Internships

New graduates coming into the jobs’ market this summer will face a real bun fight, research has warned, with graduate...

An amendment to the Employment Rights Bill to ensure that work experience placements are not exploitative or flout minimum wage laws has been put forward.

Rob Moss examines eight potential new equality laws, including race and disability equal pay rules and dual discrimination claims.

Ethnic minority graduates from lower socio-economic backgrounds are 45% less likely to be offered an entry-level professional role than more advantaged white applicants.

Most employers support a crackdown on unpaid or underpaid internships as new research suggests a growing class divide in accessing schemes.

According to Adzuna, the number of advertised internships has fallen by 30% compared with 2022, with only 3,817 opportunities available this October.

Emma Gross outlines the implications of Labour's plan to ban unpaid internships for HR and employers in a bid to tackle inequality.

Asda extends its internship provision for those with learning disabilities to more than 70 students across 11 UK stores.

Asda has recruited a group of permanent employees with learning disabilities via a supported internship scheme.

Labour says it will extend its sexual harassment proposals to cover interns and volunteers.

PwC tops the Social Mobility Employers Index again but Social Mobility Foundation calls on government to tackle unpaid internships.

Steven Rothberg, founder of College Recruiter, talks to Chris Taylor about internships, part-time jobs, seasonal work and entry-level career opportunities.

The UK’s highest court is to offer paid internships to aspiring lawyers from underrepresented groups in a bid to boost diversity in the judiciary.

The number of graduate jobs available have fallen this year, but a dramatic reduction in the number of work experience...

Organisations including the NHS, Linklaters, PwC and Zurich have committed to a programme to collectively hire 10,000 black interns, in...