£12.21 per hour + £1.47 holiday pay
Advertising End Date
18 Nov 2025

Role & Department Overview

Eligibility 

This micro internship  is for 30 hours in total (including 4 hours for training) and is aimed at students who have limited professional prior work experience and are looking for an opportunity that supports them to develop their employability skills. 

To apply for this micro internship, students must be part of GROW Your Future

GROW Your Future is an opt-in scheme for UK undergraduates and postgraduate taught students who also meet specific Widening Participation criteria, e.g. students who are: 

  •  first in their family to go to university;
  •  in receipt of a Lancaster Bursary;
  •  received free school meals  
  •  over 21 when they start their first undergraduate degree;
  •  Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic;
  •  disabled (including learning disabilities, physical or mental health conditions);
  •  care leavers or have caring responsibilities, or estranged from family 
  •  a refugee or asylum seeker, from a gypsy or Traveller community, or from a military family

 For more information and to sign up see the following link GROW Your Future | ASK - Lancaster University 

 As stated above, the GROW Your Future Micro Internship Scheme aims to support students with limited professional work experience, therefore priority will be given to students who meet this criteria. This includes students who may have already completed a GYF micro internship. 

 
Preferred Start Date: 1st December 2025
Expected End Date: 31st January 2026
Working Pattern: 2 - 4 hours per week
Location: On the Lancaster University Campus and Remote
 
 Researchers at the Universities of Lancaster, Nottingham and Lincoln are running an exciting new project to address bullying and harassment in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine (STEMM) in higher education. The intern will assist with project management for this collaborative research project and will be hosted in the Department of Physics at Lancaster University. The project includes research into student experiences of bullying and harassment, their suggestions for addressing the problem, and the development and trial delivery of resources and training in this area.

Job Description

The successful applicant will support the project manager with the following:

  • organising meetings,
  • keeping minutes and logs of tasks,
  • communicating with team members about progress,
  • communicating with internal and external stakeholders,
  • keeping track of recruitment and similar materials,
  • advertising the project,
  • helping to recruit research subjects.

Person Specification

  • Good organisational skills
  • Good communication skills (both written and in meetings)
  • The ability to work independently, as well as part of a team
  • Experience with, or willingness to learn collaborative computing tools (e.g. SharePoint)
  • Willingness to join regular online meetings

As this internship is aimed at students who do not have prior professional work experience, please draw upon examples from extra curricular activities, hobbies, interests, volunteering and part time work in your CV and cover letter.  

Please also outline in your CV and cover letter why you believe this micro internship will benefit you and your career progression. 

 
This role will help develop the following skills and experience:
  • Collaboration
  • Research
  • Integrity
  • Organisation
  • Self-motivation
  • Teamwork
  • Time Management
  • Verbal Communication
 

You are required to submit a cover letter to support your application. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

Please note: Unless specified otherwise in the advert wording, this role is only open to individuals living in the UK.

Under the terms of this work, we endeavour to provide the advertised number of hours however, hours are not guaranteed and that work may cease if there is a fall in demand. 

Adverts that display a closing date should be treated as a guide. We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so we advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.

Help and advice on making applications can be found on the Lancaster University Careers pages. Visit www.lancaster.ac.uk/careers.