Ellen Macarthur Foundation. Rethink the future

Internships & Work Experience

It is central to the Foundation’s educational goal to equip young people with the relevant skills and perspectives to build a positive future. The ReDesign internships will see 24 young people investigate the opportunity of the circular economy as an innovation framework for businesses.

As part of this ambition winning students from the Project ReDesign workshops, held in March, will take part in a series of high profile, fully funded internships with our Founding Partners, in July 2011.

Working closely with industry experts within each of our Founding Partners’ specializations the internships are being carefully developed to ensure that each one offers a unique industry-based challenge around the circular economy. Students will visit various aspects of the industry, talk to experts and examine the issues as they work together on a group project, which they will present to senior managers at the end of the week.

During the week groups will feedback on the status of their experience through our website and on Facebook using a mixture of words, images and film.

Ellen will visit each internship to see how they are progressing and discuss ideas and thoughts with the students on their particular challenge.