English & Internship

Many students that come to the UK to study also want to gain experience of working within a English-speaking environment. Glasgow School of English offers you a two stage programme to help you achieve this goal:

Stage 1: General & Business English language course (min 4 weeks)

Stage 2: Unpaid Internship at UK company (min 4 weeks)

This offers you the opportunity to develop the essential skills for working in an English speaking country: communication skills, people skills, time management, cultural understanding, etc. This is an excellent way to develop your English ability and improve your future career prospects at home or abroad.

Available Industries

Accounting & Auditing

Advertising & PR

Administration & Clerical

Architecture

Catering

Computing & IT

Engineering

Fashion & Media

Financial & Insurance

Hotels & Hospitality

Import & Export

Marketing

Legal

Sales

Sport

Travel & Tourism

Requirements

The English & Work Placement programme is available to EU students only. All students must have upper intermediate level English (approximately IELTS 5.0, CEF level B2) before beginning a work placement. Depending on your initial level of English, you may need to extend your period of English language study before reaching the required English level. Please send a full CV (resume) and a letter detailing what type of company and position you are seeking and why you would suitable (min 200 words) to info@glasgowschoolofenglish.com with 'Work Placement Application' in the subject line.

Student Review

Swiss Engineering student Mislav Tutic, 25, undertook a role of Trainee Researcher in the industrial sector at a leading Scottish University. He conducted a research project comparing manufacturing technologies, business cooperation, government subsidies, taxation, and education across the EU. Mislav believes this internship “opens a lot of possibilities, to build up a network of useful connections with students, tutors and researchers, which could be very helpful in my future career”.