Writing Interns at UBC's Arts Amplifier
Preferred learners
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Academic experience or paid work
Categories
Skills
Project scope
- What is the main goal for this project?
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The Arts Amplifier is an innovative career development initiative in UBC"s Faculty of Arts that supports graduate students at the Masters and PhD level, as well as postdoctoral fellows, in gaining meaningful work experience outside of academia. We facilitate internships, but also collaborative cohort projects, entrepreneurial training, and self-directed projects. We are looking for graduate-level or comparable writers who know the Humanities and academic culture and can write about our programming, as well as career development as part of graduate programs more generally.
Students should be prepared to:
- Write up articles for publication venues such as University Affairs, Inside Higher Ed, Chronicle of Higher Education
- Draw on their own lived experiences in grad school but also be able to write about events and programs based on information provided
- Demonstrate excellent communication skills
This position is only available to UBC students.
- What tasks will learners need to complete to achieve the project goal?
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- Students will need to gain familiarity with our programs through our website and directly from our employees.
- Students will create 2-3 non-research articles for academic and University-related personnel of about 1,000-1,500 words each.
- What is the main goal for this project?
-
The Arts Amplifier is an innovative career development initiative in UBC"s Faculty of Arts that supports graduate students at the Masters and PhD level, as well as postdoctoral fellows, in gaining meaningful work experience outside of academia. We facilitate internships, but also collaborative cohort projects, entrepreneurial training, and self-directed projects. We are looking for graduate-level or comparable writers who know the Humanities and academic culture and can write about our programming, as well as career development as part of graduate programs more generally.
Students should be prepared to:
- Write up articles for publication venues such as University Affairs, Inside Higher Ed, Chronicle of Higher Education
- Draw on their own lived experiences in grad school but also be able to write about events and programs based on information provided
- Demonstrate excellent communication skills
This position is only available to UBC students.
- What tasks will learners need to complete to achieve the project goal?
-
- Students will need to gain familiarity with our programs through our website and directly from our employees.
- Students will create 2-3 non-research articles for academic and University-related personnel of about 1,000-1,500 words each.
About the company
- https://amplifier.arts.ubc.ca
- Education
The Arts Amplifier is a career development initiative in UBC's Faculty of the Arts that helps graduate students to gain meaningful work experience and to apply their degree expertise to contexts beyond academia.