Top Sites |
| The
Year Out Group - An
association of leading year out organisations offers information
and guidance for young people and their parents and advisers. |
| Work
Experience USA - Work America programme from Camp
Counselors USA providing work visa, flights and support
to university students. |
Links |
| AIESEC
- Large student organisation with a network in over 90 countries.
The AIESEC Work Abroad Programme is open to university students
and recent graduates with a business, marketing, accounting,
finance, IT, engineering or language studies background.
They can offer practical work experience in a diverse cultural
environment. |
| AIESEC
UK |
| Alliance
Abroad Group - Provide many and varied opportunities
for arranging shorter term jobs, internships, and teaching
positions for all nationalities in several countries. |
| American
Youth Foundation - Three internship schemes. |
| The
Association for International Practical Training
- AIPT offers on-the-job training and internships (J-1 visa)
in the U.S.A. AIPT accepts any nationality, as long as the
U.S. has diplomatic relations with the country. |
BUNAC
Work Programmes
Opportunities for students to travel
and work in various countries, such as Australia, Jamaica,
USA and Canada. |
| Challenge
Educational Services - Work experience in America
for graduates and under graduates aged 19 to 26, plus a
wide range of French Language programmes based in France.
These vary from Academic Year/Semester programmes at the
Sorbonne, to A Level revision courses in Bordeaux. They
also offer Adult and under 18 programmes. |
| Council
Exchanges - Work and travel in USA, Canada and Australia. |
| Cultural
Cube - A variety of programmes for young people.
These include working in the USA and the UK, cultural exchanges,
au pair work, homestays and voluntary work. |
| Cultural
Embrace - Arranges opportunities to work, volunteer,
teach English, study, internships and travel abroad. Discounted
and free travel available. |
| EEOP
- Live and learn in England, Europe and America. |
| EF
Education - TEFL and other language related year
outs. |
| Enfield
College - Work placements in Europe financially
supported by the EU's Leonardo da Vinci Fund. Grants available. |
| English
Speaking Union - The ESU operate Capitol Hill Scholarships,
allowing undergraduates to undertake placements in the offices
of members of the US Congress. Past interns have worked
for Teddy Kennedy and on the President's re-election campaign. |
| Euro
Practice - Internships, language courses, work and
study programmes and au pair positions for European students.
Offices in France, England, Germany and Spain. |
| Gwendalyne
- Whether you want to spend some time fruit picking in Queensland,
volunteering in a park in South Africa, having an Internship
in Rio de Janeiro, or waiting at a table in Barcelona, Gwendalyne
have a vast range of programmes for you. |
| IAESTE
UK - Enginering and industrial placements. The
International Association for the Exchange of Students for
Technical Experience arranges on the job training for science
and engineering university students. Administered
in the UK by the British Council, IAESTE is part of an international
association of over 80 member countries. Since its foundation
in 1948 IAESTE has exchanged close to 300,000 students worldwide. |
| Institute
for Experimental Learning - Is looking for bright,
talented US college students willing to be challenged and
able to take on an academic internship in the nation's capital. |
| Institute
of International Education - Administers over 250
programmes. |
| InterExchange
- Offers Americans the chance to work in Austria, Czech
Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Hungary,
Italy, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Spain, Switzerland. |
| International
Educational Opportunity Programmes - Similar, a
sister site in fact, to EEOP. |
| International
Student Exchange Center - ISEC offers a variety
of work experience abroad for students and adults in places
as diverse as Siberia and Brazil. Citizens from the former
Soviet Union can find study and work experience in the UK
and Ireland. Also ski work in the USA. |
| Inter
Sejours - Au pairs, work placements and voluntary
work in Guatemala and Ecuador. Site is in French. |
| i
to i International Projects Ltd - Numerous and varied
programmes in over 20 countires around the world including
paid TEFL work placements to Korea. Degree required. |
| LEAPNow
- Internships, voluntary positions and work programs. Some
programs are only open to United States and Canadian citizens
living west of the Mississippi. |
| The
Mountbatten Internship Programme - A not-for-profit
organisation that gives graduates and young professionals
the opportunity to gain practical and theoretical experience
through participation and training in the operation of business
in the USA or UK. |
| National
Internships - Internships across America. |
| Nike
- Ten week intern programme. |
| Pinpoint
Training - AIPT's online placement service for both
US and international applicants. |
| The
Smallpeice Trust.- The Smallpeice Trust's Engineering
Careers Foundation Year (ECFY) is available to students
who have a deferred engineering-related degree at university,
and comprises three months academic study at university
in the UK; one month language tuition at a specialist language
school in Europe; 3 months European work placement. Cost
to the student is just £25 per week as a contribution
towards accommodation and subsistence. Further details can
be found by following the courses link on the website. |
| Trident
Transnational - Arranges internships for students
and graduates from the EEA and USA. In exchange for a fee
of between £140 and £420 they will send CVs
around relevant companies on behalf of people who want to
work for between four weeks and six months. Occasionally,
they also help non-European students to be placed and to
obtain a TWES permit. |
| Work
Experience USA - Work America programme from Camp
Counselors USA providing work visa, flights and support
to university students. |
| Working
Holidays - Jobs available all the year round in
Germany. Enjoy life in the country, on farms or in country
hotels, living with the family, looking after children and/or
horses, farm animals. The project Happy
Hands is suitable for gap year students from England, and
all students from EU countries wishing to perfect their
knowledge of the German language and help the families. |
| The
Year in Industry - Choose flashy or non flashy info
on their programmes. |
| The
Year Out Group - An
association of leading year out organisations offers information
and guidance for young people and their parents and advisers. |
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Language
Practice
Language site where you can listen to different
language stories. A good way to shape up your language
skills before you go away
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