Journalism and Creative Writing Placements

London Metropolitan University
London, England, United Kingdom
Employer Engagement Admnistrator
(1)
3
Timeline
  • August 17, 2021
    Experience start
  • August 26, 2021
    Experience end
Experience
5 projects wanted
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Any
Any industries

Experience scope

Categories
Communications Media Visual arts Hospitality, tourism & culinary arts
Skills
journalism creative writing writing mentorship
Learner goals and capabilities

This work placement allows students to put their theoretical skills into practice within your company. It constitutes a structured period of work-based learning which has been shown to help Journalism undergraduate students develop a wide range of Journalistic work-related skills by writing in topics related to Sport, Current Events, Fashion, Technology and more. In addition, students are given the opportunity to develop their professional competence in a working environment, benefiting from mentoring and support from experienced professionals.

Students are available for up to 70 hours between February and May. This is an unpaid for-credit experience.

Learners

Learners
Undergraduate
Any level
20 learners
Project
70 hours per learner
Learners self-assign
Individual projects
Expected outcomes and deliverables

The final deliverable will vary depending on the scope of the project. Students need to complete 70 hours by the end of May 2021.

Project timeline
  • August 17, 2021
    Experience start
  • August 26, 2021
    Experience end

Project Examples

Requirements

Students individually or in groups of up to 3 can work in a wide range of computing topics aforementioned.

Students can work with the following topics to name a few:

  • Sports
  • Technology
  • Music
  • Arts
  • Fashion
  • Current Events


Additional company criteria

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

Be available for a quick video call with the London Met team to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course.

Provide a dedicated contact who is available to answer periodic queries over the duration of the project to address student's questions.

Sign a learning agreement form to confirm that they are in a working partnership with London Met students.

Simple evaluation and feedback to each student at the end of the placement period with a short google feedback form.