About this role
Job Summary – Good quality, functional learning spaces are essential to ensuring the best learning and teaching experience for our students and staff. This role will assist learning space programmes to identify areas for investment and ensure that the basics of the spaces are managed sustainably by providing data on improvement areas and user feedback. You will undertake audits of spaces, review and implement improvements, and work with the timetabling team to ensure that all learning spaces information is up to date and accurate. This role is part of the Graduate Business Partnership (GBP) scheme and is for full time hours (36.5 per week) from February to April 2026. You will be expected to spend time across all University of Exeter campuses and for certain parts of the project will be required to work 100% on site. For more information on the GBP scheme, please visit www.exeter.ac.uk/internships.
About You – You should be a graduate who has excellent time management skills, the ability to work autonomously and within a team, data management and IT skills, high levels of accuracy, and excellent communication skills. You should have an interest in user feedback and behavioural insights, the ability to take ownership of an area and follow it through to completion, and a friendly and personable demeanour, confident in working with academics, PS staff and students. You should also have the ability to present a professional image, be flexible and adaptable to changes in task allocation, have personal experience of what makes a good learning environment and awareness of GDPR policies.
The Benefits to You - You will have access to a wide range of benefits, rewards and recognition from the University, including a generous pension, a holiday allowance of 39 days per year, Totum Card and Salary Exchange Schemes. The University offers extensive support to staff, including a structured Professional Development Review and Wellbeing Service plus 1:1 support from the Internships Team. You will be offered a ‘How to Make the Most of Your Internship’ guide, bespoke mentoring, and career consultancy opportunities.
Interviews: 26 January 2026
For the full job details and application process click on the ‘Apply’ button above. Non-Exeter Graduates can request the full job description and application form by emailing [email protected]. We are not able to accept CVs, please use the Internship Application Form.
The University of Exeter is an equal opportunity employer which is 'Positive About Disabled People': if you have a disability, you should mention this in your application. Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented in the workforce.