Funded internships - Bright ideas. New skills. Fresh talent.
This is a historic programme that was funded by ERDF between 2014 and 2020. For further information about other business development opportunities please get in touch with us.
The EnginE project can offer manufacturing businesses a fully-funded intern to work on a variety of projects. Employed and paid by Lancaster University, working remotely for the benefit of your business.
Find out what our wider EnginE project has to offer your business.
EnginE works with Lancashire manufacturing SMEs to try and help address some of the workforce challenges that they may have. Training and development can be hard to afford and could lead to issues of retaining great staff and recruiting new people.
Key features
Financial modelling
Scenario modelling
Marketing and financial analysis, budget planning, cost management
Data analysis
Examples of Finance & Data internships:
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Increase your profile & presence in the marketplace
Explore new markets
Revamp your marketing strategy
Examples of Marketing internships:
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Skills to help you scope a business-critical project
Project scoping, finance & options appraisals, project plans, feasibility studies, resourcing, scheduling and risk
Our interns come from backgrounds such as:
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Bespoke to your business requirements
Tackle skills gaps in your workforce
Improve productivity through process improvement techniques within the business
Examples of Marketing internships:
Dr Raphael Treffny says: “Through the EnginE project our workforce challenges and skills gaps were reviewed, recommending a range of taster masterclasses to look at upskilling key staff, and providing us with a Skills Champion Internship as part of this.”
Lancashire Manufacturing SME Optimum Coatings had a Lancaster University marketing intern join their team to work on their marketing and communication campaigns and the internship was mutually beneficial.
How do you upskill your SME manufacturing sector workforce, helping your people to be the best, giving your business the competitive edge?
Read article"We had been thinking of bringing our marketing & e-commerce skills in-house, and used an EnginE internship on a “try before you buy” basis. Our intern opened our eyes to new international sales opportunities, and we have agreed to employ them going forward."
"Our EnginE intern identified and removed bottlenecks in our manufacturing processes, resulting in improved productivity. Their skills encouraged staff members to think differently about issues and problems."
"We have had so much success in offering our flexible EnginE internships remotely, and we know that the new skills that they bring can make a real difference to Lancaster manufacturers in these challenging times"
Annette Suddes, EnginE Project Manager
Access to events, workshops, and skills assessment is fully funded, and available to European Social Fund (ESF) eligible businesses within the Advanced Engineering and Manufacturing sectors.
Eligibility includes:
