careers and employability

Overseas Volunteering and internships

Experience a different culture, increase your skills and knowledge, build a network of new contacts and friends, enhance your employability skills and create an impressive CV –   undertaking volunteering overseas or an international placement offers you a wealth of personal and professional rewards.

Enhance your employability

A placement abroad can be invaluable on a personal and academic level, but in an increasingly competitive market, an opportunity to work overseas could also help you stand out from other graduates when you come to apply for graduate positions.

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The personal benefits

Perhaps the most exciting aspect of volunteering overseas is the opportunity to travel the world and immerse yourself in new and unfamiliar cultures. As well as the impact experiences such as these can have on your future career, undertaking a placement overseas could be one of the most powerful and rewarding personal experiences of your life.

Where can I go?

Whilst you can arrange your own period of volunteering or work experience overseas, the University has established partnerships with a number of organisations, which provide opportunities overseas in a range of different countries and which have considerable experience of overseas placements and volunteering. All of our partners have been risked assessed and many offer the opportunity to travel and/or stay with other Hull students to make the experience a little less daunting. What is more, funding may be available towards travel and accommodation.

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The following opportunities for Summer 2019 are available with our trusted partners:

 

  • Four weeks customised internships in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China; working in roles ranging from Software Engineer to NGO experience, with a variety of host companies
  • Six week customised internships in Bangkok, Thailand, enhancing global awareness and the career development of participants.
  • Three week opportunities in summer camps (teaching and childcare), NGO support and sustainable agriculture placements in central Romania.
  • Three weeks teaching English and/or working on community projects in Goa, India.
  • Ethical and immersive placements ranging in duration from 4 - 16 weeks, in various projects such as human rights programmes, NGO research and development, and outreach support and education in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America.
  • Unpaid internships for students lasting 4, 6 or 8 weeks in Dalian, Qingdao, Chengdu or Zhuhai, China.
  • Eight week internships in your chosen field with fee and accommodation paid.  Choice of location in China - Dalian, Qingdao, Chengdu, Zhuhai.
  • Five weeks volunteering in a range of settings including psychiatric facilities and rehabilitation centres and includes teaching English and some hands-on work with individuals suffering with mental health issues.  Please note:  Risk assessed country is Sri Lanka only.
  • Two weeks volunteering in Tanzania to raise awareness of disability, knowledge of HIV/AIDS and to improve access to healthcare and education.
  • One month volunteering, delivering youth and sports projects in a Primary school setting in Fiji.

Contact us

For current students

01482 462222
Raise an enquiry using the MyHull Portal 

For graduates, colleagues and employers

01482 462222
careershull@hull.ac.uk