English and Professional Work Placement – EPWP
This is perfect if you:
• Are a young professional, or student who will graduate soon, and need to improve your English, get important qualifications and gain UK work experience
• Think it is important to improve your future career prospects - you can get vital qualifications, and a very important addition to your CV
• Have at least a good upper intermediate level of English by the time you want to start your internship; many employers require Advanced English
• Are 21 years or older
Course Content It combines English studies with unpaid professional work placement – sometimes called an internship – for a minimum of 18-20 weeks, around 1 year maximum.
English Classes
• 15+ hours per week, you can choose either General or Business English.
• Classes include UK culture and skills for UK life.
• You will also get guidance and practice in job application, CV preparation and interview techniques; we give you a practice before your interview for a possible placement.
• You can study English for a period from 1 term to 1 academic year (3 terms / 9 months).
• You can add English plus classes to make a study programme of 18 or more hours per week.
Work Placement • Full-time – 30+ hours per week.
• A work placement is normally for 2-3 months; the minimum is 1 month, but employers prefer to have interns for a minimum of 8 weeks.
• Placements can be longer, normally 6 months maximum, but cannot be more than 50% of the total study programme.
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• Placements can be extended from the initial duration (depending on the period of your student visa if you need one).
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