IntoUniversity runs several internship schemes to provide young people with vital experience of educational delivery. Our interns help us to plan and deliver our Academic Support, FOCUS and Mentoring schemes in order to help sustain our program.
News:
We are currently open for applications for the Graduate Entry Internship starting in January 2009. Email internships@intouniversity.org for an application pack.
Summer Internship:
The Summer IntoUniversity Interns will join a dynamic staff team working at a thriving educational charity. During the summer we run our weekly FOCUS programme for children and young people aged 8-18 which includes activities such as drama, dance, and carnival arts. We also prepare for the start of the new academic year, developing new learning resource materials. The Summer IntoUniversity Interns will work at our education centres in London. Our Summer Interns need to be enthusiastic, energetic and flexible. They must support the aims of the IntoUniversity educational model. These internships are suitable for school-leavers and undergraduates seeking to gain experience in the summer holidays and last between 1 and 3 months depending on your availability.
Start dates: June 16th 2008, June 30th 2008, July 28th 2008 - Please note there are currently no vacancies for summer internships.
Graduate Entry Internship:
The graduate-entry IntoUniversity Interns will be an integral part of a dynamic staff team working at a thriving educational charity. The IntoUniversity Interns will work at our education centres in London and will play an important role in delivering the IntoUniversity programme. Our Interns need to be enthusiastic, energetic, flexible and able to exercise initiative. They must support the aims of the IntoUniversity educational model. This internship is a fantastic opportunity to get a really in depth knowledge of educational delivery and work in the charity sector. You will be given significant responsibility and will have the chance to learn a broad range of new skills. This internship can last between 3 and 6 months depending on availability.
Start dates: 1st September (deadline passed), 1st January 2009 - We are currently accepting applications for the January Graduate Entry Internships.
Email internships@intouniversity.org for an application pack.
What our interns have to say:
Mary Jarvis:
This week I will complete a 2 month summer internship at IntoUniversity Lambeth. The time has flown by! The summer internship programme is structured in such a way that ensures that there is opportunity to experience several aspects of the organisation from the planning to the delivery of the charity's varied activities. Therefore it is safe to say that no two days at IntoUniversity are the same.
It has been particularly exciting to have worked with IntoUniversity during this time of expansion. I cannot imagine a better time to learn about the operations of an organisation than this. I feel extremely fortunate to have been given the chance to work here at this time and with this team. My internship with IntoUniversity has made for an extremely rewarding and stimulating summer which I believe will stand me in good stead to enter the graduate world next year.
Helen Reeves:
During my first week at IntoUniversity I spent time in the IU Lambeth centre helping to prepare for the summer FOCUS weeks, most particularly the Lambeth performing arts week. I've also helped to make wall displays, create worksheets for children to complete in the next term and helped out with other general tasks, which has been really interesting to get involved with. I also helped out with the Sports FOCUS week in Brent for two days, where we took a group of children to play baseball, crazy golf and to go on a driving range - they had great fun. On the final day of their sports week we took the children to UCL to have a tour round a real life university, and give them their own special graduation ceremony from the sports week; all the children presented on what they had learnt and the best team from the week won prizes.
