12 months for only £14K? I've been offered a Summer Internship with a higher weekly wage than that, and it's on buses where wages are in theory lower - with potential for progression onto a £25K Graduate Scheme!
To me this is just Arriva trying to save a quick buck or 50. Nothing new there.
£14,000 is very much the typical wage for a 12 month student placement in the transport industry. Personally, if this position had been offered a couple of years ago when I was looking for my industrial placement, I would have jumped at the chance - In fact something similar, though not as specifically aimed at train planning, was offered and I did jump at it!
In exactly the same vein as what
Simon11 has said above, I cannot stress enough how valuable gaining practical experience in the industry while studying for a degree is: I personally feel that the various roles that I held in the public transport industry, and the experience I gained from them, were the most worthwhile and meaningful aspects of my time at University when it came to securing a job in the rail industry after I graduated. Although having a 2:1 Honours in Transport Management does, to an extent, make potential employers sit up and take notice, I feel that it would be worth a lot less on it's own without my range of practical experience.
Not to mention they are restricting potential interest by limiting the courses they would consider. I would be more than capable of doing this, but my Degree automatically disqualifies me.
It is very conveniently placed for the Transport Management course at Aston University though, which has an excellent record for getting it's students into the industry. It certainly worked for me!
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It's Cross Country unless I've missed something...
Cross Country's parent company is Arriva (Who in turn are owned by DB!).
Oh well, it's only Arriva
I'd quite like to work for DB though.
Albeit preferably in Germany, they still have a railway system that makes sense over there...
