Paid and unpaid graduate internships: prevalence, quality and motivations at six months after graduation
Secondary analysis of the UK's 2011/12 Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education survey reveals that many existing assumptions about graduate internships are questionable. This article proposes a reliable way of estimating the true extent of internships including those reported as 'voluntary' jobs: hidden internships. In doing so the article finds: (1) at six months after graduation, internships are a small feature of the UK graduate labour market, but significant in certain sectors; (2) unpaid internships are much more prevalent than previously estimated, especially in these same sectors; ... Show more
Authors: Hunt, Wil; Scott, Peter
Published: London, England, Routledge, Taylor and Francis, 2020
Resource type: Article
Access item:
Publisher or alternative source
