UG/PGT students undertaking work internships in France will probably be asked for a 'Convention de Stage' by the host company. Similarly, students undertaking an internship in Spain may also be asked for a 'Convenio de Colaboración'. In other countries students may be asked to sign a similar Tripartite Agreement. All of these are a three-way agreement between the student, the University and the host company.

PGR students have their own internships procedures and the documents on this page cannot be used. PGR students need to contact their academic department and/or the Doctoral College.

If they would like the University to sign one of these three-way documents, Students undertaking internships are respectfully asked to only use the templates below and not to sign a document provided by the internship provider themselves. The University of Warwick is unable to sign any document other than the approved templates below.

This procedure is in place to protect you and the University from any adverse liabilities and to ensure neither it (nor you) will be disadvantaged in any way.

For any internship occurring wholly or partially during term-time, agreements will only be signed if the internship has been approved by the student’s department.

To avoid delays you must follow the following procedure:

• ensure that you fully complete and sign the document/s, (including the 'objectives' section in both the host language and English for the Convention and the Convenio). The University will not sign agreements unless they have been completed and signed by the employer and student first.
• When the agreement has been completed correctly, submit your documents to convention@warwick.ac.uk. You should use this email address only. DO NOT email the Head of Student Records, as you will not receive a reply and your query will remain unanswered.

• Risk Assessment Form:

  It is a requirement that all students requesting an internship agreement must also provide a Risk Assessment Form (completed and signed by the student) when submitting their agreement for signature. No agreement will be signed without an accompanying Risk Assessment Form.

  The blank form is available here: https://warwick.ac.uk/services/studentopportunity/studentmobility/studyabroad/forms/risk_assessment_form_2020.docx

• The relevant signature will be sought on behalf of the University and your agreement will then be returned to you, or to the internship provider. The normal processing time for a standard agreement is a minimum of 10 working days from receipt of the correctly completed documents. (However, this may take longer during busy periods e.g. June/July, and when demand is high.)

• Convention de Stage (France)  
• Convenio de Colaboracion (Spain)  
• Tripartite Agreement (all other Countries) 

If the student wishes to extend the duration of the internship and one of the above agreements has already been obtained (and no other terms of the previous agreement are changed), then an extension document should be signed by all parties setting out the new end of internship date.

• Extension to an existing Agreement

• Recent Graduate Scheme

  A Convention/Convenio/Tripartite Agreement can only be issued after a student has completed their course if they are eligible for the Recent Warwick Graduate Scheme. All Warwick graduates are eligible under the Scheme as long as the dates of the internship fall within one year of the student's end of registration date. (For example, if your registration date ends on 1 July, then an agreement can be signed for internships up to the end of June the following year.)

• These agreements are for current, fully enrolled students or recent graduates only.

• Student Mobility Briefing Information:

  All students planning an internship should view the briefing information available on this Student Mobility team webpage (even if your internship is not organised though the Student Mobility team, some of the information will still be relevant): https://warwick.ac.uk/services/studentopportunity/studentmobility/studyabroad/beforeyougo/