2024 Internship Scheme for Students with Disabilities

Application Deadline:
16 February 2024, 5:00 p.m. (Friday)
Organisation:
HKSAR

Introduction

The Government of HKSAR is calling for the application of the Summer Internship Scheme 2024. It provides a few vacancies for students with SEN.

Eligibility

To be qualified for nomination, the applicant should :

(i)      be a permanent resident of the HKSAR at the time when the placement is offered to the intern;

(ii)     be a non-final year student with disability studying a full-time Bachelor’s degree, associate degree or higher diploma course or equivalent (below Master degree level) in a local tertiary institution; and

(iii)     submit together with the application form (at Annex B), an essay of not more than 300 words (either in Chinese or English) on why he/she applies for the Scheme and what he/she would like to achieve from it.

Details

To better equip our students with SEN’s career preparation and skills, the applicants need to attend the training before and during the internship scheme.

 

Dates

Application deadline

16 February 2024, 5:00 p.m. (Friday)

 

A half-day (4 hours) interview skills workshop at SEN Student Centre, CityU [Compulsory]

24 February 2024

(Saturday, 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.)

 

A half-day (4 hours) interview skills practice at SEN Student Centre, CityU [Compulsory]

2 March 2024

(Saturday, 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.)

 

4 sessions of individual training [Compulsory]

May – June 2024

4 sessions of self-image enhancement workshop [Compulsory]

Late May – Early June 2024

Start of Internship [Compulsory]

- 17 June 2024 (Mon) – 9 August 2024 (Fri); or

- 2 July 2024 (Tue) – 23 August 2024 (Fri)

Enquiry

SEN Support Service

Office: Student Development Services, 6/F, Bank of China (Hong Kong) Complex

Tel: 3442 5726

Email: sen.support@cityu.edu.hk