We have been extremely impressed with Manveer in all her contributions and would not hesitate to recommend her for similar placement opportunities elsewhere. Manveer is a charming, highly able and conscientious person. Colleagues have commented on her maturity, initiative and ease within the work setting. For example, she attended a national conference for a select group of senior Audit Commission staff

Following a record number of over 420 internships in 2010, the SMF held a competition to find the best account of a summer internship.

[The] Social Mobility Foundation is a fantastic organisation that plays a massive role in helping young people reach their potential. Removing barriers to Higher Education not only improves living standards for those concerned but also society in general.

I’ve hosted students from the Social Mobility Foundation for the past four years. I’ve always found them to be very friendly, bright and eager to learn about our industry and they’ve provided me with great assistance on several projects. It’s rewarding for me to know that having the experience on their CV should help them [...]

I learned an enormous amount from the students and found this a hugely rewarding experience. I hope they did too. I can’t recommend it highly enough.

The Social Mobility Foundation provides an exemplary service to help academically-talented disadvantaged students achieve their potential. I and many other Cabinet Ministers have been delighted to host SMF students and I strongly encourage other professions and businesses to support SMF. The real work opportunities and advice employers can provide through SMF can truly inspire gifted young people to fulfil their [...]

We have been particularly impressed with the calibre of student, their enthusiasm for the subject matter and interest to learn more. The students have been a pleasure to work with.

Having my own mentor through the SMF programme was really excellent as I was able to ask the questions I wanted regarding law as a profession. The system was very flexible and I regularly kept in touch with my mentor (at least once a week). Reading the posts on her busy job was actually very [...]

E mentoring was recommended to me by another member of my chambers after he had found it a rewarding experience. I have found my own experience incredibly interesting and fulfilling. It feels great to be able to give something back to those who may be the future of the profession and to be reminded of [...]

Sarah has been amazing. She has helped me so much, put all my worries to rest and just given me a helping hand when I have needed it. I didn’t think where I was now could ever happen, and Sarah has really helped me to get to this stage, studying law at university. I feel [...]