Find A Solution Internships
The scca.partnerships project has joined forces with UofG Careers, Employability & Opportunities on the Find A Solution paid internship programme, promoting the opportunity to SCCA partners and funding additional internships for SCCA partner organisations and students.
The Find A Solution programme works with local third sector, community-based organisations to develop project-based, paid internships to be carried out by UofG students that address issues of strategic importance and have a lasting impact for the organisation.
2024 & 2025 Internships
Find a Solution 2025-26 applications are now live!
Applications for organisations close Monday 2 March.
As Audience Development Intern student Eva Casey (MA English Literature and Philosophy) led on an Audience Development project for Impact Arts’ Merchant City-based creative hub, The Boardwalk. The aim is to increase customers to The Boardwalk to ensure this social enterprise becomes profitable and supports Impact Arts to transform the lives of more people living with the effects of poverty through their creative projects. With significant scope to increase room bookings and events during the evenings and weekends identified, Eva worked closely with the Impact Arts Communications & Marketing Coordinator and Events Manager to design and begin implementing an Audience Development Plan.
"We're a really busy team, so having an intern who could come on board and really dedicate that time to audience development and looking at different kind of audience segments that we maybe haven't tapped into yet was especially helpful."
As Project Intern, student Gwenllian Matthews (MSc Modern History) worked with SMIA on their 2025 flagship events supporting the development of Scotland's music industry, the SMIA Summit and the SAY Award. This internship offered Gwen the opportunity to work on strategic national projects focused on developing Scotland's music industry and to gain invaluable experience delivering high-profile events.
"It has been a valuable and fulfilling experience for us as an organisation to share the skills and learning we have."
As Research Intern student Lareina Yin (MSc Creative Industries and Cultural Policy) worked with SCAN on their research and development in the Highlands of Scotland to understand the grassroots networks of contemporary art practitioners in the region, and the specific ways in which they evolve and work in order to better serve them.
"When working with Find A Solution you know that you are going to get a team member who has really good research skills, has been studying and who will bring these skills to your team."
scca.partnerships funded The Alasdair Gray Archive’s Graphic Design/Content Creation Internship through the Find A Solution programme.
"It has been really vital to have that other staff member essentially for a couple of months to support the core activity of what we've been doing."
scca.partnerships funded The Common Guild’s Library Project Internship through the Find A Solution programme.
"I think one of the things a scheme like this, an internship with proper support, can really do is bring some new energy into the organisation which we are really grateful to have had. It has been brilliant to have had our intern around."