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National Council for Work Experience calls for entriesThe NCWE hosts the only awards to recognise employers providing undergraduate work experience and for the first time the entry process can be completed entirely online, making it quicker and simpler than ever before.
Employers, students and careers advisers can nominate organisations that they feel epitomise best practice in work experience. Spanning eleven categories, the Awards are open to organisations of all sizes and industries, including charitable and public sectors. This year there is an additional category – best work experience provider for International Students Studying in the UK.
One of the NCWE 2007/8 award winners Matthew Whitbourne, European Programme Manager, IBM Extreme Blue, said: “The award has been extremely valuable in attracting our new intake of work placement students. It was also rewarding to be publicly recognised as leading the field in our provision of work placements and has encouraged us to build on this success by regularly updating the programme to enhance the student experience.”
Heather Collier, NCWE Director commented: “We have recently refined the nomination process to make it much simpler and quicker for people to enter. Removing the requirement to provide supporting literature now allows the whole process to be completed online. Every year our awards grow and we hope this year’s will be our biggest and best yet.”
The NCWE Awards showcase the very best of what employers have to offer. They recognise, encourage and reward employers who take the lead in the provision of valuable work placement opportunities for students, and set high standards for others to follow by offering fulfilling work placements that help students develop their employability skills.
The closing date for entries is 12th Dec 2008. Entries will be assessed solely by online application and a maximum of six companies will be short-listed in each category. Winners will be announced at the Awards ceremony that will take place in London on 5th March 2009.
The NCWE Awards have been running for six years. This year sponsors include Changeboard, AGR, GlaxoSmithKline, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Centrica.
For further information and to enter visit www.work-experience.org/awards .
AGR are media sponsors for the awards.
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