Details
1107272
University of Edinburgh
01/06/2026
3 Months
35 hours per week, worked between Monday-Friday (9-5)
Not Applicable
Pay
£13.55
£2.45
Description
Role
The University of Edinburgh’s Information Services Group (ISG) are hiring five undergraduate students, to work this summer as Learn Foundations Interns. The key purpose of this role is to ensure that course materials across the Learn platform are accessible, up-to-date, and prepared for the return of students in September 2026.
Within this role, you will gain practical experience in conducting accessibility audits, creating reports based on these audits, and quality assuring the Learn template. You will join the Educational Design and Engagement team who are responsible for providing a wide range of technologies and support for innovative learning and teaching, including blended learning tools, Virtual Learning Environments (VLE), open education resources, and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). The team have put together a webpage which provides an oversight of the internship, you can also read blog posts from previous interns to find out what it is like being a Learn Foundations Intern (Maryam’s blog, Kelci’s blog, Ben’s blog, Kai’s blog).
You can expect to start work on 1st June 2026 and work until 21st August 2026. You will work 35 hours per week (Monday to Friday) in a hybrid working pattern split between working from home (commutable distance from Edinburgh) and in Forrest Hill. You will be required to work fully on campus for the first two weeks, followed by a minimum of two days per week for the remainder of the internship. You will be paid £13.55 per hour, plus £2.45 per hour holiday pay. Payment is one month in arrears, meaning your first payment date (should this position start when expected) will be 28th July 2026.
For more information on what to expect as an ISG Summer Intern and to hear from previous interns, please see our 2026 Summer Internships Webpage.
Duties and responsibilities
- Providing assistance in verifying that Learn courses for the next academic year are correctly formatted using the base Learn template;
- Supporting with the audit of Learn course accessibility and creating reports based on your findings;
- Providing support for ad hoc projects relating to the new academic year process in Learn (e.g., captioning audits for lecture recordings and populating pages with course information).
Skills and experience
Essential criteria:
- A current University of Edinburgh undergraduate student (you must be a matriculated student for the duration of your employment). Internships are open to all undergraduate students, except those in their final year of study;
- Based in the UK for the duration of the work, within commutable distance of Edinburgh, and able to work on campus (we cannot accommodate individuals working overseas due to tax and legal implications), and able to attend a Right to Work Check in person if needed;
- You must be able to attend an in-person interview on campus on the week commencing 30th March 2026;
- Demonstrable ability to work both within a team and independently when in-person and online;
- Proven ability to work effectively in a busy environment;
- Strong communicator in face-to-face and online situations, and pro-active in helping others;
- Evidence of strong organisational skills, with an ability to adapt as new tasks arise;
- Demonstrable experience of working with Microsoft Excel to sort and filter datasets.
Desirable criteria:
- Evidence of data analysis skills;
- Experience in organising and presenting digital information;
- Demonstrable ability to lead colleagues in a project.
Location
Hybrid, split between working from home and in 5 Forrest Hill (EH1 2QL).
Benefits
- The full range of benefits as a Summer Intern is available on our 2026 Summer Internships Webpage;
- Being part of a welcoming community of over 50 ISG Summer Interns with opportunities to network, whilst working in a supportive and nurturing environment with a strong emphasis on work/life balance;
- Training and development opportunities, run by experts across a range of fields;
- Opportunity to participate in the prestigious Edinburgh Award for Work Experience.
Additional information
To apply for this role, please upload a CV and covering letter as Word documents that are under 4mb, saved with ".doc" at the end, these should clearly state how you meet the criteria for the role. To have the best chance of being offered an interview, we encourage you to view our two-page Application Guidance and attend one of our short, online internship overview sessions, bookable via the University System (you must use your UoE student login).
We ask that you carefully consider which internships best suit your interests, skills, and career goals, and apply for a maximum of 3 ISG internships. To view all our internships on offer this summer, please see our Unitemps Adverts page.
Interviews for this internship are expected to be held on the week commencing 30th March 2026, and will be in person.
The closing date for this advert is 23:59 on Sunday, 1st March. If you encounter any issues when applying, please e-mail unitemps@ed.ac.uk well in advance of the deadline, as we will only respond within office hours (9-5, Monday to Friday). Applications received after 23:59pm on 1st March will not be considered.