Student Opportunities Hub - Employers

• Organisation must be an SME (less than 250 employees) and must be registered and based in the UK
• Funding of £1,000 is available for each intern (note this funding is VAT exempt). Interns must be paid the UK Real Living Wage of £12.60 per hour and the internships should last at least 6 weeks
• Internships should be of mutual benefit to the SME and the student and allow the student to develop their skills
• Priority will be given to SMEs who can potentially offer longer term employment to the student
• We will allow a maximum of 2 interns per SME
• We facilitate both part-time (term time) and summer internships and all internships must end by August 2025
• We can only provide funding where an SME has recruited an intern via the Student Opportunities Hub (registration on Glasgow Careers will be required, this will be explained at the relevant time)
• 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), students apply directly to us and we then complete basic quality checks on the applications received before sending them over to you to review and organise interviews
• You will pay the student and then invoice the university for the funding (the process for this will be explained prior to the internship starting)
• 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)
• You must agree to provide feedback to the Student Opportunities Hub and Santander during the internship
• All internships are subject to our terms and conditions, which you will be sent a copy to sign (if successful) prior to the internship beginning

If you are an SME and you have a project in mind for this programme, please complete this application form.

Any questions, please contact us.

Applications close when all funding has been allocated, so if you're interested we suggest applying early.

If you are successful in receiving this funding, you will be sent a copy of the below Terms and Conditions to sign and return prior to your internship being advertised.

1. We will pay You a grant of £1,000 to be used to employ an intern during the period November 2024 to August 2025 (note that this grant is VAT Exempt. If You submit Your invoice with VAT it will be rejected and will need to be re-issued). You can top up this amount to fund a longer project should You wish to do so
2. You agree to pay the intern the UK Real Living Wage of £12.60 an hour
3. The intern will be employed by You, and You will pay them via Your current payroll programme
4. 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 Your own financial advisers
5. During the internship, you agree to allocate some time for the intern to complete a brief reflection assignment. This will be discussed further with the Student Opportunities Team when confirming the intern's employment
6. Upon signing this agreement, We will contact You requesting financial and company information so that We can establish You as a supplier in Our finance portal. You will send these details to Us within 7 working days of Us requesting this information
7. When the recruitment process is concluded, and an intern has been appointed and started their role, We will send You a purchase order for the agreed amount of funding. The purchase order will be sent to You by Our finance office to the email address that You provided in the above company information
8. Once You receive our purchase order number, You can then invoice Us. Your invoice must quote the purchase number provided and be from the same company name and address that You provided in section 5 above. Your invoice should be in a PDF format and must be sent to the email address quoted on the purchase order and cc studentopportunitieshub@glasgow.ac.uk. You should submit Your invoice for payment within two weeks of the intern start date
9. Our standard payment terms are 30 days from receipt of Your invoice. If You have not received Our remittance advice and funds to Your stated bank account within a few days of this time frame, You must contact Us at studentopportunitieshub@glasgow.ac.uk so We are able to investigate within 7 working days
10. If You are late in submitting Your invoice, We may be unable to effect payment as Our purchase orders automatically close. Once Our purchase order is closed, We will be unable to make any payment to You and You will have no recourse to claim this funding
11. If the internship is not completed in accordance with the job description, We reserve the right to reclaim any payments made
12. If the internship is not completed to the agreed time frame, We reserve the right to reclaim full or partial payments made
13. You confirm that You have in place relevant employer insurance policies