2025 Internship Scheme for Students with Disabilities
Introduction
The Government of HKSAR is calling for the application of the Summer Internship Scheme 2025. 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.
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Dates |
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1. CityU internal application deadline |
16 January 2025, 5:00 p.m. (Thursday)
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2. A half-day (4 hours) interview skills workshop at SEN Student Centre, CityU [Compulsory] |
1 March 2025 (Saturday, 1:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.)
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3. A half-day (4 hours) interview skills practice at SEN Student Centre, CityU [Compulsory] |
15 March 2025 (Saturday, 1:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.)
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4. 4 sessions of individual training [Compulsory] |
May – June 2025 |
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5. 4 sessions of self-image enhancement workshop [Compulsory] |
Late May – Early June 2025 |
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6. Start of Internship [Compulsory] |
- 16 June 2025 (Mon) – 8 August 2025 (Fri); or - 30 June 2025 (Mon) – 22 August 2025 (Fri) |
Enquiry
If you would like to apply for this internship scheme, please refer to the attached file for application details and the application form. Please complete the application form and return to Ms Cherry Yau (cherry.yau@cityu.edu.hk) on or before 16 January 2025, 5:00 p.m. (Thursday).