Queen Mary Learner Interns Programme
The Learner Interns Programme (LIP) is an opportunity for Queen Mary students to undertake scholarship projects in partnership with staff. Each year our interns collaborate and co-create learning solutions that enhance students’ experience.
“This hands-on experience has not only reinforced my learning but also boosted my confidence in my ability to contribute meaningfully in a professional environment.”— Learner Internship Programme Intern
The LIP was established by Professor Stephanie Marshall, Vice President (Education) to support the University in gaining student feedback on the entire student experience. The Programme is designed to ensure engagement of the student voice in developing strategic learning projects which deliver the Queen Mary 2030 Strategy and the Active Curriculum for Excellence.
“The LIP project enabled genuine student-staff partnership and co-creation. Students were more comfortable sharing their perspectives with their peers, which allowed us to collect more authentic and insightful data".— Dr Lei Fang, School of Mathematical Sciences, LIP Project Lead
Previous year projects
Find out more about the previous year projects.
2025-26 Learner Interns Programme
AI Literacy and Inclusion
- Research Question: Bridging the Gap: Identifying and enabling medical / dental students to overcome traditional barriers to engaging with new digital technology, including AI?
- Project Lead: Swati Nehete
AI and Learning
- Research Question: How do learners use AI to support their learning, research and engagement with knowledge? What support learner need from their academics (and QMUL services)?
- Project Leads: Yue Chen, Qianqian Chai and Rosemary Clyne
- Research Question: How can Generative AI help Students reflect more deeply?
- Project Lead: Jonathan Jackson and Amiirah Nuckchady
AI and Employability
- Research Question: Which AI technologies do QMUL alumni view as essential for success in the workplace, and why?
- Project Leads: Yuan Zhao and Jennefer Brown
2024-25 Learner Interns Programme
Find out more about the projects. If you’d like to access the final project outputs. Please contact the Queen Mary Academy.
2023-24 Learner Interns Programme
Find out more about the projects. If you’d like to access the final project outputs. Please contact the Queen Mary Academy.
2022-23 Learner Interns Programme
Find out more about the projects and read the final reports.
2021-22 Vice-Principal (Education)’s Student Research Internships
These educational research internships were established to capture the views of our diverse student population on their holistic student experience. In 2021/22 interns worked on two projects:
- Understanding students' views of what constitutes Teaching Excellence
This work aims to increase understanding of our diverse students' perceptions of Teaching Excellence at Queen Mary. - Developing Student Confidence
This work aims to capture the student voice on how best to develop student confidence whilst studying at Queen Mary. This work will inform the development of tailored support for our students to ensure that they can reach their full potential.
Follow the link to read about the Reflections from the 2022 VP Student Research Interns.
2018-19 Research Internships
As part of the Going for Gold initiative, student research interns undertook projects on student retention, BAME attainment gap and commuting students. The final reports are available to download.
Exploring the factors that impact student retention rates 2019 [PDF 652KB]
