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Careers Extra Internship Scheme

This scheme provides funded internship opportunities for UK undergraduates from under-represented groups with charities/social enterprises and SMEs.

Building on the success of the UCL Careers Extra Summer Internships scheme in 2022-23 we will be running this scheme again in 2023-24. Thanks to a generous donation from one of our alumni we are providing funding opportunities for UCL Careers Extra student interns to work with charities/social enterprises or SMEs during Summer 2024 (between 10 June and 20 September).

The deadline for employers to submit proposals was 5 February but if you would like to be kept up to date with plans for Summer 2025 please contact us on careers.extra@ucl.ac.uk.

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UCL Careers Extra students are all UK undergraduates from under-represented groups so hosting a Careers Extra intern can support the diversity goals of your organisation. You can find out more about Careers Extra here.

How will I benefit as an employer?

  • You are provided with funding to host up to two UCL Careers Extra student interns
  • Each student will work with you for 140 hours (four weeks full time at a maximum of 35 hours per week or part-time work over a longer duration) on a project or projects designed both to be of value to your organisation and to enhance the student’s skills
  • Your intern can support you with a project or business development initiative that will move your organisation forward
  • Your intern will provide you with fresh perspectives and bring new talent to your organisation
  • Hosting a UCL Careers Extra student can support the diversity goals of your organisation

Eligibility

To participate in this scheme your organisation must be:

  • Registered and based in the UK
    Your organisation must be registered and/or trading in the UK to be eligible for the scheme.
     
  • Either a Charity/Social Enterprise (CIC) or SME
    We define SMEs as having 250 or fewer employees and an annual turnover below $50 million.
     
  • Able to provide the intern with a desk or space at which to work
    We consider that an in-person internship is most beneficial to students but the work project(s) can be partially virtual.
     
  • Able to provide support and supervision to an intern
    Students will bring many skills but the internship scheme is designed also to support them in acquiring or enhancing additional skills that will be valuable for their careers. It is therefore required that interns are allocated support and regular supervision to maximise their learning.

Offering an internship exclusively to a UCL student who is not:

  • A current/previous paid employee/intern
  • A shareholder of the business
  • A relative to the owner(s)/director(s)

Funding

  • Payment to Intern
    The interns on this scheme must be paid the London Living Wage (£13.15 per hour) via your payroll. Companies will then invoice UCL for the funding amount once the internship is completed. UCL will fund the full cost for charities and social enterprises (CIC) of 140 hours’ pay at LLW and will fund 50% for SMEs.

    Places on this scheme are limited and in assessing proposals we will look for internships which offer students a range of learning opportunities with clear support and supervision.

    We are looking for a variety of internships and will be priorotising proposals which cover the range of skills students have identified as important to them. These include:
     
  • Analysing data/statistical analysis
  • Writing up reports.
  • Working to a brief
  • Technical skills – excel and coding
  • Presenting/public speaking
  • Working with/for clients
  • Dealing with financial documents/processes/concepts

Students are keen to undertake hands-on projects which involve interacting with a range of employees at different levels and/or departments within the organisation.

We also aim to offer students internships in a variety of sectors, which will be taken into account when selecting internships for inclusion in the scheme.


Get involved

To receive more details about participating in this scheme, please email careers.extra@ucl.ac.uk to request a meeting and information.

UCL Careers Extra Summer Internship Scheme 2023-24 Overview and Important Dates
UCL Careers Extra Summer Internship Scheme 2023-24 Terms of Engagement