News: Social mobility foundation – funding available for selected Y12 students
The Social Mobility Foundation supports ambitious young people from less-privileged backgrounds into top universities and careers.
They run completely free of charge programmes featuring mentoring, internships with top companies, university application support, as well as professional development and skills workshops for high achieving young people across the UK.
Applications are now open.
The closing date is 9am, Monday 19th December 2016. For more information, please visit www.socialmobility.org.uk
The charity provides support in 11 professional sectors, including Law, Medicine and Politics. Students apply to join the programmes in Year 12 (England and Wales), Year 13 (Northern Ireland) and S5 (Scotland). Support continues from here and throughout university to help young people obtain graduate jobs.
The SMF is also running free residential internship programmes for students interested in Accountancy, Banking & Finance, Engineering, Law and Medicine (the Medicine residential is open to applications from English students only). Students undertake a one-two week internship with the host organisation and take part in fun evening and weekend activities. They also receive advice sessions, opportunities to build professional skills and a dedicated mentor before and after the internship.