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Each year, students at ASET member institutions have the opportunity to win up to £400 in the ASET Student Competition.
Have you recently completed a placement, internship or work experience? If so, we want to hear from you!
If you have recently completed a placement, an internship or work experience, in the UK or overseas, as an undergraduate or postgraduate, remotely or in person, we want to hear about it.
We’d like you to reflect on your experience to inspire and motivate fellow students, and are seeking your thoughts in response to following 3 questions:
1. What have you learnt about collaborating with colleagues, within teams, and in the workplace? (400 words)
2. How did you, and your host organisation benefit from your placement/internship or work experience? (400 words)
3. Have your experiences shaped your future plans? Tell us how (200 words)
The winning entry will receive a prize of £400, and there will also be two Highly Commended awards of £100 each.
Applications for the ASET Student Competition will open around October time 2025.
You can enter if:
1. You have completed a placement, internship or a period of work experience supported by your university/college.
2. Your university/college is an institutional member of ASET.
3. You have complied with all Terms and Conditions for entry (see below).
How to enter
a) Draft your responses to each of the 3 questions.
b) Obtain permission and contact details of a supporting member of staff at your institution, advising them they may be contacted for further verification if your entry is shortlisted.
c) Access the 2025 ASET Student Competition entry form when it is live.
d) Complete all sections of the form, including in your responses to the 3 questions.
e) Submit your entry by the competition deadline.
Terms and Conditions
1. Entries that fail to meet all the competition criteria will be rejected.
2. Judges will make their decision in line with the competition criteria. The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence over the results will be entered into.
3. You must seek clearance from your placement employer before submitting to ASET.
4. ASET will use edited quotations and versions of the entries to encourage and promote the concept of work-related learning. The copyright of all entries submitted will be vested in ASET.
5. By entering you are agreeing for your anonymised data to be used by ASET for research into experiential/work based learning.
6. Entrants will be notified of the results.
Results of our latest Student Competition will be notified in March 2025.