Read details for the 2027 programme and register your interest in hiring an intern General Information8, 10, or 12 week summer internships starting at the beginning of June 2027.Internships are only open to all 2nd to penultimate year undergraduate students.Interns are paid at point one of grade UE03.The cost of employing a full-time intern for 10 weeks at grade UE03 ranges from £5454 (spinal point 10) to £5697 (spinal point 14), including on-costs, based on November 2025 pay scales and the NEST Pension Scheme (based on HR Employment Costs).If you would like to host an intern, you should check you have approval to recruit through the post approval process in your area. Please contact your budget holder and local HR team for advice on this. Recruitment TimelineGet approval to recruit: Oct 2026 - Jan 2027.Contact your budget holder and local HR for advice getting approval to recruit. It is likely that you will need to complete a Job Requisition Business Case Form.We advise that you get in touch with your local recruitment administrator, check your access, and familiarise yourself with People and Money as early as possible in the recruitment process.Complete a job advert and job description by January 2027. See 'Recruitment details' below.The Internships and Work Experience Team will review and return your job advert and description in Dec 2026 - Jan 2027.Once we have assessed the suitability of the internship for the programme, your department will be responsible for inputting the role into People and Money, organising approvals and arranging the appointment. Deadline for recruitment approvals on People and Money: February 2027.Internships advertised and promoted to students: February 2027.Please note, we understand you may not have certainty about your budget for hiring an intern until later in Semester 2. To support this, we're being more flexible with our timeline this year. Internships will be advertised from February through March, with a staggered approach to accommodate any budget uncertainties. While most roles will be posted in February, we’re happy to adjust for later postings if needed.Shortlisting and interviews: April 2027 - May 2027.Interns start 14th June 2027.More information about each of the steps above can be found in the Employ.ed Internships SharePoint site.Employ.ed Internships SharePoint siteRecruitment DetailsInterns should be recruited in broadly the same way as regular employees. The recruitment process should be rigorous and open to encourage fair and equal access to your opportunity for all applicants.Job description and advertThis year, we are working with HR to make preparing your internship opportunity simpler. We are developing a selection of pre-approved Employ.ed on Campus job description templates, covering different internship themes.You will choose the template that best fits your internship and add information about your specific role and project. As the templates will already be approved by HR, your role will not need to go through the formal HR grading process, helping to make the process quicker and reducing the amount of information you need to complete.The templates are expected to be available by the end of October. In the meantime, please register your interest in hosting an intern. The Internships and Work Experience Team will contact you when the templates are ready and provide guidance on completing your job description and job advert.You will continue to use the standard HR Job Advert template, which you can tailor to your internship.CLICK HERE TO REGISTER YOUR INTERESTGuidance for your advert and job descriptionRead the Planning your internship webpage before completing the job description and advert templates.Keep the language simple, clear and free from jargon.Include only the knowledge, skills and experience genuinely needed for the internship. We recommend a maximum of 5 essential and 3 desirable criteria to encourage a broad range of applicants.Remember that internships are an opportunity for students to develop new skills as well as use their existing ones.Highlight the skills and experience the student will gain to help make your opportunity attractive to applicants.A benefit of the internship programme is gaining a fresh perspective; therefore, we encourage you not to specify students from certain schools.Consider flexibility in working hours so the opportunity is accessible to students with different commitments. We recommend 20–35 hours per week, which could include reduced or compressed hours or days.Helpful ResourcesEmploy.ed Internships SharePoint site HR Contact DetailsHR Recruiters’ GuideGuide to Internships | Careers Service | Careers ServiceCareers Service: Guide to RecruitmentCareers Service: How to improve diversity through recruitment Please contact the Internships and Work Experience Team for further support: employ.ed@ed.ac.uk This article was published on Tuesday 14 May 2024
