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Work experience for school students at GSK
We organise over 250 work experience placements for school students each year at our sites across the UK. Due to the number of requests we receive it is not possible to provide placements for all students who apply. However, we are able to support students in other ways, for example, by providing information for school projects. Details of our resources for schools and students are available on this website.
University students should visit the Students and graduates section for information on industrial and summer placements.
GSK headquarters, Brentford
Work experience placements at our headquarters in Brentford are available to students from schools and colleges in the London Borough of Hounslow on work experience programmes organised by their institution and Hounslow Education Business Partnership (EBP). Students must be in Year 10 and above and aged 14 and above at the start of the placement to be accepted on work experience.Placements may be arranged by a GSK employee for a student who is a relative or acquaintance. Again, the student must be in Year 10 and above and aged 14 and above at the start of the placement. The GSK employee would need to host the placement which should be set up using the guidelines on the company’s intranet site.
GSK's Research & Development (R&D) sites
Stevenage, Ware and Welwyn (Hertfordshire) and Harlow (Essex):
There is one annual one-week work experience programme for Year 12 and 13 students held during February half-term week. There are up to 100 places in scientific laboratories and some Information Technology (IT) areas. The application process is competitive and based on an application form.
To request a work experience pack and application form for the February 2009 programme write to:
Schools Liaison Manager, GlaxoSmithKline, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG1 2NY.
Packs will be posted out in late September 2008. The strict deadline for the arrival of completed application forms for the February 2009 programme is 3 November 2008.
Tonbridge (Kent):
There are no opportunities for work experience at this site other than for students specifically invited from local schools, or if students can arrange a placement from a member of GSK staff that they know personally (see below).
Although we offer up to 100 places each year on the GSK R&D work experience schemes at the above sites, we receive over 500 applications for placements. Therefore all students who apply complete an application form and students are selected for places on the information they supply in the form.
For examples of how to maximise your chances of success, look at the Getting a Job module (Applying for a job activity) on www.atworkwithscience.com
Beckenham (Kent):
There are no opportunities for work experience at this site.
R&D placements outside the centrally organised week, and at GSK’s Greenford (west London) site may be arranged by a GSK member of staff for a student who is a relative or acquaintance. The student must be in Year 11, 12 or 13 at the start of the placement. We recommend that students should be in Years 12 or 13 for scientific placements in laboratories to ensure the benefits for both the student and GSK are maximised. Students in Year 10 will not be considered. The GSK member of staff should contact the Schools Liaison Manager who is based at GSK R&D in Stevenage for details of what they need to do.
Crawley and Stockley Park
There are no formal work experience programmes at GSK’s Crawley and Stockley Park sites.
Other GSK sites
Enquiries regarding placements at other GSK sites should be sent to:The Manager, Education Programmes
Global Community Partnerships
GlaxoSmithKline
980 Great West Road
Brentford, Middlesex TW8 9GS
United Kingdom
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