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Know-how
Sep 02, 2026
Internships & Placements, Work Experience – Schools

A new approach to work experience

Employers are modernising their approach to work experience. Stephanie Bishop, Early Careers Senior Manager at AMS explores why and what the new model may look like.

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Know-how
Aug 17, 2026
Graduate Attraction & Marketing, Graduate Recruitment, Internships & Placements

Strengthen your graduate pipeline with insight visits

Partnering with universities to host employer insight visits strengthens your graduate talent pipeline, explains Anna Fons Garcia at Queen Mary University of London.

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Know-how
Aug 10, 2026
Graduate Attraction & Marketing, Graduate Recruitment, Internships & Placements

5 ways to elevate HE work experience in the age of AI

Labour market changes over the last year present both challenges and opportunities for universities and employers adapting their work experience offerings for the new season, explains Laura Carter, employer engagement lead at The Open University.

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ISE Research
Nov 24, 2025
Internships & Placements

5 internship and placement trends to watch in 2026

ISE’s Student Recruitment Survey reveals key trends in university work experience opportunities.

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ISE Research
Oct 15, 2025
Apprentice Attraction & Marketing, Apprentice Recruitment, Apprentice Selection & Assessment, Graduate Attraction & Marketing, Graduate Recruitment, Graduate Selection & Assessment...

Apprenticeships rise as graduate vacancies drop 8%

ISE’s Student Recruitment Survey 2025 launches with the latest data on the entry-level jobs market.

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Research
Sep 12, 2025
Internships & Placements, Student Insight

The problem of finding an internship

Ioana Husaru, a Brunel University student, shares research on the challenges facing students when looking for internships with advice for employers, universities and students.

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Know-how
Aug 06, 2025
Internships & Placements

7 ways to measure intern performance

ISE employer members share their advice on how to best measure the performance of interns.

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Case Study
May 28, 2025
Apprentice Development, Graduate Development, Internships & Placements

DLA Piper’s most successful early careers strategy

DLA Piper explains how it has developed an award-winning early careers strategy.

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Case Study
Mar 14, 2025
Apprentice Attraction & Marketing, Apprentice Recruitment, Internships & Placements, Work Experience – Schools

How ISG’s T Level programme prepared next gen apprentices

Early careers specialist Emma Simpson explains how they developed a T Level strategy to prepare students for their apprenticeship, meeting skills shortages in the construction industry.

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Case Study
Apr 03, 2025
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, Graduate Attraction & Marketing, Graduate Development, Internships & Placements

Simulated training is giving talent a fairer start at RBC

Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is using simulation-based training to prepare diverse early career candidates for competitive internships. Anna Buckley from AmplifyME explains how.

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Case Study
Feb 18, 2025
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, Graduate Attraction & Marketing, Internships & Placements, Social Mobility

Virtual work experience aids underrepresented students

Virtual work experience is helping underrepresented students develop skills through the cost-of-living crisis, explains Dominique Mansley at the University of Liverpool.

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ISE Research
Oct 14, 2024
Apprentice Attraction & Marketing, Apprentice Recruitment, Graduate Attraction & Marketing, Graduate Recruitment, Internships & Placements

What are the average salaries for graduates, school leavers and interns?

Latest ISE data shows a slight increase on starting salaries this year.

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