Glasgow Women’s Library has successfully hosted many unpaid work placements and student placements, enabling school pupils, college and university students, to work alongside our staff team and gain experience and skills in one or more areas of our work including: library, archive, museum, curation, community development, marketing, social media, events and workshop planning and delivery, and research.
We offer:
Student placements
**Please note that we have committed to a number of placements between January and April 2025 and are unable to consider any further applications.**
These are time-limited placement (typically 2 to 6 months) for students (from the UK or overseas) who are looking for a placement as part of their studies. Please note that we do not offer placements unless these are directly supported by your academic institution (for example, if the placement is a requirement of a module or degree.)
For students outwith the UK, please note that in most cases you will need a “Temporary Worker-Charity Worker” Visa to enter the UK, as a student placement is regarded as work, even though it is unpaid. GWL is a licenced employer and can therefore provide you with a Certificate of Sponsorship, but we are unfortunately unable to provide any other support (financial or other) with the application. You can find out more about the visa scheme here: https://www.gov.uk/temporary-worker-charity-worker-visa
Work experience placements
These are short work experience placements for secondary school pupils in and around Glasgow. These placements are often a week long and give pupils a chance to discover and engage in our day-to-day work at the library.
Both student placements and work experience placements are for women-only (you can find out more about what “women only” means here)
Applications for placements and discussed and agreed upon at staff team meetings and decisions are made based on the capacity of the staff team.
In the first instance, please complete the relevant form below and return it to info@womenslibrary.org.uk
You may also be interested in joining our volunteer programme.
