Internships for 1st-year students (UK)

[lizzie96]

Does anyone know of any UK or Europe based internships, work experiences or research opportunities for first-year students? I am wondering if it will be possible to do something like this over my university holidays to improve my experience, but everything I have seen so far is only for 3rd and 4th year students. Perhaps there are some programmes designed specifically for first-years which do not require such advanced skills?

Thank you!

 

[mal4mac]

Why not just ask around your department? Can't you sit in the corner of a lab and do some experiments? Or write some computer programs? If I ran a physics lab I'd let you do that, but I don't. If theory is your thing, why not make an early start on next years work by going through a useful book like Boas' Mathematical Methods, or the best "methods" book that *isn't* your set text.