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If you are an employer and interested in getting involved in the Professional Pathways programme, please visit the employer-facing webpages.
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Professional Pathways
What is it?
The Professional Pathways programme is a suite of sector specific training courses and paid 35 hour internships that will take place in June 2027.
Training is delivered by industry experts, to provide you with a firm grounding in the relevant sector. Following the employer-led training, you will undertake a paid 35 hour internship. Please see the individual pages below for further information.
For more information on each Pathway, please see:
- Pathways to Arts, Culture and Heritage
- Pathways to Charity and Development
- Pathways to Marketing
- Pathways to Professional Services in Higher Education (Not running for the 26-27 academic year)
- Pathways to Scientific Laboratories (to be confirmed if returning for the 26-27 academic year)
How to apply
Applications for our 2027 programme are now open! To apply, please follow the relevant webpage linked above to read full details on each Pathway and access the individual application forms.
Applications will close at 12 noon on Wednesday 16 December 2026. Please note, decisions on shortlisting will take place once applications have closed and will not be first come first served.
The training and internships will take place in June and July 2027 and you will need to be a current student at this point to be eligible to apply. Please check the individual Pathways webpages for full eligibility criteria.
Support with the application process
We have put together some guidance to help you with completing the application form stage of Professional Pathways. You can download this here: Top tips for your Pathways application. We also have a translation of this for Chinese students: Top tips for your Pathways application (Mandarin).
We are also running an online Information Session for International Students on Tuesday 17 November 11.30am-12.30pm, which you can book onto.
The Career Zone will also be delivering the following application session which you may find useful to book onto on Wednesday 25 November, 12.30-1.30pm (Online):
In addition, there will be Pathways specific application support drop-in sessions – please see details below of the sessions available:
- : In Person Drop-In, Career Zone, Forum Building, Streatham Campus
- : In Person Drop-In, Career Zone, Exchange, Penryn Campus
- : Online Drop-In
- Online Drop
Finally, you can with a Career Zone member of staff to discuss your application if you wish to.
Contact us
If you would like to ask any questions, please contact the Pathways team at: professionalpathways@exeter.ac.uk