Get a student from Nature and Agricultural Management as an intern

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An intern is a golden opportunity to resolve specific tasks and meet an almost graduated bachelor, who has been educated to plan and carry out tasks within the fields of the environment and agriculture.

Most students write their bachelor's project for the company during their internship. A bachelor project is a good opportunity for the company to clarify a particular area e.g., implement a specific analysis or get extra resources for a current development task.

What type of work can you expect an intern to carry out?

Here are some examples of internship assignments and bachelor projects:

Development-orientated environmental problems in rivers, lakes and seas
Management of wastewater as well as soil and groundwater contamination
Focus on climate adaptability and sustainability
Analysis of the environmental implications from building works and road construction projects
Management of rainwater
Renewable energy solutions
Consultancy work and sales
Research and development
Teaching

In addition to this, the intern participates in the other daily tasks in the company.

Planning of the internship period

The internship agreement between the student and the company will of course vary from company to company. What is important is a positive and ambitious attitude towards the cooperation from both parties.

We have compiled some good advice to help you and the student benefit as much as possible from the internship.

Student and company adjust expectations prior to the internship period. This involves tasks to be performed, working hours and other expectations to ensure mutually satisfactory cooperation.
You are always welcome to contact the student’s internship counsellor at the Academy for inspiration, information or advice concerning the internship.
The student is doing an internship in order to learn. Make sure you provide a good mixture of tasks of both a challenging and also a more routine-based nature. Some are able to handle a lot of responsibility from day one, others need a more careful dosage.
It is recommended to link the student to one or more contacts throughout their internship, individuals who can help guide, inspire and motivate the student.
Think about and discuss what a good subject could be for the student’s final exam project. Some agree on a subject at an early stage, whereas others wait until they know each other a little better.
Introduce the student to the entire company, look at the intern as a ‘fully accepted’ member of the team.
Be proactive – talk to the student or the Academy if something is not quite as expected.

The student, the company and Business Academy Aarhus will sign an internship agreement prior to the internship.

To ensure the right match between students and companies, we have compiled a list of requirements to internship companies (pdf)

When and for how long?

The internship starts in August and lasts for 10 weeks. After the end of the internship period, the student and the company can agree that the final exam project will be written in cooperation with the company.

Get an intern for free

As the internship is a part of the Nature and Agricultural Management programme, your company is not obliged to pay a salary to the intern.

The company is allowed to give the student a ‘token’ payment of up to 3000 DKK per month.

Subsidies for transport, rent and a phone, which the student can document are related to the internship, can be given without affecting the student's educational grant (SU).

Declaration of secrecy

A student who becomes aware of trade secrets during his/her internship may not share or use this information without prior approval as stipulated in the Commercial Secrets Act, §4. Business Academy Aarhus employees and external co-examiners who are involved with internships are also covered by §4 of the Commercial Secrets Act, just as they have a duty of confidentiality pursuant to Chapter 8, Section §27 of the Public Administration Act.

Insurance

If the internship takes place in a company in Denmark, the student is covered by the act on worker's compensation (lov om arbejdsskadesikring), cf. Ministerial Order no.185 from 23 February 2017, and by the act on liability for damages (lov om erstatningsansvar).

It is therefore the internship company’s responsibility to insure the intern, just as all other employees are insured. Associations and sole proprietors are also covered by the duty to insure, even if you don’t have any other employees.

If the internship takes place in a company outside of Denmark, then it is the student's responsibility to examine and assess whether he or she can be covered by the company's insurance policies. In cases where the student is not covered by the company's insurance, the student must ensure that they have any necessary insurance.

Facts about the programme

The Bachelor’s degree in Nature and Agricultural Management is a 1 ½-year top-up programme, which typically continues after an Agro Business and Landscape Management AP programme. The students specialise within one of three lines: livestock, environmental/nature or economy.

The programme qualifies students to work analytically, development-based and to use relevant tools based on a solid scientific basis within the different subject areas.

Read more about the programme (only in Danish)