The ARU Internship Scheme

At ARU we help businesses source student interns throughout the year. At key points during winter, spring and summer we’re able to offer a number of match funded* opportunities to assist with the cost of recruiting an intern.

Building on years of successful programmes to connect businesses with exceptional student talent, this initiative offers businesses the chance to bring fresh perspectives and innovative ideas to professional projects whilst providing students with invaluable real-world experience and the opportunity to earn as they learn.

Scheme highlights

• Access top talent: our skilled undergraduate students are ready to make a difference in your business.
• Support your growth: get an extra pair of hands to assist with specific projects and help drive your business forward.
• Build a talent pipeline: identify future graduate hires and develop relationships with the next generation of professionals.
• Hassle-free recruitment: access a fully managed recruitment service including proactive promotion of vacancies, CV shortlisting, interview arrangement, pre-employment checks, payroll processing, and ongoing support throughout the internship.
• Simple, low-risk, and highly impactful for your business

Read what our internship partners have to say about the programme:

Key information

• Ten-week term
• First five weeks fully funded by ARU
• Real Living Wage pay rate
• ARU undergraduate student candidates
• Open to all business sectors
• Winter and Spring interns work part-time hours (20 hours per week)
• Summer interns work up to full-time hours (37 hours per week)
• Winter interns start work from October
• Spring interns start work from March
• Summer interns start work from May
• Winter Funding Request Form deadline - September
• Spring Funding Request Form deadline - February
• Summer Funding Request Form deadline – March/April

Example projects

• Digital media and marketing
• IT infrastructure support and cybersecurity
• Big data research and analysis
• Legal and compliance
• People, HR and corporate culture
• Sustainability
• Health and wellbeing
• Architecture
• Engineering

Funding

ARU will fund the first five weeks of a ten-week internship term with the client covering the cost of the remaining term. Costs are dependent on the Real Living Wage pay rate and include a fully managed recruitment service provided by ARU’s on campus agency, ARU Temps – please contact us at [email protected] for a quote and to sign up to optional email alerts.

How to apply for an ARU student intern

Read the Internship Scheme Information Document, complete the ARU Internship Scheme Funding Request Form and Terms of Business and return to [email protected].

• Internship Scheme information document
• ARU Internship Scheme Funding Request Form
• Terms of Business

Please note:

• Internship funding is limited so all projects will be assessed after the application deadline dates and selected to ensure a breadth of variety across our courses.
• If your project is not selected in the first round, it will be placed on a waiting list for additional or later funding.
• Marketing, digital marketing and social media related skills are high in demand making funding for a relevant project incredibly competitive. To set your application apart, make sure you highlight unique elements such as particular role responsibilities and/or learning outcomes.
• Accessible internships offering remote or hybrid working, or based in close proximity to our campuses, receive higher rates of applications and therefore are easiest to find a match between student and business.

If you would like to arrange a time to chat on the phone or have a Teams call, please contact us at [email protected].