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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 2024 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

Terms and Conditions

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 £1,920 to be used to employ an intern. This is full funding and will cover 160 hours of work.
  2. You agree to pay the intern the UK Living Wage of £12.00 an hour.
  3. The intern will be employed by You, and You will pay them via Your current payroll system.
  4. You are responsible for any additional employment costs. For example, Employers National Insurance contributions, pensions (if applicable).
  5. Upon signing this agreement, We will contact You requesting financial and company information to that We 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.
  6. When the recruitment process is concluded, and an intern has been appointed 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.
  7. 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 internshiphub@glasgow.ac.uk. You should submit Your invoice for payment within two weeks of the intern start date.
  8. 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 7 working days of this time frame, You must contact Us at internshiphub@glasgow.ac.uk so We are able to investigate within 7 working days.
  9. 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.
  10. If the internship is not completed in accordance with the job description, We reserve the right to reclaim any payments made.
  11. If the internship is not completed to the agreed time frame, We reserve the right to reclaim full or partial payments made.
  12. You confirm that You have in place relevant employer insurance policies.