STFC Online Work Experience
Each year at STFC, we are proud to run a highly successful work experience scheme for Year 10, 11, 12 and 13 students (S4-S6 in Scotland and Years 11-14 in Northern Ireland) at schools based in the UK. For the summer 2025 programme, the work experience team will be delivering online work experience provision for young people.
STFC online work experience is open to young people who live greater than one hour’s drive from a STFC National Lab site that is currently delivering in person work experience, or to young people who have access needs or special requirements that make it a challenge to attend work experience in person.
STFC National Lab sites delivering in-person work experience in Summer 2025:
- Daresbury Laboratory (DL)
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL)
- UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UK ATC)
Placement details
Online work experience placements will last one week from 23 June to 27 June 2025. Please ensure that you are available for the full week of online work experience before applying for the placement. Please note: We are unable to offer online placements outside this timeframe.
Students will work in a small group with two or three supervisors on a project relevant to their interests and STFC, which will meet the relevant Gatsby benchmarks. The placements will be a mixture of independent working and supervisor led sessions with the opportunity to participate in online talks, tours and skill development workshops.
Example projects from previous years can be found in the example projects section.
More information about STFC National Lab sites and departments can be found in the STFC departments section.
For further details about our departments, please take a look at our Work Experience YouTube Channel: STFC Work Experience – YouTube.
How to apply
Applications for online placements in 2025 will open on 1 January 2025. Applications will close on 28 February 2025. We cannot accept any late applications. All Applicants will hear from us by 28 April 2025, letting them know if they have been offered a placement.
Students will apply for individual projects. The details of each project can be found on the STFC Online Work Experience Placement details 2025 page. We will only accept applications submitted via the STFC Online Work Experience 2025 Application form below.
You can practice some of the application questions before completing the form by visiting the sample application page.