Employability 17 Artistic internships
Four students and graduates had the unique opportunity to help prepare for a major art exhibition at The Minories Galleries in Colchester.
The internships were made possible thanks to a partnership between the University’s internship programme, the Minories management team and the Victor-Batte Lay Trust, the charitable organisation which owns the galleries.
William Adcock, Zoe Few, Ana Sol Gonzalez and Sheila Madder (pictured) worked on preparations for Art for Colchester: The 20th century collecting practices of the Victor Batte-Lay Trust. The exhibition featured work gifted, loaned or bought by the Trust and included pieces by John Constable, Camille Pissarro and Sir Eduardo Paolozzi among many others.
Greg Dunn with Leanne Black
Minories manager Lee Pugh said: “We could not have done this exhibition without the interns. They got involved in every aspect of preparing for an exhibition.”
www.essex.ac.uk/business/internships/ Job-share role
Colchester Travel Plan Club has recruited two interns from the University.
David Spensley, a postgraduate student with a degree in ecology, and Claudia Ene, a third year criminology and social psychology student, will work on a job-share basis.
The Travel Plan Club is a network of local businesses and organisations working together to promote active and sustainable travel to work and on business, to encourage healthier lifestyles and reduce CO2 emissions.
Recognising achievement
The Big essex Award has been launched so students can record all the skills and experiences they are gaining through the huge variety of extra-curricular activities, workshops and skills development opportunities offered at Essex.
The Award will be recorded on degree transcripts when students graduate and so far more than 700 students have signed up to the scheme with a huge proportion already completing related workshops and activities.
Leanne’s intern role becomes full-time job
A successful internship placement became a full-time job for Essex psychology graduate Leanne Walsham.
The initial internship post was for a trainee trader at Black Diamond Commodities in West Mersea, working in the animal feedstuffs sector, broking, buying and selling technical animal feed ingredients.
Understudying Managing Director Greg Dunn, Leanne was trading in her own right within weeks of starting as an intern.
“She did outstandingly well,” said Mr Dunn. “I think the internship scheme is a very good scheme and we are coming back to the University for another intern whose role will be to actively look for new products to trade into the UK.”
For Leanne, the internship offered her the chance to continue her learning after University. “The internship scheme really is fantastic and more students should take advantage of it,” she said. “It was exactly what I needed as I got a job at the end.”
The initiative is part of embedding the University’s new Employability Strategy into the work of the whole University. The strategy is designed to increase the number of graduates going on to graduate level work or further study within six months of graduating.
At the heart of the strategy is the concept of the ‘Essex Graduate’. The Essex Graduate is someone who is globally engaged and ethically aware; enterprising and prepared for the future; able to creatively apply their subject and understanding to enrich the wider world; and scholarly and equipped for research and lifelong learning.
The University believes students who have developed these skills will be better placed to make a smooth transition into the workplace after their studies and act as positive ambassadors for the University.
The full strategy and supporting resources are available online.
www.essex.ac.uk/careers/academic_ staff/
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