Is it possible to sign a convention de stage for an internship in France?

I am a new student, yet to start my first module. I was hoping to do an internship in France, and my understanding was that this was possible, I even found some instructions, and a template of the agreement the OU provides:

https://help.open.ac.uk/work-experience/finding-applying-for-opportunities
https://opportunityhub.open.ac.uk/students/infopages/detail/24

I cannot access the second link, apparently because my module has not started. Fair.

However, I received a reply from the internships team, telling me the OU does not sign ´convention de stage´ because internships are not compulsory.

This is of course completely contradictory.

Anyone has actually done this in the past, and can advise? Is signing a ´convention de stage´ possible?

Any first'--hand experience answer highly appreciated!

Reply 1

Rebeca.LL

Hi, in France internships are usually mandatory in their bachelors (licence) which is why they ask for the convention de stage, but since this is not the case at the OU you won't get that signed. However, you can find an internship that does not require you to have a mandatory internship in your degree. Admittedly this isn't easy, but some places do offer the option so don't give up on it! :smile:

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