An internship is the position held by an intern, or the period of time when someone is an intern.
[US]
internship in British English
(ˈɪntɜːnʃɪp)
noun
mainly US and Canadian
the position of being an intern or the period during which a person is an intern
internship in American English
(ˈɪnˌtɜrnˌʃɪp; ɪnˈtɜrnˌʃɪp)
US
noun
1.
the position of an intern
2.
the period of service as an intern
COBUILD Collocations
internship
summer internship
unpaid internship
Examples of 'internship' in a sentence
internship
But she could find only unpaid internships and had to support herself by working as a medical secretary.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
This includes offering positions to students who undertake internships in the summer vacation of their second year at university.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
After her speech, the education secretary said she was not in favour of banning unpaid internships of more than four weeks.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
He branded unpaid internships'a scourge on social mobility '.
The Sun (2016)
Successful alumni offer mentoring and the university provides bursaries to support work experience and internships both in the UK and overseas.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We had the chance to find out more about the companies and their summer internship programmes.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Such placements and internships are offered by increasing numbers of universities.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Then they often fail on a piece of academic work or fail to get an internship.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
What is the difference between work experience and an internship?
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The abolition of unpaid internships really does seem minor.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Students undertake a summer internship of eight to ten weeks between their first and second years.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
How good are law firms when it comes to valuable vacation placements and internships?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The need for work experience or internships is a message that has clearly got through.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Perhaps you decide to take an unpaid internship.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
At the time the university students were on a summer internship with the investment bank.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The introduction of paid additional work experience or internship schemes would help.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Employers are increasingly offering only unpaid internships.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
And he arranged for her to have a second internship the next summer.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Could a company charge me to do an unpaid internship?
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It is a grey area where or when work experience or internship turns into unpaid or cheap labour.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The other core difference is that an internship is a job, albeit of limited duration.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Get an internship - the single best way in.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Students can take advantage of internship and dissertation opportunities with companies in the energy and financial sectors that have sponsorship links to the university.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Students are demanding more opportunities for high quality work placements and internships as employment skills and experience become a central part of a university experience.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
We will have somebody to help them get internships and another person getting discount tickets for the theatre and encouraging them to go to the ballet.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Pay for placements and internships has also increased by an average of five per cent - almost double the rise in average salaries.
The Sun (2013)
They are the ones who would have to fund projects, internships, jobs.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
We could change the system of student support so people could get paid for internships;universities could change the length of courses to include work experience.