Category: Career Opportunities, Internships & Volunteering

Global Challenge Lab – 14 – 23 July, Registration closes on 9 July

Imperial Enterprise Lab is working with eight university’s across the world to bring together hundreds of students to grow their international network, gain new skills and create new ideas that help achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing. Students from all disciplinary backgrounds are encouraged to join!

You’re looking at a 10-day programme of workshops that fit around your work or study, guest speakers and mentoring to help you develop innovative ideas. At the end of the programme, the top teams will pitch their ideas to win a share of a £20K prize fund!

Find out more and register by the 9th July: www.imperialenterpriselab.com/global-challenge-lab/

PAID internships with Sustainable Start-ups

Would you like to work for an innovative sustainable start-up? Want to have a big impact on the delivery of some amazing new tech? Fancy getting paid to do it whilst still being a student?

We have a range of internships suitable for all Imperial students – ranging from blockchain development to business development, marketing to machine learning, and beyond. All of our internships have flexibility on timing, length and working hours – so if you’re looking for an industrial placement, a summer job, or just a part-time gig alongside your studies, get in touch to discuss (the information on each advert is for guidance, but if you’re the right candidate, we can usually work something out).

Best of all, the internships are PAID at London Living Wage (£10.85/hour)!

APPLY NOW by emailing your CV and a short cover email outlining why you are a great candidate for the role to the email addresses provided on the associated advert.

Innovation Internships

Are you part or fully EPSRC-funded and interested in undertaking a 1-3 month remote internship? Our Innovation Internships scheme offers opportunities to engage with real world projects.

Four exciting internships are currently being advertised and are open for applications:

Mountview Capital – Renewable Energy Finance Advisory Intern

Research Associate – Sitigrid 

Developer and tester for AI – based sensing material – Tangi0 (Remote)

Financial Modeller/Data Analyst – XSOR Capital (Remote)

Apply to be a Sub-Warden

Student Services are currently recruiting for Sub-Wardens in our undergraduate halls of residence. Sub-Wardens support the hall Warden team in maintaining good discipline and play a key role in community development and delivering pastoral support to student residents. The role of Sub-Warden is a voluntary one open to postgraduate students and post holders are provided with accommodation at no cost. Typically Sub-Wardens are PhD students, however we may make exceptions for MSc students who have previously studied at Imperial and demonstrate they meet the essential criteria for the role.

For more details, including role descriptions and application forms, visit the Student Support Zone website.

There is no application deadline for this position and we encourage candidates to apply throughout the year. A completed application form for all vacancies must be submitted to student-services@imperial.ac.uk. Enquiries about the application process can be made to student-services@imperial.ac.uk.

Volunteer as a Tutor with The Access Project

The Access Project is looking for volunteers to support disadvantaged young people aged 14-18 for 1 hour a week from December 2020 with their academic studies, through our easy-to-use dedicated online platform.

  • Support a young person in a school subject to achieve the GCSE / A level grades they deserve and to fulfill their potential
  • Inspire, motivate and raise aspirations towards further education & the world of work
  • Students supported by The Access Project typically achieve a grade higher at GCSE and are four times more likely than their peers to progress to a top-third ranked university.

No prior experience necessary, full training included over autumn with start dates throughout the autumn term.

Sign up: www.theaccessproject.org.uk/volunteer 

Volunteers needed for In2scienceUK Virtual Placement Programme

Want to make a difference and support a young person from disadvantaged backgrounds gain an insight into research?

in2scienceUK empowers students (year 12s) from low-income backgrounds to achieve their potential and progress to STEM research intensive degrees. We have over 2000 student sign up each year and we are looking for volunteers to get involved.

In response to COVID-19, this year our award-winning programme has moved to an exciting new online platform: the In2scienceUK Virtual Placement Programme.

The In2scienceUK Virtual Placement Programme will provide disadvantaged 16-18 year olds with the right support this summer. It will connect students with volunteer mentors who can explain their own journey into STEM and help guide them towards a path that is right for them. Through live webinars the programme will also enable participants to engage in cutting edge research, develop key skills and boost applications for further education.

Volunteer as a mentor with us this summer to make an impact that will last well beyond the effects of the current pandemic.

Find out more

Researchers in Schools – teacher training programme for post-doctoral researchers

Researchers in Schools (RIS) is launching a bespoke teacher training programme exclusively for post-doctoral researchers that will maximise their subject knowledge and considerable experience of higher education. It is designed to help researchers develop transferable and teaching skills while maintaining an academic profile, with the option to return to university research after two years. I would be grateful if you could make doctoral and post-doctoral researchers aware of this excellent opportunity through any channels available to you by forwarding on the attached poster.

While all post-doctoral researchers can apply to this well-remunerated scheme, we are especially pleased to be offering considerable salary uplift to maths, physics and engineering researchers which will see them paid £40,000 in their first year and rising thereafter. This acknowledges that across all sectors from engineering to tech companies, improving our pipeline of mathematicians, physicists and engineers is vital for future growth.  We also need to address the under-representation of girls and children from low-income backgrounds in these important areas.

RIS is led by two OFSTED-rated ‘outstanding’ teaching schools (Lampton School and George Abbot School) and The Brilliant Club, a charity that recruits, trains and places doctoral and post-doctoral researchers in non-selective state schools.

Further information, including information on how to apply, can be found at www.researchersinschools.org