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.
The LIP was established by Professor Stephanie Marshall, Vice Principal (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.
Benefits
As a LIP student intern, you will benefit from:
- employment through QTemps (for up to 80 hours)
- a valuable professional experience, with an opportunity to collaborate with diverse teams on inclusive and strategic projects
- the opportunity to act as a co-researcher and contribute to shape the student experience at Queen Mary
- a vibrant community of peer LIP students
2024-25 Learner Interns Programme
Project 1: Advice on studies (Learner Engagement Analytics, LEA)
This project aims to investigate the learner perceptions of engagement in Higher Education Degree Programmes.
Project iterns: Amina Bouhedda (School of Biochemistry) and Nora Hoffman (Schooll of Engineering)
Project leads: Dr Jo Elliott (Digital Education Studio in VP Health Office, FMD) and Dr Usman Naeem (School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science)
Project 2: AI
This project aims to investigate how learners from a range of different disciplinary backgrounds perceive the usefulness of AI in their education.
Project interns: Sherjeel Anjum (School of Engineering), Sharriq Qadir (School of Law) and Ching Chang (School of Law)
Project leads: Dr Lei Fang (School of Mathematical Sciences) and Dr Andrew Woon (School of Business and Management)
Project 3: Awarding and Attainment Gaps
This project aims to investigate learners' lived experiences of inclusive teaching.
Project interns: Abdirashid Hassan (School of Engineering) and Isabelle Akoyon (School of Financial Management)
Project leads: Elise Omfalos (Queen Mary Academy) and the Race Equality Action Group
Project 4: Sustainability
This project aims to explore how Queen Mary can best support students to learn about sustainability.
Project interns: Dawud Hussain (School of Computer Science and Mathematics), Shruti Sabnis (School of Pharmacology and Innovative Therapeutics) and Najia Ahmad (School of Chemistry)
Project leads: Dr Steph Fuller (Queen Mary Academy) and the Sustainability Working Group
Previous year projects
Find out more about the previous year projects.
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]
