Where are you from? South Korea Where is your placement and what is your job title? I’m working as a Marketing Assistant at Platinum Property Partners, located in the heart of Bournemouth. Why did you choose this particular work placement? I didn’t really fully appreciate what and how a sandwich placement could impact me and… Read more » about Rock Shin on placement at Platinum Property Partners in Bournemouth
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Faculty Placement Development Advisor Vianna Renaud at the NUE Awards in London
It was with great pleasure that I attended the National Undergraduate Employability Awards in London last week. As a recent Trustee to the Executive Committee of ASET, the Work Based and Placement Learning Association, it was wonderful to see representatives from industry and UK institutions there to celebrate, and be celebrated, for their contributions to… Read more » about Faculty Placement Development Advisor Vianna Renaud at the NUE Awards in London
PR agency head returns to BU for Future of PR Skills & Talent talk
CCgroup Managing Director Rich Fogg is gearing up for a guest lecture with BU students on Wednesday, 1-2 pm, PG16 LT on The Future of PR Skills & Talent. Here he shares some of what he’ll be talking about: This week (Wednesday to be precise), I’m leaving London PR company life behind and venturing down to… Read more » about PR agency head returns to BU for Future of PR Skills & Talent talk
First-year advertising students get ‘lost at sea’
First-year advertising students step out of the classroom environment for a problem solving challenge on their first year unit ‘Advertising Skillset’. In the SportBU’s new studios, the students worked in small groups to choose and rank survival items they would need if ‘lost at sea’, shipwrecked and stranded on a lifeboat. Students needed to use individual… Read more » about First-year advertising students get ‘lost at sea’
Politics students invited by MEPs to the European Parliament
Last week, 21 BU Politics students visited Brussels to meet with local MEPs with Dr David McQueen and Dr Dan Jackson. Below, David reports on the two-day visit in Brussels. Politics students have just returned from a two-day visit to Brussels in Belgium where they heard South-West MEPs Clare Moody and Molly Scott Cato talk about the… Read more » about Politics students invited by MEPs to the European Parliament
Polly Harris-Saunders, advertising student on placement at Wunderman in Singapore
Placement Job Title – Account Coordinator Good things don’t come easy… well that’s what I kept telling myself. As 75% of my peers had secured a placement, I was determined to do something that excited me, rather than just confirming something so that I could stop thinking and stressing about getting a placement in time…. Read more » about Polly Harris-Saunders, advertising student on placement at Wunderman in Singapore
Placement Pals to the rescue!
Aimed to support second year CMC students currently applying for their sandwich placement experience for next year, selected final year students have been chosen as this year’s group of 2015-16 Placement Pals. After attending a training session delivered by the Placement Development Advisors and Programme Leaders, they are now working with their designated seminar groups… Read more » about Placement Pals to the rescue!
PR student Ieva Severinaite on sandwich placement at Airbus
I joined the PR course at BU as an international student from Lithuania eager to make the most of the opportunities that a degree in the UK offers. During my placement year I was lucky enough to work as the Internal Communication and Community Engagement Intern at Airbus in the UK. My role included anything… Read more » about PR student Ieva Severinaite on sandwich placement at Airbus
Remember the Liberal Democrats?: Politics second year reflects on the party conference
Joe Bulman, second year on the Politics and Media degree, attended the Liberal Democrats Party conference in Bournemouth late last month and reflects on his experience below. After what has been a busy summer for me personally, I must admit I nearly forgot they existed. They may have had a hand in government only 5… Read more » about Remember the Liberal Democrats?: Politics second year reflects on the party conference
CMC placement adviser presents at international conference
CMC’s Placement Development Adviser Vianna Renaud presented at an international conference on work-based and placement learning in September. Below she shares her experience at the conference and talks about her work on last year’s successful placement and employability event for the PR degree. Vianna Renaud, Placement Development Advisor, Faculty of Media and Communication Last month,… Read more » about CMC placement adviser presents at international conference