Development Weeks Internship (1 Week)

The Development Weeks Internship Combined Experience (Formerly Route B) award provides Queen’s students with the chance to gain recognition and accreditation for one week of work experience gained during Development Weeks, with an approved Development weeks’ Internship Employer. 

Students can gain experience and build employability and relevant career skills by: searching for available opportunities on MyFuture; identifying suitable positions which will promote the development of career relevant or specific skills and/ or may enable students to test a particular sector or career pathway; and subsequently following the recruitment and formal application and selection processes for the position in keeping with employer requirements and which will entail either preparing an appropriately researched and tailored CV and cover letter for the post and uploading both to the MyFuture platform or submitting a formal application form for the position.

The internship experience will be full-time over a one week period. The experience will create stimulating opportunities for students to successfully apply academic learning and skills gained from their degree within a real life professional work based context giving them the confidence and ability to build on these skills that demonstrates their ability to make a successful transition into a graduate job role in the near future.

In order to qualify for accreditation, students must:

• Secure the Internship and complete it in full. 

For further information contact Development Weeks.

Contact Email: degreeplus@qub.ac.uk Web: www.qub.ac.uk/degreeplus
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