Guidelines for employers | Internships

A regular feature of the SYP Mentoring Scheme is the opportunity for SYP students to partake in internships arranged by their mentors. The format of each internship varies by publishing house: some companies, for example, will have specific projects for interns to work on, will run them from a week to several months, and pay either travelling costs, lunch or a set amount per day.

Skillset have put together the following good practice guidelines for employers: recommendations which encompass learning outcomes to expenses to the maximum hours per week: http://www.skillset.org/companies/your_staff/placements/article_7670_1.asp