civil Engineering student, who used his bursary to experience what it was like to work within the rail industry.
  • Aavash Subedi 1st year Physics student, secured an internship researching magnetic spectroscopy.