UROP is now part of the Reading Internship Scheme (RIS).

RIS offers undergraduates the opportunity to undertake short-term, paid internships with charities, external organisations, as well as internal University of Reading schools and departments. The scheme runs throughout the academic year (part-time during the semester and full-time or part-time during summer) advertising a wide range of internship opportunities including research, marketing, finance, charity work, project management, data analysis, and much more. 

Students

All RIS internships are advertised on MyJobsOnline on a rolling basis as and when we get them from our employer partners. If you’d like to find out more about the Reading Internship Scheme, visit our webpages or log into MyJobsOnline with your student credentials and filter by Reading Internship Scheme to view opportunities. 

Staff

Academic departments are still able to take on students as research interns but this will go through the Reading Internship Scheme. Key items to consider:

• Students will no longer receive a bursary but instead will be paid a wage through Campus Jobs.  
• Research internships should be entry level positions and should not require significant additional skills and experience beyond what our students will have developed during their academic studies. The level of responsibility and expertise required within the role must be appropriate to the rate of pay. Within the University’s Temporary Worker Framework, there will be a new ‘UG University Internships’ rate of £11.79 per hour plus holiday pay (coming to around £15.79 per hour with on-costs) suitable for most research internships.  
• Research internships requiring advanced skills, experience, expertise and/or responsibility will need to have the job description assessed against the Temporary Worker Framework by the Campus Jobs team to ensure that the rate of pay is commensurate to the role.  
• Academic departments are responsible to cover the hourly rate of pay, holiday pay and all on-costs – RIS cannot provide a grant. 
• Internships can be anytime throughout the academic year – part-time during the semester or full-time/part-time during summer. 
• Reading Internship Scheme will advertise research internships on MyJobsOnline which is the University of Reading’s student jobs board. RIS is very popular and in high demand by students – in the 2023/2024 academic year, RIS has received over 1,700 applications by students with average application per internship

To find out more about RIS, visit our webpages or get in touch with the team on ris@reading.ac,uk