Internship places up for grabs - graduate jobs

A total of 22 companies in Cambridgeshire have signed up with Anglia Ruskin University's internship programme to offer graduates 12-week placements with a weekly tax-free wage of £250.

Former business studies student Martin Miller, who went to the University of Lincoln and lives in Huntingdon, completed an internship with Bartram Associates in 2009.

He said: "My internship taught me so much and I would highly recommend it to all students.

"Not only does it provide you with valuable experience, it is very rewarding to be given the chance to make a real difference to a local business."

The university's graduate internship office business manager, Lynsey McCulloch, said: "I know from experience how frustrating it is to miss out on jobs because you don't have the relevant experience, and these days it's even tougher.

"We want to see as many graduates as possible getting into graduate-level employment and this scheme will help improve their chances."