Work Experience
Work experience placements
The GA offers work experience to at least one school student each year, normally through the work placement programme operated by Business & Education South Yorkshire.
Other requests for work experience at the GA's Sheffield Headquarters will be considered and should be made in writing to John Lyon by post or email.
Internships
The GA offers one internship each year in association with the University of Sheffield Geography Department. Congratulations to Stephanie Milton, a second year BSc student, who has been awarded the 2011 GA internship.
We regret that no further GA internships are available this year.
Intern profile: Emma Browning
Emma joined us in June 2010 for a month long internship after winning the annual essay competition organised jointly by the GA and the University of Sheffield.
Emma's essay was a personal account of the importance of geographical understanding based upon her own life-changing experiences on an expedition to Kenya.
In this interview Emma reflects on some of the reasons why she chose a geography degree, why she wanted to become a GA intern, and her experiences of working here.
Other opportunities
There are plenty of other ways to get involved with the GA - visit the Volunteering for the GA and Current Opportunities pages to find out more.
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4 Comments
Momina
Guest
16:01 - 15/06/12
I am currently not a member of the GA, but I will applying. I want to know more about the GA (Geographical Association) and the work experience, internships, volunteering work and workshops that the GA has to offer. I am student studying in a Sixth Form and as my main subject is Geography, I am willing to contribute in future activities. I believe that applying to the GA would support me in the future and the journals with other resources will be extremely useful.
John Lyon
GA Staff
16:43 - 15/06/12
Hi Momina
I'm sorry to disappoint you but at present we only have the capacity to run the Intern scheme which is linked with Sheffield University so we don't have any work experience places running at the moment. However if you are interested in volunteer work we are looking for people to submit questions for the WorldWise Quiz. It's fun thinking up good, testing questions and it helps people develop thier locational knowledge. If you would like to submit questions there is no deadline and it would be something you could put on your CV. You can get an idea of what the style of question is like by going onto the WorldWise website and logging on. If you are interested you can e mail me directly at jlyon@geography.org.uk
Anastasia
Guest
12:05 - 05/01/13
When will work experience places become available and what are the requirements to be accepted?
John Lyon
GA Staff
11:08 - 07/01/13
Hi Anastasia
Currently we only have the capacity to run one internship/work placement at the GA. This is done each year in conjunction with the Geography department at Sheffield University. The department runs the selection process and details can be found here; http://www.shef.ac.uk/geography/news/intern-1.212162
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