Program Introduction

The U21 Sustainable Micro-internships programme allows you to work with your fellow students from across the globe, sharing knowledge and expertise whilst immersing yourself in a commercial organisation. In your groups you will be tasked with providing a solution to a real-life SDG related challenge, which you will then pitch to senior stakeholders within the organisation at the end of the programme.

Not only will you form quick partnerships with sustainability-minded students from a variety of academic disciplines around the world, but you'll also challenge your abilities, whilst developing key skills enabling you to thrive in the modern workplace.

 

This exclusive opportunity is only available to students at U21 member universities, and is open to students of all disciplines.

 

This is your chance to test your ability to deliver results in the workplace - you'll be outside your academic discipline, out of your comfort zone, working with a truly diverse team with whom you will quickly have to build connections and understanding, you'll be set a complex challenge and have to deliver. This is a short, fast-paced and intensive way to develop and practice the skills and ways of working that employers are looking for. 

You'll develop many key employability skills, including:

• Agility – your ability to adapt to new environments, to grasp topics outside of your academic specialism and work with difference. 
• International Collaboration – first-hand experience of working across different timezones, languages and cultures,  bringing together global knowledge to deliver results for an employer. 
• Influence – your ability to build trust and solve complex problems quickly.
• Presentation Skills - your ability to clear convey complex information to your stakeholders. 
• Teamwork -your ability to work with a new and globally diverse team to deliver a solution. 

Official Website: https://universitas21.com/sustainable-internships 

 

There are six interhips for application. Each two week micro-internship has a distinct SDG Focus and will run at different times to allow you to participate around your academic and other commitments. 

Times are in GMT so please convert these to your timezone before applying:

3-17 December 2021

Micro-Internship 1: Compulsory live sessions 6 December 13:00-15:30 GMT and 16 December 13-15:30 GMT.

Micro-Internship 2: Compulsory live sessions 6 December 04:30-07:00 GMT and 16 December  04:30-07:00 GMT.

7-21 January 2022

Micro-internship 3: Compulsory live sessions 10 January 14:00-16:30 GMT and 20 January 14:00-16:30 GMT.

Micro-internship 4: Compulsory live sessions 10 January 04:00-06:30 GMT and 20 January 04:00-06:30 GMT.  

14-28 January 2022

Micro-internship 5: Compulsory live sessions 17 January 12:30-15:00 GMT and 27 January 12:30-15.00 GMT.

Micro-internship 6: Compulsory live sessions 17 January 04:00-06.30 GMT and 27 January 04:00-06.30 GMT.

 

Agenda of each internship

Day 1 – You will receive the challenge brief for the problem you will be working on and receive a virtual introduction from Common Purpose and U21. You will also receive information about the team you will be working with. 

Days 2-3 – You will start connecting with your team via the U21 platform and completing independent research around the topic of your challenge and the employer. You will use this time to formulate questions for your host employer. 

Day 4 – In a 2 hour live session you will have the opportunity to meet your host employer and team members via Zoom and start to create your plan for responding to the challenge. You must attend the Day 4 and Final Day live sessions to complete the programme and apply for the micro-credential. 

Days 5 -13 – You will work with your Team to innovate your solution and create your presentation for your senior stakeholders. It is up to you how, where and when you work on this with your team to collaborate around your other commitments and various time zones. This is your opportunity to bring together your differing academic, regional and personal expertise to make change for a more sustainable future. 

Final Day – In this live Zoom session, each group will present their solution to the host employer and receive feedback. To conclude the micro-internship you will be supported to reflect on the experience and how you used the opportunity of working with your team to develop key skills.  

 

Participants who complete the programme by attending both live sessions and contributing to their group’s solution and presentation will have the opportunity to complete a written reflection on their learning and skills development, and will receive the U21 Leading Change micro-credential. 

 

Application

Requirements:

-At least 18 years old;

-Full-time students;

-Interested in the Sustainable Development Goals;

-Excellent English is preferred;

Once you have successfully applied for the program, you are not allowed to withdraw from the program. Please consider the existing academic pressure and program time before applying.

 

Undergraduate: Log on to mySJTU, International Exchange - Undergraduate Exchange Programme Application - fill in the form - and select Sustainable Micro-internships Online Programmes.

Postgraduate: Log in to mySJTU Postgraduate - Apply for An Overseas Exchange programme - fill in the form - select Sustainable Micro-internships Online Programmes.

Please briefly describe the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) you are interested in and explain why.

 

Deadline for application: 2021年11月15日

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