Journalism and Creative Writing Placements

London Metropolitan University
London, England, United Kingdom
Employer Engagement Admnistrator
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Timeline
  • April 15, 2021
    Experience start
  • May 14, 2021
    Experience end
Experience
5/5 project matches
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
Teams of 3
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
  • April 15, 2021
    Experience start
  • May 14, 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:

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

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

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

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.