Placement Opportunities Available

Below you can find all the recent placement opportunities currently available to LAHP students.

To apply, please follow the application guidelines noted in each opportunity.

If you apply directly to a placement host and are successful, please notify lahp@ucl.ac.uk

• Nutopia – production placement

  Nutopia – 1st Floor, Kirkman House – 12/14 Whitfied Street – London W1T 2RF 

  PhD Internship with a Nutopia production team 

  We have an exciting opportunity for a PhD student to gain hands-on experience within a busy, ambitious and internationally focused, London based television production company https://nutopia.com/

  Our shows are primarily made for US audiences and broadcasters such as Netflix, Disney+, Fox Nation and History Channel. We regularly work with high-profile -list talent, leading historians, academics and experts.

  This placement would be particularly well suited to a PhD student interested in learning how their rigorous historical research expertise, can be translated into creative and compelling visual storytelling.

  About this placement:

  The Nutopia production offering this placement are making a drama documentary series about the Bible’s origin story, so experience of ancient history or archaeological research, alongside an interest in historical drama documentaries, would be a bonus.

  The selected intern will gain valuable practical experience on this project during the pre-production / scripting / shoot preparation stages.  The placement will focus on creating visual research ‘look books’ for Production Design, Hair & Make-Up, Costume Design and Visual Effects (AI), combining images with written research. These will inspire the art departments as they build the visual world of the drama. Grounded in strict historical accuracy, they will also give the drama departments a reliable reference as they prepare for filming.

  How this task is executed can be tailored to the selected intern’s experience, interests and strengths. The goal for our placement, is for individuals to gain an understanding of TV production, an idea of potential career paths within the industry and to spend a fun and exciting period as part of a smart, creative production team.

  It’s also an invaluable opportunity to begin networking within a pool of the best talent in the business. Nutopia is the perfect place to gain the knowledge and real-world experience needed to launch a career in TV – specifically in factual drama programming.

  As well as playing an integral role on the project, the intern will also be assigned a Mentor on the production with whom they will have weekly meetings to discuss progress and goals achieved.

  The ideal candidate would have:

  • A genuine interest in historical dramas and documentaries
  • An academic background which requires strong research skills in Art History /

  History / Archaeology

  • A desire to gain an understanding of a future career in factual television
  • Excellent communication skills
  • A pro-active, enthusiastic, adaptable and driven nature

  Timeframe: 

  Due to production timelines, the placement would ideally start in January 2027 and last 8 to 10 weeks maximum, dependent on start date.

  Please do state your earliest availability and preferred length of placement requirements, so we can review to make sure we can accommodate and discuss what stage of the production we will be at.

  Please note this is a full-time placement, with a combination of home and office working.

  (Our offices are based in Central London close to Goodge Street /Tottenham Court Road).

  How to apply:

  The application deadline is Tuesday 17th November 2026.

  Please email applications (CV and cover letter) to: placement@nutopia.com

  We look forward to hearing from you!

  *Due to the diverse nature of factual programme making, this placement description may not be fully exhaustive. It provides an overview of the expected areas of involvement, and the types of tasks participants are likely to undertake. *

   

• Placements at The National Archives

  Call for applications

  Applications for The National Archives’ student placements are currently open, with six projects available within various departments at The National Archives.

  All student placements at The National Archives enable students to:

  1. Gain industry-specific knowledge and skills for working in a variety of roles across the research, government, cultural and heritage sectors.
  2. Build professional connections across the organisation and an understanding of the variety of roles at The National Archives.
  3. Create an output which showcases the work undertaken as part of their placement at The National Archives and which demonstrates the knowledge and skills the student has developed and applied during their time on the placement.

  Placements are offered on a full- or part-time basis. Placements are between one and three months in length, but will all be a maximum of 20 working days (e.g. one month full-time or two-to-three months part-time).

  Eligibility

  Currently, our student placements are only open to master’s and doctoral students with the right to work in the UK, and those who are fully funded and whose funding includes a specific allowance for placements.

  Some of our student placements projects are open to both master’s and doctoral students, whilst others are open to only master’s students or only doctoral students. Please refer to the information provided for specific projects to check your eligibility.

  Find out more about the student placement projects available and application process here

  Application deadlines for each project will be listed on The National Archives webpage.

• Royal College of Physicians – Recording the 20th century library

  The project intends to make the provenance information in an early-20th century accessions register accessible today. It can be completed remotely, and would fall into three parts, which can run concurrently:

  1. Transcribing the handwritten ledger entries in summary. They record the author, title and date of the book, and details of who donated it or where we bought it, and when we acquired it. Most of this data hasn’t previously been included in our main library catalogue.
  2. Matching the entries to books in the library catalogue today, and updating the catalogue entry with the provenance info.
  3. Researching interesting or major donations – who gave the books, what books were given – and writing that up for library website and social media channels.

  Start & end date of placement: Ad hoc placements to be agreed with the student.

  Hours of work: Negotiable, part-time preferred

  Essential criteria: Ability to read or to learn to read early 20th century handwriting.

  Deadline: No specific deadline, placements are available throughout the academic year.

  To apply, please complete the expression of interest and return it to lahp@ucl.ac.uk 

  For further details, please contact Katie Birkwood (Rare books and special collections Librarian) katie.birkwood@rcp.ac.uk