NCWE Awards 2012

Now in its ninth year, the annual NCWE Awards are designed to reward organisations that offer outstanding placement opportunities and encourage work experience and graduate internship providers to continue to raise quality standards.

The Awards give employers the chance to be rewarded for the thought, time and effort they have put into helping students or graduates get the very best from their placement and enhancing their employability. They also highlight the business benefits that students have brought to a company.

2012 Award Finalists

Work Placement of the Year 2012:

Best Large Organisation with Over 250 Employees

- Long-term Placements (20+ Students)

• Accenture
• Fujitsu
• Hays Specialist Recruitment
• IBM
• Jagex Games Studio
• Microsoft

- Long-term Placements (Fewer than 20 Students)

• bp 
• Citi
• Panasonic
• PSA Peugeot Citroen
• TUI UK & Ireland
• Zurich UK Life

- Short-term Placements (up to 3 months duration)

• BBC
• bp 
• Cancer Research UK
• Centrica
• Infosys Ltd.
• PwC

Best SME (10-250 Employees)

• Ash Gaming
• Asidua
• Clock Limited
• Houlder
• ProspectSoft Ltd
• Quantum Marketing Group 

Best Micro Enterprise (Under 10 Employees)

• 2LS Limited
• Champions Life Academy
• NoChintz
• Petersens Ltd.
• St Mary's Accounting Services

Best Newcomer (for schemes set up within the last 2 years)

• Aon
• John Lewis
• PwC
• SCA Hygiene Products UK LTD
• Xafinity Consulting
• Zurich UK Life

Public Sector

• The Alchemy Exchange at Sheffield Hallam University
• Careers & Employability Centre, University of Birmingham
• Civil Service Fast Stream
• GCHQ
• University of Aberdeen
• University of Essex

Charitable Sector

• Action Against Hunger
• Barnardo's
• British Red Cross
• Bryson CareWest
• Cancer Research UK
• RAFT

Law Sector

• Farrer & Co LLP
• Field Fisher Waterhouse
• Linklaters
• Nabarro LLP
• Shearman & Sterling (London) LLP
• Simmons & Simmons LLP

Nomination categories:

Work Placement of the Year – as nominated by a careers adviser, jobshop or placement tutor

• Ayton Global Research - nominated by Joanne Tasnier/ David Gee, University of the West of England
• Burges Salmon - nominated by Rajinder Saran, University of the West of England
• Conwy Borough Council, Environment and Technical Services - nominated by Michael Jervis, Coleg Llandrillo
• Exeter City Football Club - nominated by Rowanna Smith, The University of Exeter
• Irish Sea Conservation Zones (c/o Envirolink) - nominated by Jonathan Lageard, Manchester Metropolitan University
• Wunderman - nominated by Danielle Sheerin, University of East London (UEL)

Best Employment Experience – as nominated by a student or graduate intern

• Barnardo's - nominated by Alicia Luther-Jones
• BBC Kick Off Reporters - nominated by Ryan Leister
• IBM - nominated by Phillippa Batt
• Microsoft - nominated by Sam Cove
• Snowdon Mountain Railway - nominated by Medwyn Samuel Roberts
• Unilever - nominated by Isabel Fazan

Graduate Internship of the Year 2012:

Best Organisation with Over 250 Employees

• Barnardo's
• Cancer Research UK
• Centrica
• Citi
• Emerald Group Publishing Limited
• Scottish Water

Best Organisation with Fewer than 250 Employees

• abdi Ltd
• Air and Ground Aviation Limited
• CMC Consulting Ltd
• Credos
• People & Planet
• Student Hubs

Winners will be announced at the high-profile awards presentation in March, held in central London.

Follow us @NCWE_Awards to keep up with the latest announcements from the 2012 NCWE Awards. Don't forget to join the discussion on the day of the #NCWEawards event as well.

Award finalists can add value to their work experience programme and show students, placement tutors and other employers that they have been recognised for their high-quality work experience opportunities. They will also provide a shining example for others to follow of what real work experience should be.

Find out more about our sponsors:

• Major Sponsor: Changeboard
• Media Sponsor: AGR
• Category Sponsor: Centrica
• Category Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline
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• Category Sponsor: Intel
• Category Sponsor: PlaceNet
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