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 2027 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 barriers that make it a challenge to attend work experience in person, including transportation.

STFC National Lab sites delivering in-person work experience in Summer 2027:

Placement details

Online work experience placements will last one week from 21 June to 25 June 2027. 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.

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 Summer 2027 will open in January 2027 and more details will be provided on this webpage in December 2026.

Before beginning your application, please familiarise yourself with our approach to using AI for application completion: using AI tools for work experience applications

For 2027, students will apply for individual projects. These projects will be listed on the webpage in January 2027. Please see previous projects, and sample application questions below:

Previous stfc online work experience projects
Sample application questions