Month: November 2018

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YINI – Year in Industry Placements

YINI is ideal for students studying either a STEM, Computing, Business or Marketing Degree.

What is YINI?

A paid placement opportunity for Undergraduate students to;

  • Increase & Improve their Employability Skills through relevant work experience
  • Build links with Employers for possible graduate employment
  • Gain an Industrial Accreditation (up to Platinum Level)
  • Go into the world of work with support from the YINI scheme
  • Opportunity to develop work-ready skills through a range of YINI Master Class Workshops

Who is YINI for?

YINI is open to any student with the Right to Work in the UK, who is seeking;

  • A paid placement lasting between 10-12 months
  • A placement usually taken in the penultimate year of their degree or a placement taken & completed before graduation

Students are usually in their penultimate year of their degree, likely studying one of the following;

  • Engineering (such as Civil, Electrical, Electronic, Mechanical, Systems, Manufacturing)
  • Computer Science, Software, Systems, IT
  • Physics
  • Business
  • Marketing

Most of our placements are in:                Science, Engineering, Technology or Maths (inc. Computing, Electronics)

Smaller number in:                                       Business, Finance, IT, HR or Marketing

 

Who do we place with?                               Large blue-chip companies such as Rolls Royce, Network Rail and EDF Energy, as well as SMEs

                                                                           Across the UK (except Northern Ireland)

 

When & How can students Register?

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Student Scheme for Technologists in Cheltenham

At GCHQ, we work closely with other intelligence agencies to keep the nation safe. We work against unique, complex threats; everything from cyber-attacks and espionage, to terror plots and serious organised crime. It means your work will be incredibly interesting, and unlike anything you’ll find anywhere else. On our student scheme, you’ll grow your technology skills and help to keep our nation safe.
Learning through valuable, hands-on experience, you’ll work on real-life projects to safeguard national security. With opportunities in areas from Computer Network Operations to Research and Engineering, there’s a huge range of roles and scope for people from all walks of life.
You’ll be studying a STEM subject (or a Joint Honours degree) and on track for at least a 2:2. You should be set to graduate in either 2020 or 2021.
Join us in a supportive, collaborative environment where there’s the scope to do things that aren’t possible elsewhere.

To find out more information please and to apply please click on:

https://www.gchq-careers.co.uk/index.html