Student Casual - Research Summer Intern Developing Effective Student Communications Understanding the Quality Assurance Processes Underpinning Assessment and D
Student Casual - Research Summer Intern Developing Effective Student Communications Understanding the Quality Assurance Processes Underpinning Assessment and D
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School or Department: Birmingham Business School
Location: University of Birmingham Edgbaston Birmingham UK
Grade/Band: Grade 2
Hourly rate: 12.69 per hour plus holiday entitlement
Casual contract from: 30/06/2025 6/8 weeks
Advert closing date: 11/05/2025 23.59 p.m.
Number of positions available: 2
Please note that this vacancy may be taken down early depending on the number of applications received. We advise you to submit your application promptly.
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Background to the internship
Birmingham Business School (BBS) is offering paid research internships for Business School undergraduates interested in gaining experience as research assistants on projects being undertaken by BBS academics. There are 8 research projects available to apply to all of which are listed on Worklink (please visit each individual advert is see the full details of the project). You can apply to more than one if you are interested in multiple projects.
Research interns will work closely with the relevant academic(s) and will be supported to undertake a range of research tasks. Depending on the skillset of the selected students and the needs of the projects such tasks may include assisting with literature searches and literature reviews; assisting with the collection and/or analysis of primary research data; analysing data from existing data sets creating and maintaining one resources; summary project results etc.
If specific training is required for the internship this will be provided and delivered by the lead academic.
There will be additional skills/experience requirements for some specific opportunities are particularly suited to students who feel they might wish to pursue a career in academic research or are curious about academic research BBS UG students (including finalists) can apply for these are however particularly keen to receive applications from students from backgrounds underrepresented in academia.
Background to the Academic Researcher providing the project
Nicki Newman
Nicki is currently the School Director of Education and a Professor of Business Education. She is part of the department of Marketing and is the module leader for the first year Business Management module Introduction to Marketing and Communications. She is passionate about supporting students and ensuring they have an excellent student experience. Her research interests include the use of technology enabled learning (including the use of simulations and group work evaluation tools) inclusion of authentic assessment and the development of employability skills and finally understanding the student lived experience. Nicki has led a number of student led projects over the past 20 years and has supported these students to a successful completion. Students on two previous projects were asked to present their work to either the wider university or to an external audience. Throughout this process the students were supported and encouraged to achieve beyond their initial expectations.
Kelly Smith
Kelly is currently Deputy Director of Education. She is an Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship based in the Department of Management. She leads modules at UG and PGT level exploring enterprise and entrepreneurship topics and is Academic Lead for the Business Management Year in Industry. Kelly is a strong advocate for the need to embrace Quality Assurance processes to ensure that what and how we teach is appropriate to the subject and level of study and drives learning forward that we communicate what will be learned to students well and that assessments are designed to enable students to evidence their learning and be confident in articulating what they have learned. Kelly has also led studentexperience related scholarship projects including needs analyses to enhance existing practice or inform the design of new initiatives.
Main Duties
As part of the wider student experience enhancement plans this project will aim to develop a range of studentorientated communications explaining the various quality assurance (QA) process that take place in the school and wider university that uphold the integrity of its degrees.
These communications will predominately focus on the QA around assessments and feedback. Example topics might include: the role of internal and external examiners; where to find and how to use feedback comments; and how degree awards are calculated.
The successful interns will be required to undertake both secondary (desk based) research on whether and how other Schools within the University of Birmingham and within other universities communicate their QA processes to students and ideally collect primary data from other students on the topics they would like covered and the most effective forms of communication.
From their research the interns will then create a range of communications (videos animations student guides etc) for the School to use.
Person Specification
- A current undergraduate student at the University of Birmingham
- Willingness to be creative and to try new software
- Confidence in speaking to others to collect their views.
Support provided for the internship
This project will support the student intern in developing a range of research skills. This may include. but is not limited to. deskbased research quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis skills. It will also allow the student to develop a range of wider employability skills such as effective communication (with the project team research participants and also in the artifacts they develop) managing their time and the project organisational skills creativity and a range of digital skills (which could include the use of range of GAI tools animation software video and audio editing software etc).
The team will support the student interns through regular meetings being available remotely through Teams at all times during the project providing some initial support material and continual feedback on the work being undertaken.
For any informal queries please contact Kam Manku
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We value diversity and inclusion at the University of Birmingham and welcome applications from all sections of the community and are open to discussions around all forms of flexible working.
The University of Birmingham restricts all students to working up to 20 hours per week during term time. If your application is successful and your course does not follow the usual academic term timetable (e.g. PGT PGR or PhD student) you and your supervisor must formally agree vacation periods if this role exceeds 20 hours per week. In addition to this please be aware if you are an International student you will be required to apply to the Registry for the appropriate Authorised Absence.
You are only eligible to apply to this role if you are a current University of Birmingham student. If you are not a University of Birmingham student your application will not be considered.
To work you will need to carry out a right to work checks will need to be completed prior to work commencing.
Required Experience:
Intern
Employment Type
Part-Time
