Opportunities in and near Boston

Get an insight into hospital life through placements across different departments. Places are limited and requests aren’t guaranteed, but students studying A-level Maths and Science may be considered for specialist placements in medicine.

Spend two-hour shifts on Gibraltar Point’s beach helping protect nesting little terns and ringed plovers by talking with visitors about the sanctuary. You’ll get training, supporting materials and usually start alongside an experienced Beach Patroller; no bird knowledge is needed.

Welcome visitors at Gibraltar Point National Nature Reserve, share what’s living in its habitats and help run family activities and events. You could also check hides and report disturbance, with role-specific training and a chance to build your bird-watching skills.

Join practical conservation work parties across nature reserves in Alford and Louth, helping care for local wildlife sites. Sessions run on Sundays through autumn and winter, with tools provided and venues rotating between reserves.

Hear student ambassadors share what studying and living in Lincoln is like, then tour the city-centre campus, explore industry-standard facilities and look inside some university accommodation.

Shadow a range of healthcare professionals across four days and see how their roles support patient care in a busy hospital environment. Placements take place at Peterborough City Hospital and Hinchingbrooke Hospital.

Present a five-minute talk on ideas linking people, planet and partnership to the geography curriculum. Share concise, well-referenced student research individually or in pairs, then take questions at a public Peterborough event.

Take a guided tour of campus and accommodation, then hear short talks on student life, accommodation and courses. These smaller-scale visits also include a student panel.

Explore the Brayford Campus on a full-day visit, joining campus tours and course talks where you can meet tutors and discover subject options. Get admissions and finance advice, view accommodation, and check out the city’s local facilities.

Spend a week or two at a UK office, learning accountancy, tax and business advisory work alongside an experienced mentor. Take on hands-on tasks that contribute to real projects, build practical skills and connect with trainees, colleagues and other work-experience students.

Spend 1-5 days exploring clinical or non-clinical NHS departments and get an insight into healthcare careers, workplace culture and expectations. Placements are arranged in advance and typically run from 09:00 to 16:00.

Shadow staff in clinical settings or explore corporate roles in HR, finance, estates, communications and digital. Placements last from one day to two weeks, and you can complete 10 hours of mental health virtual work experience at a time that suits you.

Work with museum collections, help on an estate, welcome visitors or take on remote tasks, with flexible time commitments to fit your availability. You’ll get an induction covering health and safety, signing in, your supervisor and practical information about the site.

Spend two days in a hospital environment, meet healthcare professionals and explore NHS roles through work experience or taster days in Midwifery and Medical Physics. You can also complete 25 hours of virtual work experience at your own pace and receive a certificate.

A free online toolkit takes you from conservation campaigning and volunteering to planning your own project, with guides on fundraising, craftivism and writing to an MP. Reflect on your progress, then choose to submit your project for recognition through the Champions in Conservation Award.

Explore the history of crime and punishment in the UK through interactive activities, then connect historical enquiry with criminological thinking. See what university-level study involves as you examine legal systems, criminal punishment and course research - all in a flexible, self-paced session of around two hours.

Explore physiotherapy, midwifery, paramedic science and nursing through a virtual healthcare taster, then investigate human anatomy and physiology in an online lab. The two-and-a-half-hour course can be completed in flexible chunks.

Explore dystopia and utopia alongside Death of the Author, Roland Barthes and post-structuralism through interactive activities. Get a feel for university-level discussion and analysis in a self-paced session you can pause and resume, taking about two hours.

Choose subject masterclasses, get mentoring from current students and experience a summer school, with support for UCAS applications, personal statements and interviews. Complete the programme and you could receive a contextual offer; travel and meals are provided for in-person activities.

Explore marketing, events and hospitality management, business management, and accounting and finance in a self-paced, two-hour virtual taster of degree-level business study. Pause and return whenever suits you.