Media Week – Monday 12th March to Friday 16th March

UCL Careers Service is running a Media Week’ from Monday 12th March to Friday 16th March.
During the week there will be a number of careers events around getting into Media.

Further information can be found at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/careers/students/events/getinto/media including details of how to register for each event.

PROGRAMME

Media Forum – March 13^th : 5.30pm – 8pm
This event starts with an hour long panel discussion with representatives from selected occupations, followed an opportunity for you to network with the speakers and a range of other organisations.

Media Sector Overview – March 14^th : 1pm – 2pm
In this talk by a UCL Careers Consultant, you will be given an overview of the different roles in Media along with advice on routes in to the sector.  This will include information on the hidden job market and the importance of networking in the sector.

Media Week – Planning Your Media Career Forum – March 15^th : 1pm – 2pm
This will be an opportunity to hear short talks by representatives of 2-3 large media organisations.  The focus will be on ways in which students can progress their media career research and planning, and what impacts effectively when interacting with the companies.

Media week – Journalism Workshop – March 16^th : 12pm – 2pm
Students interested in pursuing a career in newspapers, magazines, online or broadcast can enroll on this two-hour journalism workshop run by the press agency News Associates. They will get you writing an article in a mock, ‘real-life’ breaking news exercise. Feedback will be given on your work and time is set aside for careers advice.  (Please note that this is an interactive session aimed at those looking to pursue a career in UK-based journalism. Attendees will need to have excellent skills in both verbal and written English to ensure that they can engage effectively with the demands of the workshop).

Media Fellowships for Scientists

Applications are now open (closing date March 11th) for the British Science Association Media Fellowships Scheme. Around 10 of these are awarded each year and are designed to bridge the gap between career scientists and the media. Some details of the scheme from the official website:

Media Fellows spend 3-8 weeks working with a national press, broadcast or internet journalist to gain a greater awareness and understanding of the workings of the media and produce accurate and well-informed news pieces and work in the Press Centre at the British Science Festival.

Note, however, that the scheme is not intended for those who are changing career and wish to move into media and broadcasting – application criteria state that you must have a full time research position to go back to. In addition, you must also have at least two years of postgraduate experience in your field. Full details can be found on the Media Fellowship Website.

Posted by Calum Leckie, UCL Careers Service

 

Business Opportunities with BSkyB – On Campus 17th November

On Thursday 17th November, BSkyB will be on campus to chat about their Strategy Group Graduate Programme.

The Strategy Group is at the very cornerstone of Sky’s success, guiding the organisations strategic direction and making sure that they’re up to speed with a rapidly changing market place and keeping hold of their leading industry position. Their two-year graduate programme offers you the chance to see and experience all aspects of strategic consulting and decision making in the media sector, whilst using your quantitative and communication skills.

Come along to this presentation to discover more about the programme. It’ll be a great chance to talk to managers to find out how Strategy Group operates within Sky, and where you could fit in.

To book a place, please visit:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/careers/students/events/presentations

Do you fancy a career in media?

UCL Careers Service have organised “Get into Media Week” a week of events starting on Monday 7th March where you can find out more about life in the Media sector and hear from speakers as diverse a BBC Journalist to a Communications Officer and a freelance Director, Writer and Producer.

Register for the different events going on during “Get into Media Week” at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/careers/events/getinto/media

Considering career alternatives but need more information?

Around 50% of postgraduate researchers move beyond academia after graduation, and many postdoctoral researchers will make a similar transition. For those contemplating such a career move key questions arise such as what qualifications and skills do employers require? how easy is it to make the transition? where do I find job opportunities? Lots of documented information about different career areas is available (e.g. The UCL Careers Service library, UCL Careers Research Students pages, www.careerstagged.co.uk), but sometimes there are things you can only find out from people actually doing those jobs. The UCL Careers Service, in conjunction with the Graduate School, has for quite a few years now provided postgraduate research students with the opportunity to meet employers in a variety of ways (visit our research students careers pages for more information) but both research students and research staff can also attend careers events with employers provided by our parent organisation; The Careers Group, University of London. Some forthcoming sector-specific careers events include:

• Exploring Graduate Entry into Medicine, 16th Feb 2011.

• Getting into International Development, 10th March 2011

• Careers in Marketing, Advertising & PR, 14th – 15th March 2011

• Creative Industries -Getting into Television, 21st March 2011

For all their Events, Courses, Fairs and presentations visit www.careers.lon.ac.uk .

Posted by Calum Leckie, UCL Careers Service

Do you want to be a Science Journalist?

Do you like the idea of learning how to work within the conditions and constraints of the media to produce accurate and well informed pieces about developments in science? The British Science Association have just launched their 2011 Media Fellowship scheme where postgraduate researchers who are interested in a career as a science journalist can spend 3 to 8 weeks working with a national press, broadcast or internet journalist.  See http://www.britishscienceassociation.org/web/scienceinsociety/MediaFellowships/ for more information.

If you are interested in a media career keep an eye on the Careers Service website and this blog site for information about the forthcoming “Get Into Media” week at UCL.

Free Media Training for AHRC Award Holders

Recent posting on the Arts and Humanities Council News & Events page:

We are arranging media training for AHRC-funded award holders as they frequently tell us that these are skills that they feel will benefit them. To this effect, we are organising three media training events – to take place as follows:  Monday 12th July – Central London, Thursday 15th July – Central London, Friday 16th July – Central London

Final details on location and directions will be sent out to the successful applicants. These will be an all-day event, running from 10am – 4.30pm, and involve media interview practice for radio, tips for tailoring messages to non-academic audiences, identifying key messages, writing a press releases etc.

These media training sessions are aimed at early career award holders, perhaps people who have had limited, experience in dealing with the media up to now. The AHRC will pay for the full cost of the course, but participants will have to pay their own travel to London.  Spaces are very limited. Places will be allocated on first-come-first served basis. In the first instance please email AHRC Events and PR Officer, Sam Roythorne s.roythorne@ahrc.ac.uk with your full name and contact details, including email and phone number, along with a short paragraph detailing the AHRC research project you are working on. If you require any further information at all, please don’t hesitate to get in touch on 0117 9876 780.

Posted by: Calum Leckie, UCL Careers Service