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.
Role Overview
Company Projects have evolved in different areas of the university in many ways. In overview, projects are embedded into degrees to give students practical, hands-on experience of putting their theoretical knowledge into practice. Students work with a client, a local, national, or international company which is experiencing a real-world challenge and / or would benefit from some research.
In the Management School, students work in small teams in a consultancy format to offer strategic insight and recommendations on topics relevant to the Management School, e.g., Market Research, HR, Project Management, etc. We embed consultancy projects of varying lengths and levels, i.e., from second year undergraduate through to MBA level.
In the four faculties at Lancaster University, this provision is delivered in different formats, e.g., individual versus group and multi-group projects, practical tasks versus strategic recommendations, level of involvement of academic supervisors and mentors, etc.
This internship is based in the LUMS Careers Service working alongside the LUMS Company Projects Managers. You will be performing a critical task which will enable us to evaluate the offerings around the university, identify areas of best practice, and recommend efficiencies.
You will conduct an audit (via semi-structured interviews and desk-based research) to establish the existing picture, including processes, paperwork, and administration, and conclude with your interim findings by delivering a presentation. This is a large undertaking, so please be assured you are not expected to be able to complete this whole project.
If time is available, we have also arranged engagement with another university which has agreed to be involved in this research. You will also complete desk-based research into the Higher Education sector to understand alternative approaches.
Start Date: 6 May 2026
End Date: 17 June 2026
Interview Date: 29 April 2026
Working Pattern: 5 hours/week over 6 weeks
Location: Remotely (in the UK) and on the Lancaster University campus