Each summer the Astrophysics Research Institute (home to the NSO) welcomes students from school years 12 and 13 (or equivalent), for a week-long work experience programme. The week consists of talks and workshops, and gives students an idea of how professional research is done at a university.

We will be running our 2022 work experience week from Monday 4^th to Friday 8^th July 2022.

The 2022 work experience week is open to students from the UK and Ireland who can attend at our Liverpool City Centre offices for the whole week. You must provide your own travel, food, and accommodation, however, there is no charge for the work experience week itself. Several travel and accommodation scholarships are available. 

 

Applications

Applications for the 2022 work experience week have now closed. If you submitted an application, you will receive an email at the beginning of May letting you know whether or not you have been allocated a place.

If you have any questions please email nso@ljmu.ac.uk and we will get back to you during normal office hours.

 

Travel and accommodation scholarships

We are pleased to announce that the University is able to fund several travel and accommodation scholarships for students to attend the week. This will cover transport costs, shared accommodation in Liverpool (with on site support over night), and meal vouchers for the week.

Students will be considered for scholarships if they fit any of the following criteria and indicate in their application that they would like to be considered for a scholarship:

• Student from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic background
• Student who is a care leaver or currently a looked after child/young adult
• Students who are young adult carers
• Students with a disability
• Student who will be the first in their family to go to University/Higher Education