TU Dublin's LearnWork course is a professional traineeship course providing a pipeline of skilled in-demand work-ready talent into STEM industries through industry partnership.<br><br> LearnWork courses blend the strength of a university education with an apprenticeship-style work placement.<br> This course is designed specifically to create work-ready university graduates in the shortest possible time-frame.<br> Each year LearnWork students spend 5 months in fulltime study and then 7 months on placement with a company 4 days per week, returning to university 1 day per week during term time.<br> Students are paid while on placement.<br> As a result this is an intensive course, that runs 12 months each year, instead of the standard 9 months, so students do not get the traditional summer break while on this course, but they are entitled to annual leave days on a pro-rata basis while on work placement.