Insights Programme

Develop career confidence with students from traditionally under-represented groups in higher education through work-related learning initiatives.

Our Insights Programme develops career confidence in our talented students with focus on those from traditionally under-represented groups within UK Higher Education. It aims to provide them with key skills and meaningful work experience as they embark on their search for graduate opportunities. Our Insights Programme includes:

Business Treks
Work-Shadowing
Virtual Micro Internships (Practera)
Virtual Consultancy Projects (Practera)
Virtual Work Simulation (The Forage)
Bespoke Events and Workshops

As our partner employer, you will play a key role in facilitating these ‘short and sharp’ work opportunities and make a positive impact on our students’ future careers while promoting social mobility.

Who is eligible?

This Programme is open to our undergraduate students in their final year looking to gain an insight into different sectors and as well as to our PhD students students exploring career options outside of academia.
Furthermore, King’s College London is fully committed to inclusion and social mobility within our community and the wider society. Our Insights Programme team will actively encourage and welcome students from traditionally under-represented communities in UK Higher Education to participate, including: Black, Asian & diverse heritage students; women in STEM; the first generation in their family to attend University; LGBTQ+; students with disabilities; or candidates who are or have been young carers.

What are the benefits of becoming a partner employer?

Flexibility to pick which opportunity suits your business the best
Raise your profile and promote your own opportunities within the King’s College London community
Provide opportunities to students from under-represented groups and contribute directly to social mobility
Propose innovative project briefs with the support of our team and receive technical reports from our talented students in topical subjects such as sustainability; digital marketing; policy; growth strategy etc.
Limited time commitment
Free of cost
Access to additional resources and platforms specifically designed for the Insights Programme
Attend King’s employer events
Receive full support from our team throughout

Business Treks aimed at final-year undergraduates

Business Treks are a great opportunity to showcase your organisation’s culture, engage with our students and connect with them by immersing them in your office environment.

A typical trek will take place in organisations based in London, in November, and should last around 90 minutes. The visit may include an office tour, networking opportunities, a presentation of the sector and typical roles and duties, and/or a chance to meet current interns, placement students, graduates, or King’s alumni working in your organisation.

Our target cohort of students will be final year undergraduates from across our nine faculties who are exploring their career options by looking to gain an insight into different sectors. Our team will actively encourage and welcome students from traditionally under-represented communities in UK Higher Education to participate.

We provide a stipend to our students.

Virtual Micro Internships aimed at final-year undergraduates

Our Virtual Micro Internships are hosted on the experiential learning platform Practera, where students work in groups on an industry-relevant project proposed by the employer for two weeks (25 hours) in February and/or June.

We will partner with employers and consultancies of any size and location interested in providing final year undergraduate students with a specific project. We will support students and employers before and throughout the project.

Our target cohort of students will be final year undergraduate students across our nine faculties who are exploring their career options by looking to gain an insight into different sectors. Our team will actively encourage and welcome students from traditionally under-represented communities in UK Higher Education to participate.

Work-shadowing aimed at final-year undergraduates

Employers will decide how many students they can host and will provide each student with a 1-day work-shadowing opportunity in April. The student will be role guided by one of your employees. This initiative is perfect for start-ups and SMEs.

You will work with identified final year undergraduate students across our nine faculties who are exploring their career options by looking to gain an insight into different sectors. Our team will actively encourage and welcome students from traditionally under-represented communities in UK Higher Education to participate.

We provide a stipend to our students.

Work-shadowing aimed at PhD students

We encourage our PhD students to organise work-shadowing experience with our partner organisations.

You will work with identified students across our Centre for Doctoral Studies who are expanding their horizons outside academia by discovering corporate options in different sectors.
Work- shadowing for our PhD students might be just one day - or a full week. You will discuss and organise the most suitable option directly with the PhD student.

Virtual Consultancy Projects aimed at PhD students

Our Virtual Consultancy Projects are hosted on the experiential learning platform Practera, where students work in groups on an industry-relevant project proposed by the employer for two weeks (25 hours) in April and/or June.

We will partner with employers and consultancies of any size and location interested in providing our PhD students with a specific bespoke project. We will support students and employers before and throughout the project.

You'll work with identified PhD students across our Centre for Doctoral Studies who are expanding their horizons outside academia by discovering corporate options in different sectors. Our team will actively encourage and welcome students from traditionally under-represented communities in UK Higher Education to participate.

Virtual Work Simulation aimed at all students

King's Careers and Employability have partnered with The Forage to provide custom, self-paced virtual experience programmes with leading global brands such as Deloitte, JPMorgan Chase, Linklaters, BCG and GE which are available to all King's students.

These virtual experience programmes are 2-10 hours each and offer our students a new way to boost their employability skills, gain critical work-ready skills, and experience what work is like at innovative and influential companies.

Additionally, students can enrol in self-paced courses:

Transform Society - UK Public Service Virtual Experience Programme (self-paced 2.5 hours), for students to discover the endless opportunities to give back and make a real difference in their local community; and

FutureLearn – Online courses from 2 to 10 weeks.

Who is it most suited for?

Our business treks and work-shadowing can be hosted by any organisation based in London, whereas our bespoke virtual suite of activities: micro internships, consultancy projects and work simulation and can be hosted by companies based anywhere globally.

Work-shadowing may be more suitable for startups, charities, community organisations, social enterprises and alumni whilst our virtual micro internships are usually offered by companies of any sector and size. Our virtual consultancy projects may be more suitable for organisations interested in working with our PhD students.