By Joanna Rawnsley Students have settled into their dorms, now the nights grow long, Prepare thine selves as assessment season dawns. Overindulgence crept up on the first years, Overestimating the time they had before essays were due. Karaoke cats got thine tongues? They didn’t realise being a student meant hard work, October brings chilling realisations. […]
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The halfway point of my internship journey It is strange to think that I’m already halfway through my internship, it has been about 6 weeks since I joined the Library Skills Team. As you may remember from my first blog post when I first started, I was a mixture of nerves and excitement wandering where my internship […]
Joanna Rawnsley I can’t believe it’s already October. It’s autumn which is my favourite time of year, Halloween is upon us, but more importantly, I’m halfway through my internship with the Skills Team. Let’s Recap I am creating a brand- new, Public Communications skills guide. One section is all about blogging (ironic isn’t it), because […]
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Intern life so far
David Moore The Journey so far – this is the sixth week and halfway through my journey as Visual Design Intern. The experience has been enlightening, eye-opening and fun to experience the work environment. I have not just sat at my home computer; I have also experienced the office life twice. This is very new […]
Codey McShane Hi again, it’s me, Codey, and I’m back with an update on the progress of my internship. Last time I mentioned that I’m the Customer Engagement and Communication intern, and I talked a little bit about what customer engagement broadly means. Now that it’s been a few weeks I’ve had a chance to […]
#TechItUpTuesday What is Jisc? JISC is a tool you can use to discover the range of your digital capabilities. These capabilities as JISC describes are the skills and attitudes that individuals and organisations need if they are to thrive in today’s world. There are six key elements to consider when building your digital capabilities. ICT […]
This article is written by Conor Start, Skills Intern. In his debut article for the University Library Blog, he reflects on his recent experience presenting at the Academic Libraries North (ALN) Conference 2021. For those of you who are unfamiliar with PASS (Peer-Assisted Study Sessions), it is an internationally recognised peer learning scheme that was […]
My Internship Adventure Begins My adventure as an Intern first began with an e-mail from the Hull University Careers team. They were offering a whole range of interesting Internship opportunities for the university. After a difficult start to post-university life due to the COVID pandemic, when job opportunities were limited, I hoped to work in […]
Starting work as an intern with the Skills Team An interview with oneself “We’d like to offer you the internship position.” Well, I wasn’t expecting that… via GIPHY Last year I graduated with a BA in Creative Writing and Film Studies, afterwards, I went straight on to a masters to study English and Creative Writing. […]
Travelling through the up and downs of my journey as an intern Where to begin ……. It all started last year at the end of my degree finishing Entertainment and Games Design in which I gained a 2:2. This is where I learnt my creative flare and learnt to level up my skills. Then my journey […]