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KentOnline Hub Offers One-Day Placements, Secures Journalism Job

7/7/2026

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The Kent and Medway Careers hub enables employers to offer work-experience placements, with many firms now favoring one-day tours despite the Department for Education’s two-week target.
After a provider collapsed, KentOnline gave a week-long placement at KMTV for pupils without spots in Holcombe Grammar School’s £55 scheme.
When external placements are unavailable, schools can run in-school workshops.
Elli Hodgson secured a journalism job after a one-day KentOnline placement.

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Story summary

The Kent and Medway Careers hub enables employers to offer work-experience placements, with many firms now favoring one-day tours despite the Department for Education’s two-week target.
After a provider collapsed, KentOnline gave a week-long placement at KMTV for pupils without spots in Holcombe Grammar School’s £55 scheme.
When external placements are unavailable, schools can run in-school workshops.
Elli Hodgson secured a journalism job after a one-day KentOnline placement.