Living Black at University Research & Event Intern - GROW Your Future Micro Internship
Closing Date: 15/02/2026

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. 

• Reaching out to and building relationships with student societies
• Developing an event or series of mini events or storytelling exercises to gain understanding of lived experiences of Black heritage students at Lancaster
• To be involved in organising and running the event or series of mini events
• To present, with support, the work to key stakeholders