Internship Title: Technical Education and eLearning Intern (Coding)

Proposed start date: 25th May 2026

Duration: 10 weeks

Hours: 20hrs per week

Location: Peterborough (with some work from home)

Rate of pay: £13.45ph

Internship description: During this internship you will support the learning of students from non-technical backgrounds to increase their ability to participate and achieve in their degrees, specifically during their final major project. This project also allows you to gain experience in Higher Education that you may not have considered as an accessible career path before.

Job Role: The role will involve:

• Working on a Canvas module (or other external tools) to teach key practical skills cross-courses, for example basic web dashboards to networking students, databases to software students, AI to cyber students.
• Prepare a single lesson of taught content for new 1^st year students (can lead to a guest lecture opportunity in the September, unpaid).
• Working with the community site manager to integrate the training, topic specialists to agree content, and a teaching mentor for educational theory.

Required Skills/qualifications:

• Completed at least Level 5 undergraduate (second year) with average grade of 60% or above.
• Conversational English both verbal and written.
• A functional understanding of a specified practical computing based subject (open to discussion).
• Desirable - functional understanding of website development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript).

   

  What will you learn?

  At the end of the internship the you will be able to demonstrate:

• Understand learning and teaching theory and how it applies in eLearning.
• Understand the difference between teaching for practical skills vs theoretical depth.
• Ability to simplify complex technical concepts for speed of practical application.

Project deliverables:

• A Canvas module or similar tutorials teaching practical application of a specialist subject to non-specialist students.
• A lesson plan and supporting content for a taught lesson on the same subject.
• A portfolio of work demonstrating skills (screenshots, code snippets, assessment details).

How to apply: Please click on the apply button and submit a CV and Cover letter as part of your application

Closing date:  Sunday 3^rd May

Important notice: When making your application, feel free to use AI to enhance your CV and cover letter, but make sure to include REAL-LIFE EXAMPLES that clearly demonstrate your skills, experience, and knowledge. Applications that appear overly generic or lack evidence will be referred to the Employability and Careers team for further support and will not progress to the next stage of recruitment.