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Role & Department Overview

This micro internshipis 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 

What does enterprise really mean to students?

At Work in Progress, we believe entrepreneurial mindset is about far more than starting a business.

Entrepreneurial capability can emerge through creativity, community, problem-solving, lived experience, collaboration, curiosity, and personal growth. It is about developing the confidence, adaptability, resilience, creativity, and self-awareness needed to navigate uncertainty, generate ideas, and turn those ideas into action.

We believe these capabilities are relevant to all students, regardless of subject area, background, or career aspirations.

We are looking for a student intern to help us explore how entrepreneurial competencies can be made more meaningful, accessible, and engaging through student-centred self-assessment.

Work in Progress at Lancaster University is an entrepreneurial learning and innovation initiative designed to help students, staff and graduates,  develop ideas, businesses, employability skills. It acts as a hub for enterprise education, innovation support, sustainability projects, and start-up development.

 
Preferred start date: 21th of July 2026
Expected end date: 30th of July 2026
 
 Weekly hour: 15 hours per week over approx. 2 weeks
 
Location: Remotely (in the UK) and on the Lancaster University campus

Job Description

Main Responsibilities:
 
  • Take a mindset of experimentation and learning
  • Explore what enterprise and entrepreneurial mindset mean to students today
  • Discover entrepreneurial competencies and how they connect to confidence, creativity, resilience, adaptability, and problem-solving
  • Reflect on your own entrepreneurial competencies, and personal development throughout the project
  • Test out and review different self-assessment and reflection tools from a student perspective
  • Share honest feedback on what feels engaging, useful, motivating — or confusing and unhelpful
  • Explore what helps students connect with entrepreneurial mindset and self-development in meaningful ways
  • Spot opportunities or share ideas that could make competency self-assessment simpler, more accessible, and more relevant to students
  • Contribute creative ideas for improving the student experience of entrepreneurial learning and reflection
  • Create a simple prototype, concept, or visual idea showing what a more engaging student-friendly tool or experience could look like
  • Present your reflections, insights, and recommendations at the end of the project

Person Specification

We are not looking for someone who already sees themselves as ‘entrepreneurial.’ We are looking for someone who is curious about what being entrepreneurial means more broadly and willing to explore what entrepreneurial mindset could mean for themselves and for other students. You’ll need to be open to learning through doing, reflection, experimentation, creativity, and uncertainty.

You do not need previous experience in entrepreneurship, enterprise, business, or research. We welcome students from all subjects, backgrounds, identities, and life experiences.

You just need to be: 

  • A member of GROW Your Future 
  • Be curious and interested in exploring new ideas and perspectives
  • Be open to reflection and self-development
  • Be open to thinking creatively and exploring possibilities
  • Be willing to test, experience, and give honest feedback on tools and activities
  • Try out working independently and managing your own time across the project
  • Feel comfortable leaning into exploring questions where there may not be one ‘right’ answer
  • Interested in understanding student experiences and what motivates engagement
  • Willing to experiment, try things out, and learn through the process
  • Practice communicating thoughts, reflections, and ideas clearly
  • Be open-minded and respectful of different perspectives and experiences

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:
 
  • Collaboration
  • Creativity
  • Emotional intelligence
  • Entrepreneurial skills
  • Knowledge Sharing
  • 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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