ABDN Internships

These internships will run from 3 March to 18 April 2025. More details will be published here when available.

Previous ABDN interns, Laura, John and Emma, as well as their host organisations (Grampian Hospitals Art Trust, Ace Voices and Aberdeen City Council Countryside Ranger Service), tell us about the benefits of taking part in the ABDN Internships programme in the video below.

Internships running from 11 November 2024 to 24 January 2025

• Aberdeen City Council Countryside Rangers - Countryside Ranger Intern
• ActionCOACH - Media Intern (Podcasts and Youtube)
• Buglife (Species on the Edge) - Species on the Edge Conservation Officer
• CityMoves Dance - Charity Development Executive
• Create Aberdeen - Activities Support Worker
• Cybersafe - Project Assistant: Digital Development
• Energy Transition Zone - Community Engagement Assistant
• FidesOak - Marketing Intern
• Filpumps - Commercial Executive
• Filpumps - Digital Marketing Executive
• Fisheries Management Scotland - Policy Intern
• Genomes.io  - Project Assistant
• RSPB - Survey Data Entry Assistant
• TeachPitch.com - Project Assistant
• University of Aberdeen Chaplaincy - Research Assistant Internship
• Your Love Rara - Under-Five Child Development Program Co-ordinator

Eligibility

All current students on a full degree programme, regardless of year or subject of study, including undergraduate and postgraduate, are eligible to apply. ISC programmes or access courses are not eligible.

Please note that you must be a registered student for the duration of the internship. Students who have been successful in securing ANY previous ABDN Internship, at any time since Summer 2023, are not eligible to apply.

While all work experience can improve your employability skills, these internships are designed to offer experience towards a future career in certain sectors. Because of this, there may be cases where priority will be given to candidates with less experience who are looking for careers in a relevant field over and above candidates from less-relevant backgrounds with more qualifications or previous work experience.

If you are unsure about your eligibility, please e-mail careers@abdn.ac.uk

Funded by The Wood Foundation, the Interns with Impact programme has created opportunities for University of Aberdeen students to gain invaluable experience while actively supporting the third sector, locally, nationally and internationally. 

Interns with Impact piloted in 2023 and successfully funded six internships with charitable organisations across Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire in its first year. 

Expanding the programme, in Summer 2024 there were a total 13 internships including nine locally at organisations including Alcohol and Drugs Action, Aberdeenshire North Food Bank, Braemar Castle,Team Jak  and Your Love Rara.  Two students were also placed within third sector organisations in Edinburgh and two in Uganda. 

We have 16 places for Summer 2025, providing funding for a student to work full-time for 300 hours from June to August on a project that an organisation feels will have a positive impact; on the organization/client group and on the student. 

Find out more and be inspired - watch this video and read the case studies linked below it.

Read about how previous students have benefited from undertaking an internship.

• Joanna Interns with Impact
• Elana Interns with Impact
• Emma Interns with Impact
• Kathryn Interns with Impact

Eligibility

Undergraduate students from any degree programme and year of study are eligible to apply for an ABDN Interns with Impact internship. However, students who have previously completed an ABDN Internship are not eligible. 

If you have questions about your eligibility, please contact careers@abdn.ac.uk . 

How to apply

Applications open on MyCareerHub on 10 February with a deadline of 10 March.

The interview period will be 14 April to 26 April. Offers will be confirmed by 3 May. 

If you have any queries regarding the programme, please email careers@abdn.ac.uk.

Part-time virtual team internships running during the summer of 2025.