They could offer it as an "apprenticeship" then they only have to pay £2.60 per hour

I'd be amazed if it's paid, I applied to plenty of sports clubs for paid internships this time last year and the only ones who could pay were Man United and Dagenham & Redbridge!

Having said that, if this opportunity was around before I got a paid job I'd have snapped their hands off for the chance, paid or not, as EHFC said most students budget over 52 weeks, since you only get 3 payments a year.

Whilst the welfare bill has spiralled to unmanageable levels. If you think that's acceptable or sustainable then you're more of a fool than I thought

It wasn't like Thatcher put people out of work adding to the welfare bill.

If someone finds themselves on the dole and budgets for, worse case, a year. Them gets offered a job for no pay should they take the job? They've already budgeted for the year, whats the problem?

Spot on, and that on the assumption that it is unpaid which has yet to be clarified

I know. At least you understand, unlike beales

That's not even close to being the same though, is it?

You don't get three lump sums of dole per year, do you?

Also, I doubt the club were thinking of somebody on the dole when they offered this out. It's quite clearly geared towards students, hence it being an internship, not work experience (even though it's the same thing, the wording is crucial).

Somebody on the dole would be looking for paid work.

Do you know what the greater proportion of the welfare bill is spent on?

I'll give you a clue, it's not the unemployed

So no students are looking for paid work? Some even put it in their budgets, some just don't want to leave in massive debt.

When I graduated I knew that I would have to volunteer/sign on/work for pittance in order to get the experience I needed to move on. Worked for me.

That's not the point, You shouldn't have had too.

The big business' really on this attitude to make bigger profits.

What if you had to get a paid job because your family depended on it? You now wouldn't have that experience because you couldn't afford to gain it!

Where did you get that from?

A lot of students budget their finance over the course of 52 weeks, of course some may look to top that up by doing paid work. But any student with a brain knows that three months unpaid work (we don't even know if it is) in a professional environment in a field they may well want to pursue a career in is far more beneficial for their long term career prospects than stacking shelves in Lidl.

It's a student internship!

Big businesses rely on internships and the attitude towards them to make big profits? I've heard it all now.

Well I think it is a very appealing position, which I'm sure will get a lot of interest from graduates.