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
The New Phytologist Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation which publishes two international journals of plant science and organises symposia and other initiatives for the plant science community. It has a large catalogue of video content, principally consisting of recorded academic talks, summaries of plant science research, and interviews with Editors of the Foundation's journals.
We are seeking an intern to organise and catalogue these videos into a central repository, followed by publishing the videos on the Foundation's YouTube channel and developing a schedule for re-sharing videos in social media posts and newsletters.
The New Phytologist Foundation is based at Lancaster University and is part of the Lancaster Environment Centre. The Foundation’s offices are in Furness College.
Start Date: 9 November 2026
End Date: 15 January 2027
Interview Date: 29 October 2026
Working Pattern: 4 hours/week, ideally on Tuesdays or Thursdays
Location: Remotely (in the UK) and on the Lancaster University campus