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Deadline extended for work experience awards

Small and medium sized companies have been given a further four weeks to enter their work placement schemes into the National Council for Work Experience (NCWE) Awards 2009/10.

The deadline for the awards has been extended from 11 December to 8 January.

The annual NCWE Awards is now entering its seventh year and is the official event to showcase best providers of undergraduate work experience. Spanning eleven categories, the Awards are open to organisations of all sizes and industries, including charitable and public sectors. Employers, students and careers advisers can nominate the organisations they feel epitomise best practice in work experience by visiting www.work-experience.org/awards.

Heather Collier, NCWE director said: “The Christmas period is always a busy time for businesses and with more employers offering work placements due to the recession we’re expecting a record number of entries this year.

“We recognise the best of the experienced providers as well as newcomers and hope the extended deadline will give those unsure whether to enter that extra bit of encouragement.”

Entries will be assessed solely by online application and a maximum of six companies will be short-listed in each category. Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony that will take place in London on 23rd March 2010.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .