2027 intake
UK spring weeks, checked against what each employer publishes
First-year insight programmes for spring 2027, read from each employer’s own site with the date they publish and the day we checked it. Spring weeks are not advertised as jobs, so none of this comes from a job board.
90 programmes we checked by hand
28 publish a date you can plan around. Where an employer publishes none, the row says so rather than showing a date they never set.
| Employer | Programme | Applications | Sponsorship |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lazard | Spring Insight Programme (Financial Advisory) | Closes in 3 days | Some tracks |
| APR Actuarial Solutions | APR Actuarial Insight Programme | Closes in 4 days | Not published |
| Wedlake Bell | Training Contract Open Day | Closes in 4 days | Not published |
| Kingsley Napley | Virtual Insight Day | Closes in 6 days | Not published |
| Clyde & Co | Bright Futures Programme | Closes in 7 days | No |
| JMW Solicitors | Insight | Closes in 10 days | Not published |
| Macquarie | Spring Insight Programme | Closes in 18 days | Some tracks |
| Addleshaw Goddard | Insight Days | Open | Not published |
| Arnold & Porter | London Office - Insight Day | Open | Not published |
| Ashfords | First-year insight days | Open | Not published |
| Baker McKenzie | First Year Insight Scheme | Open | Not published |
| BlackRock | Spring Insight Event - EMEA | Open | Not published |
| Boodle Hatfield | Trainee Open Day | Open | Not published |
| Covington & Burling | CovInsights | Open | Not published |
| Debevoise & Plimpton | Insight Day | Open | Not published |
| Deloitte UK | Spring into Deloitte | Open, no closing date published | No |
| Dentons | Open Days | Open | Not published |
| Forsters | First year insight day | Open | Not published |
| Freeths | Direct Entry Insight Days | Open | Not published |
| Gibson Dunn | First Year Insight Day | Open | Not published |
| Latham & Watkins | First-Year Spring Scheme | Open | No |
| Macfarlanes | First Year Insight Scheme | Open | Not published |
| Morgan Lewis | Open Days 2027 | Open | Not published |
| Osborne Clarke | Insight Scheme | Open | Not published |
| Slaughter and May | Spring Forward Programme | Open | Some tracks |
| Vinson & Elkins | discoVEr Open Day | Open | Not published |
| White & Case | Discover: University Insight Scheme 2027 | Open | Not published |
| Willkie Farr & Gallagher | First Year Insight Day 2027 | Open | Not published |
| Fidelity International | Spring Insight Programme | Rolling, closes when filled | Not published |
| GSA Capital | Women in Trading & Technology Insight Programme - 2027 | Rolling, closes when filled | Some tracks |
| Nomura | Women's Immersion Program / SEO Explore Nomura | Rolling, closes when filled | Not published |
| PA Consulting | PA Futures Spring Week | Rolling, closes when filled | No |
| Rothschild & Co | UK Global Advisory Spring Insight Programme | Rolling, closes when filled | Some tracks |
| A&O Shearman | First-Year Programme, London | Opens 4 Jan | Not published |
| Ashurst | First Year Insight Day | Opens 4 Jan | Not published |
| Clifford Chance | SPARK | Opens 2 Dec | Some tracks |
| Davis Polk & Wardwell | Insight Day | Opens 1 Feb | Not published |
| Freshfields | UK First Years Insight Scheme | Opens 30 Nov | Not published |
| Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer | First year workshops | Opens 1 Jan | Not published |
| Hogan Lovells Cadwalader | First Year Insight Scheme | Opens 4 Jan | Not published |
| Kirkland & Ellis | ACCELERATE (early access programme, London) | Opens 1 Jan | Not published |
| Piper Sandler | Spring Week (London) | Opens 1 Dec | Not published |
| Simmons & Simmons | Spring Insight Scheme | Opens 10 Dec | No |
| Watson Farley & Williams | Open Day | Opens 8 Dec | Not published |
| Aluna Partners | Spring Internship | No published deadline | Not published |
| American Express | Insight Day - UK | No published deadline | Not published |
| B P Collins | Law Insight Day | No published deadline | Not published |
| Bank of America | Spring Insight Program | No published deadline | Some tracks |
| Barclays | Discovery Programme | No published deadline | Some tracks |
| BDO UK | Black Heritage Insight Programme | No published deadline | No |
| Bending Spoons | Software Engineering Spring Week 2027 | No published deadline | Not published |
| Blackstone | EMEA Future Leaders Spring Insight Programme | No published deadline | Not published |
| BNP Paribas | Spring Insights | No published deadline | Not published |
| Brabners | First Year Scheme | No published deadline | Not published |
| British Airways | Discover BA | No published deadline | Not published |
| British Land | Insight Programme | No published deadline | Not published |
| Citi | Spring Insight Programme | No published deadline | Not published |
| D. E. Shaw | London Insight Programme | No published deadline | Not published |
| Deutsche Bank | Spring into Banking | No published deadline | Some tracks |
| Evercore | Spring Insight | No published deadline | Not published |
| EY UK | Discover EY | No published deadline | No |
| Fieldfisher | Pathways to Practice Insight Scheme | No published deadline | Not published |
| Foot Anstey | Accelerate Programme | No published deadline | Not published |
| G-Research | Spring into Quant Finance | No published deadline | Not published |
| GP Bullhound | Future Stars | No published deadline | No |
| HSBC | Spring Insight Programme | No published deadline | Not published |
| Hudson River Trading | Explore HRT | No published deadline | Not published |
| J.P. Morgan | Spring Insight | No published deadline | Not published |
| Jane Street | INSIGHT, London | No published deadline | Not published |
| Linklaters | Pathfinder Programme | No published deadline | Not published |
| Maven Securities | Women in Trading Spring Week 2027 | No published deadline | Not published |
| Mishcon de Reya | First Year Open Day | No published deadline | Some tracks |
| Morgan Stanley | Spring Insight Programme (ISG & MSIM) | No published deadline | Not published |
| NatWest Markets | Insight Experience for Women / Insight Experience for Black Heritage Talent | No published deadline | Not published |
| Norton Rose Fulbright | First Year Open Day | No published deadline | No |
| Point72 | Point72 Academy Spring Insight Programme | No published deadline | Not published |
| PwC UK | Diversity in Business (Advancing Social Mobility / Black Talent in Business / Women in Business) | No published deadline | No |
| Rathbones | University Virtual Insight Day | No published deadline | Not published |
| RBC Capital Markets | Spring Insight Programme | No published deadline | Not published |
| Schroders | Spring Insight Programme | No published deadline | Not published |
| Sky | Females into Finance Insight Week | No published deadline | No |
| Standard Chartered | Insight Programme | No published deadline | Not published |
| Stephenson Harwood | London Open Days | No published deadline | Not published |
| Stout | Insights Program | No published deadline | Not published |
| Strategy& | Supported pathways (Women in Consulting, Black Talent, Advancing Social Mobility) one week spring insight programme | No published deadline | Not published |
| Sullivan & Cromwell | Insight Days 2027 | No published deadline | Not published |
| UBS | Tomorrow's Talent (Spring Insight) Program | No published deadline | Not published |
| Visa | Spring Insight Day | No published deadline | Not published |
| Withers | London Open Day | No published deadline | Not published |
| Kirkland & Ellis | Open Day (London, November 2026) | Closed for this cycle | Not published |
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Questions first-year students ask
What is a spring week?
A short insight programme, usually a week in the Easter holiday of your first year, run mainly by investment banks and law firms. Many use it as their main route into a summer internship the following year, which is why they matter more than their length suggests.
Which employers run spring weeks in the UK?
Mostly banks and law firms. Consulting largely does not: we checked and Bain, BCG, Oliver Wyman, Kearney and L.E.K. run no first-year programme in the UK at all, and neither do Google, Microsoft, Amazon or Palantir. Optiver and IMC run first-year programmes abroad but not here.
When do spring week applications close?
From October through January, and several close before Christmas of your first term. Where an employer publishes no date we say so rather than printing one they never set.
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