PGR Internships
PGR Opportunities Hub Internships
The PGR Opportunities Hub offers a range of internship opportunities to our postgraduate research students. These internships are paid, part-time opportunities hosted by academics and professional services staff across the College of Social Sciences.
The internships provide relevant workplace experience whilst supporting our students to develop a range of key transferable skills, in line with Domains B & D of the Researcher Development Framework.
All current PGR internship positions are advertised via the Internship Hub.
You can subscribe to the Internship Hub's weekly alerts to keep updated about new opportunities.
Our internships are generally located within specific schools, however they are open to applications from any postgraduate research students from the College of Social Sciences.
If the RSS feed below is blank, there are currently no PGR Opportunities organized internships available. However, there may be other opportunities available across the University via the Internship Hub.
Please contact the College Employability Officer if you are a student or staff member and have any questions about PGR Internships in the College of Social Sciences.
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Approved Internships 2023/2024
The following PGR Internships have been approved for recruitment for the academic year 2023-24. For further details and to apply please use the links on this page to view current Internship Hub opportunities and to sign up for weekly internship alerts:
| Project Title | School |
| Research Funding Analyst | Social & Political Sciences |
| Authentic Leadership in Learning and Teaching - Academic Workshop Development | Adam Smith Business School |
| Research and Events Intern | Social & Political Sciences |
| Digital Skill Development for Social Sciences | Social & Political Sciences |
| Internationalisation Intern | Adam Smith Business School |
| UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts – Spring School Intern | Education |
| TESOL Graduate Award Internship | Modern Languages & Cultures |
| Worthwhile Wardrobe: Charity Rental Stock Generation | Adam Smith Business School |
| Worthwhile Wardrobe: Website and Social Media Management | Adam Smith Business School |
| Social Media Intern for Innovations in Education and Teaching International (IETI) Journal | Education |
| Social Media Intern for the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) SIG 24 – Researcher Education and Careers | Education |
| Online network Intern-Social justice strand - Stakeholder Engagement | Education |
| Online network Intern-Social justice strand - Conference Organisation | Education |
| School of Law Employability Intern | Law |
| Communicating alumni journeys and the work of the Urban Big Data Centre | Social & Political Sciences |
| Knowledge Exchange & Policy Intern - CaCHE & CIH | Social & Political Sciences |
| Knowledge Exchange & Policy Intern - CaCHE Black History Month | Social & Political Sciences |
| Public engagement Coordinator for the Welcoming Languages Project Workshop | Education |
| Publishing Assistant: Teaching Tools for Cuban History | Social & Political Sciences |
| Communication Strategy and Network Development Intern x 3 | Adam Smith Business School |
| Decolonisation through Archives Podcast & Archive Fellow | Social & Political Sciences |
| Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) Development Assistant | Education |
| Reading Clinic Programme Administrator | Education |
| Dissemination and Public Engagement Intern | Education |
| LINEs – Development and Curation of the LINEs Open Resource on teacher development in refugee settings | Education |
| Public Engagement in Schools and Just Transition Intern | Social & Political Sciences |
| Online network Intern - Network administration | Education |
| Online network Intern - Conference organisation | Education |
| Project Assistant, “Devolution @ 25”, Centre for Public Policy | College of Social Sciences |
| Equality and Diversity Intern | Adam Smith Business School |
| PeaceEdChat Podcast. (Re-)imagining just peace | Education |
Important notes for applying for PGR Internships
- All interns must be fully registered on a College of Social Sciences PGR programme
- Students on suspension of study, leave of absence, or research furth are not eligible for any internship position
- Any changes to student status must be reported immediately to the internship supervisor and Graduate School.
- Students should only apply for an internship position if they have the relevant working permission in place for the duration of the internship project.
- It is the responsibility of the internship supervisor to ensure working permissions are valid for the duration of the project before a student can be considered for the post.
- All interns must ensure they comply with their working permission limitations.
- All work on internship projects must be carried out within the UK. In the case of interns holding a Tier 4 visa, all work must be carried out within Glasgow.
- No intern should begin work on their project until they have been issued with a contract and have had their working permissions and ID checked by HR.