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Paid and unpaid graduate internships: prevalence, quality and motivations at six months after graduation
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.
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Studies in Higher EducationISSN
0307-5079Publisher
Taylor & FrancisExternal DOI
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2Volume
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464-476Department affiliated with
- Management Publications
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2023-04-12First Open Access (FOA) Date
2023-04-19First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2023-04-12Usage metrics
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