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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.

Overview:

The School of Law runs several projects for the benefit of its students, including those from widening participation backgrounds.  For example, our School Tasking project involves law students teaching primary school children about the law and we are organising a professional networking trip for law and criminology students to visit employers in the summer.  We are looking for a project assistant to provide support to Tina McKee and other relevant School of Law staff with the planning, organisation and running of these initiatives
 

Start Date: 2nd February 2026
End Date: 30th June 2026
Working Pattern: Flexible, ~2-3 hours/week
Location: Remotely (in the UK) and on the Lancaster University campus

Job Description

  • Administrative support with logistics for School of Law projects, for example, in organising the professional networking trip for widening participation students. This might involve creating an application form, communicating with applicants to confirm details and arrangements, organising an event schedule, and supporting project staff with other administrative tasks.
  • Writing blogs, for example, for the School of Law website, and organising social media communications with respect to relevant projects
  • Working as part of the project teams, alongside academic and professional services staff, to pitch in flexibly with support for projects as and when required

Person Specification

  • A member of GROW Your Future 
  • Preferably a student studying Law, a similar subject, or who has an interest in the subject 
  • Commitment to the role and a willingness to learn new skills and/or develop existing ones
  • Willingness to work as part of a team
  • Good written and verbal communication skills 
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Reliable with good time management skills 

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.

Working in this role will help develop the following skills and experience:

  • Business Development
  • Collaboration
  • Creativity
  • Organisation
  • Planning and Organising
  • Self Motivation
  • Teamwork
  • Time Management
  • Verbal communication
  • Written 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.

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

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