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HEI Intern — Reporting

Reporting Internship

Intern Internship Remote (India preferred) / Guwahati 3 months

Engagement

Internship

Full-time and on-site at our campus. Structured, hands-on mentorship. Remote only in rare, pre-approved cases.

Scope of role

Contribute to live projects. Shadow senior practitioners. Build a portfolio that matters.

Please note this is an unpaid internship — the offer is real work, mentorship and experience at the frontier, not a stipend.

01 — The role

Why this role exists at EduRankAI

3 months on the HEI reporting team. Own a scoped reporting deliverable — a small investigation, a records review, or a fact-check on a major piece. Pair daily with Senior Reporters and the Director of Investigations. The bar is "you publish something under your name that survives review".

02 — The work

What you will own

  • 01 Own one reporting deliverable in 3 months.
  • 02 Pair daily with Senior Reporters.
  • 03 Run records work yourself, under supervision.
  • 04 Author a final piece at the level the publication would publish.
  • 05 Present findings at end-of-internship review.

03 — The expertise

What we look for

Strong writerCurious about higher educationOne shipped piece of journalism (student paper or organisational)Comfort with public recordsDetail-oriented

04 — The bar

Who thrives here

  • You have published at least one piece of journalism, even at a student paper or organisational publication.
  • You write clean copy.
  • You read public records carefully.
  • You can describe a piece of reporting you admire and what makes it work.
  • You handle source relationships professionally.

05 — Hiring process

What to expect after you apply

  1. 01

    Application review

    Every application is read personally within five business days. We respond either way.

  2. 02

    Take-home or live exercise

    Role-specific. Time-boxed. Real problems we are actually working on, not invented puzzles.

  3. 03

    Conversations

    Deep technical and values conversations with the team you would join. No trick questions. No panel ambushes.

  4. 04

    Offer or honest no

    If yes: digital offer letter, signed in-portal, transparent terms. If no: written feedback if you want it.

Before you start

What we will collect. What it costs. What we will not do with it.

We will collect

  • Name, email, phone — Account + application updates. No marketing.
  • Resume / portfolio link — Human review of your work.
  • Date + place of birth — Identity verification only.
  • Your written responses — Selection rubric. Read by humans.
  • Government ID (later) — Anti-fraud at offer / interview stage. Not at signup.

We will never

  • Sell your data
  • Share with third-party recruiters
  • Use for advertising
  • Train models on it
  • Send marketing email

Our situation

EduRankAI is a small, independent organization building long-term capabilities in educational intelligence, advanced AI systems, and research infrastructure. We take no advertiser money, no donations with strings attached, and no investor pressure on hiring decisions. Applying is free, and every application is read by a human — recruitment, technical, academic and leadership teams. It buys us the right to be honest.

Full transparency policy Questions? Email us

Ready to apply?

We read every application personally. If you are the right person for this role — regardless of pedigree, background, or where you are based — you will hear back from us within five business days.

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