Employ.ed on Campus (Semester) 2024/25

Read details for the 2024/25 semester programme pilot and register your interest in hiring an intern.

This year, the Internships and Work Experience Team is launching the Employ.ed on Campus (Semester) programme. These internships will run throughout semester time and are for 2nd, 3rd, and penultimate undergraduate students. Similar to the summer Employ.ed on Campus programme, the semester programme aims to provide meaningful, paid experiences for students. Since this is the pilot year, we will be accepting a limited number of internships to ensure we can provide our full support.

  • Internships must be during semester time
  • Internships open to undergraduate students in their 2nd, 3rd, or penultimate year of study
  • Internships should be a minimum of 100 hours, with no more than 15 hours per week (allowing students to balance alongside their studies)
  • Interns will be paid at point one of grade UoE3 (spinal point 10)
  • The cost of employing a part-time intern for 100 hours, with on-costs, is £1412 (based on HR Employment costs)

If you're interested in finding out more, please email employ.ed@ed.ac.uk.

Alternatively, if you already have an internship experience in mind, please register your interest below and a member of the Internships and Work Experience Team will be back in touch. 

Register your interest for an Employ.ed on Campus semester intern


Interns 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.

Ensure you have approval to recruit through the post approval process in your area. Contact your budget holder and local HR team for advice on this.

The following documents must be completed during the recruitment process: 

  • Job Advert Template
  • Job Description Template
  • JRBC (Job Requisition Business Case) 

Links to the three forms can be found on the HR Website: 

A - Z List of HR Forms

Guidance for completing the job advert and description templates:

  • Read the planning your internship webpage before completing your job description
  • Try to keep the job advert and job description simple and free from jargon. 
  • Person specification advice:
    • This is where you will list the essential and desirable knowledge, skills, and experience required for the internship. This is also what candidates will use to shape their application, and what you will use to assess candidates against each other.
    • We recommend a maximum of 5 essential and 3 desirable skills - this will encourage a broad range of applicants. Identify skills that are truly essential (a student cannot do the job without them, and their development would be hindered without them). For the student, the internship is an opportunity to both use their existing skills and develop new ones.
    • Including a list of the skills a student will gain can make the internship more 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

The following training should be completed before you begin the recruitment process to ensure you have the most up to date knowledge of equality legislation and are aware of recruitment good practices: 

Once you have registered your interest, the Internships and Work Experience Team will share more information about the recruitment process. 


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