Edge Summer Internships - A Summer of Experience

At Edge Hotel School, University of Essex, we place a huge emphasis on combining industry-engaged learning, practical education and real-world hands-on experiences.

Our mission is simple, to prepare students to succeed as professionals from their first day on the job.

On campus our students acquire work experience within Wivenhoe House Hotel, which is a striking 4* country house hotel and home to the Edge Hotel School. During the academic term our students will manage their academic studies alongside gaining hands-on work experience.

To further prepare our students for their careers after university, we actively encourage them to gain external work experience or internship opportunities wherever possible to go alongside their time in Wivenhoe House Hotel.

By gaining an array of real-world experiences our students can create lifelong connections with industry professionals and organisations prior to graduating. They also get the opportunity to put their academic understanding into practice and inspire organisations to re-think and challenge their own operations and procedures.

Here at Edge, we view the hotel internship experience as a pivotal moment in our hospitality students’ lives, where they get to decide in which direction to take their careers. Our Industry Engaged Education Programme at Edge aims to prepare our graduates to be ready to take on the junior to middle management role feeling confident, connected to industry and supported by their university.

Across the summer our students have taken on various opportunities to strengthen their CVs whilst immersing themselves into the industry prior to graduating. From exclusive private members clubs and luxury hotels to prestigious sporting venues, our students have spent their summers working extremely hard and we could not be prouder.

Competition: love it or loathe it, it’s a part of life and job hunting is no exception.

Here at Edge, we give our students the opportunity to arm themselves with a multitude of experiences, as we want to give them the edge in the job market.

Through our industry partnerships, Edge students are finding their feet in the sector, enhancing their CV’s and ultimately getting ready to become the next generation of hospitality and event leaders.