The student field guide
Internships, graduate jobs
and work worth showing
A clearer next step, wherever you are at university — practical guides to finding opportunities, preparing applications and making your experience easy to understand
Applications
Find the right timing, prepare your application and make a plan that fits your term
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When to Apply for Summer 2027 Internships in the UK
Plan summer 2027 internship applications with a UK timeline, verified programme examples, eligibility checks and advice on rolling deadlines.
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Student Internship Application Checklist and Tracker
Use this student internship application checklist and free CSV tracker to organise deadlines, eligibility, CV versions, evidence and next steps.
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When to Apply for Graduate Jobs: A Final-Year Plan
Graduating in 2027? Plan graduate scheme and direct-entry applications around your final year, with a four-week routine and practical examples.
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Can You Use AI in Internship and Graduate Job Applications?
Check when AI is allowed in internship applications, how assessment rules differ, and how to explain your own contribution to AI-assisted projects.
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UK Graduate Job Market 2026: What It Means for Final-Year Students
Understand the UK graduate job market in 2026: hiring data, competition and what final-year students can do, with sources and practical next steps.
Experience
Explore your options and put words to the skills you are already building
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Student Transferable Skills: Coursework and Part-Time Job Examples
Turn coursework, retail work and society projects into clear CV bullets, interview examples and portfolio case studies with a student evidence worksheet.
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First-Year University Work Experience: UK Routes to Explore
Explore first-year university work experience, insight programmes, paid campus work and internships, with UK eligibility checks and practical next steps.
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Alternatives to Internships: Student Work Experience in the UK
Find student work experience beyond big internship schemes: smaller employers, research, paid campus work and projects that fit around your degree.
Portfolios
Bring your projects together in a clear, considered account of your work
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Engineering Student CV Example With No Work Experience
An annotated engineering student CV example with no work experience: coursework, project bullets, technical skills and a matching portfolio entry.
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How to present CAD and FEA in a mechanical engineering portfolio
Turn a mechanical project into a clear case study: drawings, FEA assumptions, your contribution and validation, with a worked example and worksheet.
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An electrical engineering portfolio example: a PCB project explained
A worked electrical portfolio example: explain a board, your role, bring-up checks and measurement limits, with diagrams and a practical checklist.
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How to Build a Portfolio With No Experience
No work experience yet? Here is exactly what to put in an engineering or early-career portfolio — coursework, projects and skills — and how to frame it.
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How to Build a Portfolio to Land an Internship
A portfolio can set your internship application apart. What to include, how to tailor it to the role, and how engineering students stand out for internships.