About Work Experience UK and our Work Placement Programmes

Work Experience UK (WEUK) is subsidiary of the Tellus Group Ltd, a professional group of business-to-business companies covering a wide range of products and services, including management consultancy, training, business transfer, internet service provision, telecommunications and marketing (for more information on the Group, please click the link at the bottom of this page).

Tellus Group Ltd was established during the latter part of 2003 to act as the holding company for all group assets, intellectual property, patents and copyrighed materials.

Tellus Ltd (www.tellus.co.uk) the Business and Management Consultancy subsidiary, was established in 1994 (originally called Integra Applied Intelligence Ltd) to provide a broad range of business support, business consultancy and training services to small and medium sized companies (generally employing less than 250). Tellus has been involved in a wide range of vocational training programmes, and specifically, many funded or otherwise supported by the European Commission (including the Leonardo da Vinci Programme).

As an organisation, Work Experience UK grew out of the work that Tellus Management Consultants undertakes with the European Commission, primarily in the Leonardo da Vinci Mobility, Placement and Exchange initiatives. These initiatives focus on the organisation, management and evaluation of work experience, work placement, internship, cultural discovery and language training programmes for students and other young workers across the European Union (including the candidate countries).

It was during late 2002 that the Directors of Tellus Ltd decided to establish Work Experience UK because, in their opinion the quality of provision (organisation, management and evaluation) of work experience, work placement and internship programmes in the United Kingdom (and specifically in the South West) was very poor. It was felt that the company could provide a much higher quality of service than existed at the time to universities, colleges and other vocational training organisations across Europe.

Leveraging its experience with Tellus Ltd, Work Experience UK has extensive experience working with international organisations, ranging from Universities and Colleges, Chambers of Commerce and Government Departments, to Small, Medium and Large companies. This experience gives the company a unique insight into the different cultural business business issues that are likely to be confronted by Beneficiaries of work experience, work placement and internship programmes.

Since its inception, Work Experience UK has developed a large number of international Partners with which it works, and can boast that in its short existance, it has developed partnerships with every country in the European Union, including all candidate countries. In addition, Work Experience UK has established working relationships with every Leonardo da Vinci National Agency, and with the EC Leonardo da Vinci unit in Brussels.

As a company, Work Experience UK ia an active participant in the Leonardo da Vinci Programme, primarily in Mobility Projects, but we are also involved in others, including Research & Analysis, and Pilot Projects (all of which are related to training, vocational development and international mobility).