Opportunities in and near Swansea

Join weekly practical work parties on nature reserves around Bridgend, the Vale and Cardiff, improving habitats through hands-on conservation and land management. Tasks can include surveys, path clearance, fence work, boardwalk maintenance, coppicing and reedbed management.

Clear paths, tackle invasive species and help maintain wildlife sites through hands-on conservation work across the Valleys. Join practical outdoor sessions on Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thursdays, with tasks ranging from vegetation management to light construction.

Explore how a wartime coalition cracked open into a three-way political battle in Swansea West after the Armistice. Ray Collier’s lecture unpacks the tensions behind a contest The Times called “assuredly the bitterest” - at the National Waterfront Museum.

Meet teaching staff and current students at an in-person campus open day, ask questions about courses, and get a feel for student life at the Swansea SA1 Waterfront campus.

See the facilities in person and get a feel for what studying art in Swansea could be like. Meet teaching staff and current students, ask about student life, and explore the courses and services on offer.

Explore rare books, archives and wool samples at a special open day tracing sheep farming’s place in Welsh life. Hear a talk by a National Wool Museum curator and graduate, then discover how wool is used across industries today.

Plan, shop for and prepare twice-weekly lunches, tailoring menus to dietary requirements in a safe, trauma-informed space. Serve meals, clear away, wash up and keep basic kitchen stock checks. You’ll need a Level 2 Food Hygiene Certificate or be willing to complete it online.

Meet teaching staff and current students, explore campus facilities and get personalised guidance on choosing a course and planning your application. Use the Open Day Programme and FAQs to plan who to speak to.

Collect primary data across coastal, urban and parkland environments while preparing your A Level Geography NEA. You’ll practise field methods, analyse data and work on question formulation, research, risk assessment and methodology, with field sessions at Newton, Porthcawl and Margam Park.

Visit the campuses, meet teaching staff and current students, and explore teaching facilities. Talks and sessions run across the day, and you can look around accommodation options, sporting facilities and student support services.

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.