British Word For "internship"?

[Florin]

Came across this one while prepping a lesson...I have no clue and the interweb also didn't help. It being late and with no in-the-flesh Brits around, I figured I might ask here...any idea?

[Andiamo]

I would say 'Work placement'.

Edited March 10, 2008 by Andiamo

[Florin]

"Placement" sounds close enough to me, thanks!

[mr_hippo]

What's the context?

[Andiamo]

No problem!

[Florin]

What's the context?

It's a regular business context...I know in British English "intern" normally refers to medical professionals, I was looking for the general idea of placing a young university graduate in a company for experience gaining purposes.

[mr_hippo]

What's the context?

It's a regular business context...I know in British English "intern" normally refers to medical professionals, I was looking for the general idea of placing a young university graduate in a company for experience gaining purposes.

We do not use intern in the medical field - or at least we did not. The British equivalent would be 'House Officer'.

[withnail]

Work experience is the phrase I've always used. A google search backs this up http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_experience

[enuff said]

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How about apprentice? apprenticeship program?

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[Prakanong]

What's the context?

It's a regular business context...I know in British English "intern" normally refers to medical professionals, I was looking for the general idea of placing a young university graduate in a company for experience gaining purposes.

We do not use intern in the medical field - or at least we did not. The British equivalent would be 'House Officer'.

House Officer or more generic "Junior Doctor".

Work Placement is probably closest to "Internship" for a business position as someone above mentioned but it also started to be used for any type of job ie work placement as part or re-training or a course.

The Euro's tend to use internship as well (well they did in Belgium)

[maisampatpom]

Definition of 'British': Of or relating to or characteristic of Great Britain or its people or culture.

The language is actually called 'English'.

How about a definition of the word 'Internship". I'm assuming it's a US Americanism.

Edited March 14, 2008 by maisampatpom

[twschw]

You could have searched yourself but here you go.

in·tern·ship /ˈɪntɜrnˌʃɪp/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[in-turn-ship] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation

–noun

1. the state or condition of being an intern.

2. the period during which a person serves as an intern.

3. any official or formal program to provide practical experience for beginners in an occupation or profession: an internship for management trainees.

4. a position as a participant in such a program: She has accepted an internship in a law firm.

5. any period of time during which a beginner acquires experience in an occupation, profession, or pursuit: She had a long internship before starting her own recording studio.

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[Origin: 1900–05; intern2 + -ship]

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)

Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

[bobbob1001]

Apprentership is the word I would use, or if you are refering to a person, use the word apprentice.

[TerryM]

Yes, work experience is what we would use here in Australia. Internship is normaly used by Doctors to mean "Doctor's in Training". Feel free to correct me anyone if I am wrong. By the way, we here in Australia use the British spelling and word structure in our Language. The reason American's have changed some of the spelling and English structure goes back I believe to the War of Independence. This is what we were taught in my American History Major. Once again, correct this if wrong.

[Zpete]

Personally, I would suggest ' internship' would be journeyman/woman/person.. to be PC... grrrr, like a doctor who was an intern, has finished initial on job training, ...... becomes a registrar.

Possibly, journeyman, would fit the bill, as interns have finished initial training, whereas, apprentices are raw beginners.