Lauren Brown and Thea Mitchel-Wren, recently started their
internships as careers advisers with CareerWave, a provider of careers advice
to schools, colleges and other education providers. Both studied a BA (Hons) in Guidance &
Counselling, graduated from Northumbria University in 2021 and are already
three months into their new roles.
The internships were made possible through Northumbria
Enterprise & Business Support Internship Programme (NEBS2), which is funded
through the European Regional Development Fund. It provides funding to small
and medium sized businesses in Tyne & Wear and Northumberland, who are
looking to recruit motivated graduates on internships of up to six months.
Since the launch in March 2021, 38 graduates have benefited from
the Programme. Interns receive a salary of 18k (pro-rata), or above, and
internships often result in longer term or permanent roles. From the 150
graduates that benefited from the previous programme, which ended in 2018, 81%
were retained by the businesses.
Northumbria Enterprise & Business Support will run until
2023 so there will be plenty more graduate opportunities across a range of businesses
and sectors, many being advertised now. To be eligible for the internships you
must have graduated since 2019.
Interested graduates can find details of current internships on Northumbria
University’s vacancy portal JobsOnline, or by going directly to the Northumbria Enterprise Business Support internship scheme webpages.
Any trading SMEs based in Tyne &
Wear that have a business need that could be fulfilled by a graduate can
receive up to £4,050 (45%) contribution towards a graduate salary for a six-month
internship. To find out more about this exciting opportunity, and potentially
identify a longer-term or permanent member of staff, businesses can
contact internships@northumbria.ac.uk
