National Council for Work Experience Awards

The National Council for Work Experience (NCWE) encourages organisations to offer quality work placements for students and their annual awards scheme recognises the best work experience providers.

Details of the 2008/09 awards can be found at NCWE Awards or view the NCWE Awards Brochure to find out more about the winners and finalists.

The 2009/10 awards recently closed for entries and we are pleased to announce the finalists below. Winners will be announced on 23rd March so come back to this page in coming weeks for an update on who stands out from the rest.

Best work experience provider:

Over 250 employees - long-term placements employing less than 20 students (4-12 months)

• Fujitsu
• Carnival UK
• Magnox North
• Yorkshire Forward
• TUI Travel PLC
• Badenoch & Clark

Over 250 employees - long-term placements employing 20 students or more (4-12 months)

• GlaxoSmithKline
• IBM UK Ltd
• Microsoft
• Enterprise Rent-A-Car
• Accenture
• PSA Peugeot Citroen

Over 250 employees - short-term placements (0-3 months)

• BP
• Shell
• Citi
• Barclays Capital
• Accenture
• Centrica Plc

10-250 employees

• Portal Technology Systems Limited
• px
• Asidua
• Quantum TM
• learnpurple
• ProspectSoft Ltd

Under 10 employees

Sponsored by Centrica

• Remode
• Petersens PR
• Surface + Light + Space
• Blue Rocket
• Fuel
• Audiences North East

Charitable sector

• Which?
• British Red Cross
• Bryson Family Services
• Southern Housing Group
• Barnardo's
• Cancer Research UK

Public sector

• Civil Service Fast Stream
• Bank of England
• BBC (BBC Blast)
• Welsh Assembly Government
• National Oceanography Centre, Southampton
• Yorkshire Forward

New placement schemes (within last two years)

Sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline

• Lexington Catering Ltd
• The Co-operative Group
• The University of Nottingham, Centre for Career Development
• Emerald Group Publishing Limited
• TUI Travel PLC
• Lidl Limited

Best work experience provider for Diversity in the Workplace

• GlaxoSmithKline
• Citi
• Civil Service Fast Stream
• Barclays Wealth
• Pinsent Masons LLP
• Channel 4 Television Corporation

Best work experience provider - as nominated by a student

• Environment Agency, nominated by Adam Stephenson
• Lockheed Martin UK, nominated by Bernie Jenkin
• PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, nominated by Charlotte Williams
• Saltire Foundation, nominated by Adam Muir
• International Sourcing Limited, nominated by Kate Jackson
• Yooz, nominated by Colette Rhodie

Best work experience provider - as nominated by a careers adviser or placement tutor

• Axion Consulting, nominated by Dr Jonathan Lageard, Manchester Metropolitan University
• CMS Cameron McKenna LLP, nominated by Mark Armitage, University of Exeter
• Crocodile Clips Ltd, nominated by Marjory McCallum, The University of Edinburgh
• Emerald Group Publishing Limited, nominated by Rebecca Evans, University of Leeds
• International Sourcing Limited, nominated by Jane Ledbury, Manchester Metropolitan University
• Saltire Foundation, nominated by Barbara Graham, University of Strathclyde

Sponsors

• Changeboard - major sponsor
• Centrica - category sponsor - under 10 employees
• GlaxoSmithKline - category sponsor - new placement schemes
• Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR) - media sponsor