The Graduate European Programme

The Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Great Britain:
- Aware of the challenges facing young European professionals today
- in line with the policies developed by the European Union; to promote the mobility of European professionals and to improve training programmes including the learning of European languages
- faced with the increased demand from graduates wishing to complete their professional training process in the United Kingdom
- aware of the current difficulties in finding work
organises the The Graduate European Programme which offers work experience within different kinds of companies in Greater London.

The Graduate European Programme is a work experience programme for graduates that encourages professional mobility and assists with the learning of other languages as stated in the policies of the European Commission.

The duration of the programme is six months. The work experience is full time, in line with the companies’ own office hours. A variety of UK companies in different sectors take part every year including banks, publishers, consultancies, import/export, solicitors and real estate. These companies provide a job description in advance that is then referred to when allocating suitable candidates.

It is imperative that these descriptions give as much information as possible so that the participants can be prepared for the interviews during the first week of the programme and also so that they can be assigned to places where any existing skills will be relevant to their work.

Alongside the actual work experience the participants undertake 2-hour Business English classes held two evenings per week and ten 2-hour International Business Workshops held fortnightly in the afternoon.
The language-based Business English classes have a total of 96 hours and are specially designed for this programme. At the end of the course an exam is taken to achieve a University of Cambridge qualification (Cambridge Business English Certificate or BEC).
The ten workshops cover a range of topics relating to the development of business in the UK.

See the description of the programme here:

• Programme

- Application form for participants 2012/2013
- Terms and conditions for participants 2012/2013
- Participation form for companies 2012/2013
- Terms and conditions for companies 2012/2013

For more information about applying, upcoming dates, cost, selection process etc. please contact the Spanish Chamber sending your details using the following form.