Find a Solution
Third sector organisations do incredible work to support the community, and our passionate and highly skilled students want to get involved.
We can make it happen.
The Find A Solution programme funds and facilitates internships with third sector organisations during which UofG students work on short-term projects focused on civic/community engagement.
Applications for 2023-24 are now closed.
How does it work?
- Applications should be focussed on the benefit of a student working on a project to find a solution to a strategic problem/issue your organisation faces
- You will receive funding of £1,920 (based on 160 hours at Living Wage, £12 per hour)
- The project should be for a total of 160 hours. We suggest internships to take place for 20 hours per 8 weeks through June and July. We can discuss other working patterns/hours per week to suit your project, as long as all internships start in June and finish by end of August 2024
- We will support you through the recruitment process to identify the best possible candidate for your internship project
- We will advertise the role for you (you will initially create an account and upload the role on our Glasgow Careers platform) and complete basic quality checks on the applications received before sending them over to you to review and organise interviews
- You would pay the student and then invoice the university for the funding (the process for this will be agreed in advance of your role going live)
- As an employer it is your responsibility to ensure all appropriate PAYE, national insurance and pension contributions are processed in accordance with HMRC requirements. For further advice please either contact HMRC or you own financial advisers
- You must have Public Liability Insurance and Employer’s Liability Insurance in place that will cover the intern (even when working remotely
- If your project is not selected we can discuss altnerative options)
- All internships are subject to our terms and conditions (see below), which you will be sent a copy to sign (if successful) prior to the internship beginning
Previous projects
Previous projects have included:
- Audience Development and Outreach Intern JD (FaS)
- Case Studies and Communications Intern JD (FaS)
- Digital Toolkit Intern JD (FaS)Evaluation and Monitoring Intern JD (FaS)
- Evaluation and Monitoring Intern JD (FaS)
- Evaluation Intern (Intergenerational Training Programme) JD (FaS)
- Fundraising and Donations Intern JD (FaS)
- Marketing and Digital Intern-Write Design Brief for App JD (FaS)
- Marketing Research Intern JD (FaS)
- Policy Intern JD (FaS)
- Research Communications Intern JD (FaS)
- Research Intern JD (FaS)
- Research Intern 2 JD (FaS)
These projects are suggestions only, to show you the format of final adverts. Your project doesn't have to be in these areas, we will welcome a range of projects from different areas.