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Hunt, William and Scott, Peter (2020) Paid and unpaid graduate internships : prevalence, quality and motivations at six months after graduation. Studies in Higher Education, 45 (2). pp. 464-476. doi:10.1080/03075079.2018.1541450
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2018.1541450
Abstract
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; and 3) Contrary to some public policy debate, unpaid internships appear, on balance, to be a residual option more likely to lead to underemployment and less favourable career development outcomes. Post-graduation internships appear less likely than pre-graduation work experiences to confer long-term employability advantages.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | L Education > LC Special aspects of education | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute for Employment Research | ||||||||
| SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Internship programs -- Great Britain, College graduates -- Employment -- Great Britain, Labor market -- Great Britain | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Studies in Higher Education | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Informa UK Limited | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1470-174X | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 2020 | ||||||||
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| Date of first compliant deposit: | 23 November 2018 | ||||||||
| Volume: | 45 | ||||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 464-476 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/03075079.2018.1541450 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Publisher Statement: | “This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Studies in Higher Education on 8/11/2018, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/03075079.2018.1541450 | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
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