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Internships are definitely not all about making the tea! Being an intern can give you great experience, life-long skills and permanent work. Read the stories below, and discover how an internship could be the stepping stone to your career!

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Frontrunners experience with the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Literary Studies

Professor Katharine Cockin

30 July 2024

Navigating Your First Week on Placement: Insider Tips from a Disney Intern

Koushiki Chowdhury

23 July 2024

Frontrunners experience on the Ellen Terry project

Professor Katharine Cockin

15 July 2024

Our experience as Frontrunners: discovering Library and Cultural Services

Sofia Landa Alvarez Del Castillo, Mimi Safira Binti Sabri

28 March 2024

Edge Summer Internships - A Summer of Experience

Edge Hotel School

04 October 2022

Intern Story: Content Writer at Creative Quills

Marieke Sjerps

01 July 2021

Intern Story: Content Writer at Creative Quills

Shannon McGuigan

25 June 2021

Intern story: MA Migration Studies student supports Refugee Action Colchester

Dr Carlos Gigoux Gramegna

17 June 2021

Intern Story: Media Assistant at Signals Media Ltd

Benjamin Tilbury

02 June 2021

Intern story: Marketing Intern at Care UK

Charlotte Wilkins

26 May 2021

Intern story: Finance Assistant at TT Education

Chelsea Millward

20 June 2019

Intern story: Marketing Assistant at Invest ESSEX

James Cook

20 June 2019

Intern story: Project Coordinator at The BIG Alliance London

Syed Mahian

19 June 2019

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