Internship Programme

We are delighted to welcome the 2025/26 Digital Creativity and Cultures Hub intern cohort! With funding from the University of Leeds Library, six interns will be working on three cultural heritage projects during the coming semester. The three pairs of interns are drawn from across the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures and bring together a variety of interests, skills and experiences. This programme offers a superb opportunity for undergraduate students to engage in real digital research projects, working with academic and Library colleagues as well as external partners.

We offer students a range of training and development opportunities. Our interns this year will all receive training in podcasting, audio editing and digital media and web content creation. Each individual project team will also receive training in digital skills related to their project, decided upon as the projects develop. We encourage interns to direct their projects with support from their mentors, meaning this is also a fantastic opportunity to learn project management skills in a real-life academic setting. Each team will also produce a podcast, blog post and present their work at a showcase.

This is our second year of running this scheme and we have learned a lot from our past interns! If you’re interested in hearing more about this scheme, please get in touch at [email protected].

Our project teams are:

3D Cultural Heritage: Keira Summersgill and Adelaide Chan, working with staff mentors RJ Wade (Cultural Collections) and Cassie Ulph (DCCH) on 3D technology and the University’s cultural collections.

Historical Mapping: Stella Burgon and Jeremy Nunn, working with staff mentors Nina Wardleworth (Languages, Cultures and Societies) and Cassie Ulph (DCCH) on mapping historical data sets for digital storytelling and public history.

Digital Community Heritage: Tula Bowes and Isabelle Parker, working with staff mentors Chris Birchall (Media) and Simon Popple (DCCH and Media) on digital community heritage and public heritage walks.

As our interns start work on their projects, they will begin posting updates on this page, so keep an eye out for how these projects progress!