If you’re looking to set yourself up with work experience opportunities during the summer holiday, LifeSkills has a range of resources to help students gain insight into the workplace and develop the skills you need to stand out when applying for jobs.
With the Government’s new statutory careers guidance on flexible work experience for young people effective from September 2025 and updated Gatsby Benchmarks, they have refreshed the work experience page . This page now brings together all our work experience resources in one easy place, supporting you with a with a multi-year, multi-experience model which is accessible to all learners. This includes the Online work experience programme which is on demand so can be accessed at any time and the Virtual work experience tool.
There are also other ways in which students can get meaningful experience, like volunteering or mentoring. Explore our social action toolkit for more ideas on how students can get inspired to make the most of the summer.
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