National Council for Work Experience Awards

The National Council for Work Experience (NCWE) encourages organisations to offer quality work placements for students and their annual awards scheme recognises the best work experience providers.

The results of the 2009/10 awards were announced on 23 March 2010. Please find the details of this year's award-winners and finalists below. Find out more about these companies in the 2009/10 NCWE Awards Brochure

Details of previous years can be found at NCWE Awards

Best work experience provider:

Over 250 employees - long-term placements employing less than 20 students (4-12 months)

• Fujitsu
• Carnival UK
• Magnox North
• Yorkshire Forward - Highly Commended
• TUI Travel PLC - Winner
• Badenoch & Clark

Over 250 employees - long-term placements employing 20 students or more (4-12 months)

• GlaxoSmithKline
• IBM UK Ltd
• Microsoft
• Enterprise Rent-A-Car - Winner
• Accenture - Highly Commended
• PSA Peugeot Citroen

Over 250 employees - short-term placements (0-3 months)

• BP
• Shell
• Citi
• Barclays Capital - Highly Commended
• Accenture
• Centrica - Winner

10-250 employees

• Portal Technology Systems Limited
• px
• Asidua Limited
• quantum tm
• learnpurple and talent toolbox - Highly Commended
• ProspectSoft Ltd - Winner

Under 10 employees

Sponsored by Centrica

• Remode
• Petersens PR
• Surface + Light + Space
• Blue Rocket
• Fuel - Highly Commended
• Audiences North East - Winner

Charitable sector

• Which? - Winner
• British Red Cross
• Bryson Family Services - Highly Commended
• Southern Housing Group
• Barnardo's
• Cancer Research UK

Public sector

• Civil Service Fast Stream
• Bank of England
• British Broadcasting Corporation - Winner
• Welsh Assembly Government
• National Oceanography Centre, Southampton: Information Technology Group
• Yorkshire Forward - Highly Commended

New placement schemes (within last two years)

Sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline

• Lexington Catering Ltd
• The Co-operative Group
• The University of Nottingham's Centre for Career Development - Highly Commended
• Emerald Group Publishing Limited
• TUI Travel PLC - Winner
• Lidl Limited

Best work experience provider for Diversity in the Workplace

• GlaxoSmithKline
• Citi - Highly Commended
• Civil Service Fast Stream
• Barclays Wealth
• Pinsent Masons LLP - Winner
• Channel 4 Television Corporation

Best work experience provider - as nominated by a student

• Environment Agency, nominated by Adam Stephenson
• Lockheed Martin UK, nominated by Bernie Jenkin - Winner
• PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, nominated by Charlotte Williams
• SaltireFoundation, nominated by Adam Muir - Highly Commended
• Tesco International Sourcing, nominated by Kate Jackson
• YOOZ, nominated by Colette Rhodie

Best work experience provider - as nominated by a careers adviser or placement tutor

• Axion Consulting, nominated by Dr Jonathan Lageard, Manchester Metropolitan University
• CMS Cameron McKenna LLP, nominated by Mark Armitage, University of Exeter
• Crocodile Clips Ltd, nominated by Marjory McCallum, The University of Edinburgh
• Emerald Group Publishing Limited, nominated by Rebecca Evans, University of Leeds - Highly Commended
• Tesco International Sourcing, nominated by Jane Ledbury, Manchester Metropolitan University - Winner
• SaltireFoundation, nominated by Barbara Graham, University of Strathclyde

Sponsors

• Changeboard - major sponsor
• Centrica - category sponsor - under 10 employees
• GlaxoSmithKline - category sponsor - new placement schemes
• Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR) - media sponsor