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Explore a career by doing the work.
For school students, college students, people returning to work after a break, and anyone who wants to explore a career. Choose online, offline or hybrid, and the summer or winter intake.
Who it's for
Wherever you're starting from.
School students
Try a field before you choose it.
Short, supervised projects and internships in the holidays. A parent or guardian applies with you.
College students
Real briefs for your portfolio.
Internships and projects with partners from industry and the DIC network.
Career returners
A way back to work.
Rebuild confidence and current skills after a break, with online and hybrid options.
Anyone exploring
Test a change.
Thinking of a new field? Spend an intake finding out what the work is really like.
What you'll do
A project, an internship, a portfolio.
01
Learn the method
Design thinking: understand people, find the real problem, generate ideas, test them.
02
Work with a partner
Take on a brief from a company, alumnus or organisation, with a mentor to guide you.
03
Show your work
Present what you made and leave with a portfolio you can share.
Kinds of opportunity
Paid internships first.
First
A paid internship
We look for a paid internship first: a partner offers a stipend, and the listing says what it pays before you accept.
If not
A co-project with industry
Where no paid place is available, you work on a co-project with an industry partner. It carries a small fee to cover overheads.
Sometimes
Free and sponsored places
Some places are free, or sponsored through a partner's CSR or outreach programme.
Often
Certification
Many apprenticeships lead to a certificate on completing the work and the final review.
Where there is a fee, it depends on the opportunity: the internship or project itself, any travel, and the mentors available for it. It is shown before you apply, and no one is charged to be considered.
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Tell us about yourself.
No experience needed. If you're under 18, a parent or guardian should fill this in with you.