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BDB Pitmans - Reading Office: Work Experience

Added to Calendar: 06-01-24

Erin

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An opportunity to undertake work experience at the firm, commencing in 2024.

Who can apply?
You must be 16-18 years old and in school Years 12 or 13 in order to attend.

You must attend, and have always attended, a state-funded non-fee paying school/college and satisfy at least one of the criteria listed below:
  • you have been, or are currently, in local authority care;
  • you are currently in receipt of, or have previously received, free school meals, Pupil Premium, Education Maintenance Allowance and/or 16 to 19 Bursary;
  • you are, or have been, a full-time or part-time carer;
  • you came to the UK as a refugee or asylum seeker;
  • the occupation of your main household earner is categorised as a routine or manual occupation;
  • you are attending a state school or college with:
    a) below a school average of 32.94 points for a student’s best 3 A-Levels (Search your school here then select ’16-18 performance’) and/or
    b) <62% progressing onto higher education or training, or <58% progressing to degree-level study (search your school here then select ‘16-18’ > ‘student destinations’ > ‘progression into higher education or training’ OR ‘breakdown of destinations’); and
  • you grew up in a household where no parent or guardian attended university.
Scheme dates: 13-15 February 2024

Apply here by 6 January 2024.
 

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