University of Sunderland Internships Scheme

03/07/2023

📌 Graduate Hospitality & Event Coordinator

Application closing date: 30-Sep-2023
(Hybrid Position - Newcastle)

Book Your Block seeks a reliable and motivated individual to join their event management hospitality team in Newcastle. The company delivers a fully managed event lodging solution to North American sporting tournaments, special events, festivals, and group travel.

www.bookyourblock.com

Book Your Block will train the successful candidate to implement the entire project lifecycle helping you gain valuable skills and experience in project management, hospitality, administration, and communications.

The scope of the work involves:
• Coordinating the event hotel requirements with the event organizers
• Communicating with hotels and sourcing hotel partners close to the venue
• Distributing bulk email communications to targeted hotels, groups, and attendees
• Reviewing and negotiating hotel bids
•Contacting group leaders to funnel their teams into hotel room blocks
• Fielding guest calls and reviewing and responding to email communications
• Reviewing hotel dashboards and booking sites to ensure all branding is as per the contracted terms
• Navigating the hotel booking platform and our CRM platform to review and analyze data, make updates, initiate communications, and log actions
• Working with and communicating timelines and pain points to the Hospitality Manager
• Participating in team meetings to discuss challenges and or potential solutions

Required Skills:
• Organizational and multitasking abilities
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Proficient typing and data entry skills, attention to detail, and confidence navigating online platforms
• Confident connecting and speaking on the phone
• Active listener with solid judgment and critical thinking skills

Education
A degree in business, management, communications, or related field

Commitment
Starting June or July 2023 (if you already have a vacation planned, we will work around your schedule)
The opportunity is a hybrid position with three office days and two remote days
30 - 37.5 hours a week requested.

Compensation
£12 per hour, rising to £14 per hour, after six months.

Visit https://sunderland.targetconnect.net/leap/jobs.html?id=63689&service=Careers%20Service to learn more and apply

26/04/2023

Another successful story from our ERDF Graduate Internship Scheme recipient - Rise North East and their appointment of Research and Insight Intern, Chris Green (MSc Inequality and Society graduate).

Rise North East are a charity funded and supported by Sport England in addition to a number of other national and local organisations, and are part of a network of 42 Active Partnerships across the country. Examples include leisure teams, public health, as well as the education, housing and criminal justice sectors. Their aim is to make it easier and a more attractive proposition for people to be physically active.

Chris explained how the Scheme has supported his career aspirations; “After completing my Masters, I really wanted to continue to be involved in researching inequalities, particularly in the NE, and the opportunity at Rise fitted that perfectly. The Internship Scheme has given me the opportunity to put the skills I gained during my studies into practice”.

The scheme that has successfully connected graduate talent with regional Small to Medium Enterprises has come to an end. It’s rewarding to reflect on and celebrate the positive impact our local graduates have made. Congratulations again to Rise and Chris!

20/04/2023

University of Sunderland Graduate Ryan Myers and Northumbria University Graduate Harry Olvanhill were appointed as Graduate Interns at Kail & Co. Limited. Harry secured his graduate position in 2019, having graduated with MEng Mechanical Engineering. Whereas Ryan completed BEng Mechanical Engineering and commenced his employment in 2021.

Neil Foster, the Director of Kail & Co said: “ It’s changed the business. We wouldn’t have been able to do what we currently do now without Harry’s input. We’ve got guys that are very highly skilled, but guys that are in their kind of 30s, 40s you know, long time since they’ve been to college etc. So taking the digital elements, the automation, the robotics, we would have probably still been trying to establish that first cell had we not brought somebody in with the kind of grounding that Harry’s degree gave him. And like I say, that’s exactly why we’ve done the same again with Ryan.”

14/04/2023

📢 Online surveys for the Graduate Internship Scheme are live. 📢

This is your opportunity to feedback on your experience whether you are an SME in receipt of funding to host an Intern - or a Graduate who has completed or partway through their internship placement.

It's really important that we get some honest feedback on the impact of the scheme so if you receive an email inviting you to take part in the survey, we would really appreciate it if you could please complete it for us! ✍️

If you received an email, please complete the survey by 17th April.

You will be entered in the draw to win a voucher!

Thank you!
University of Sunderland Graduate Internships team

13/04/2023

Sophie Willox - University of Sunderland Graduate, has joined Foresight eLearning and Creative Limited as Junior Videographer/Content Creator. She has supported the lead videographer with client projects, video editing, creating concepts and ideas to fulfil client briefs.

Lee Daymond, Director & Founder said: “The work ethic and commitment has surpassed our expectations and graduates bring new ideas and energy into the business that may not get elsewhere with other forms of recruitment.”

Lee was a former graduate himself and he has already employed previous members of staff via the ERDF University of Sunderland Internships Scheme

Lee added: “I would like to thank the university for their support, as a Sunderland born business owner, I am keen to grow our business in the City and provide exciting opportunities for Sunderland graduates and keep them in the area.”

Thank you Lee. We wish you, Sophie, and the entire team the best of luck in the future.

11/04/2023

💥 Some interesting and exciting web development opportunities with GigPig UK are now open for applications!

Click the link below for more information and how to apply 👇🏻

https://lnkd.in/ezQYmrmM

Join the team behind the fastest growing music marketplace and booking platform in the UK

04/04/2023

We are very proud to present yet another successful story of Brooke Gerrens, who has been appointed as a Graphic Designer & Media Manager at The HLF Group - Interiors by HLF.

When asked how the Graduate Internship scheme has helped develop her career so far, she said: “The graduate scheme has given me the opportunity to start my career journey, after graduating I found it extremely difficult to get into the design industry as all companies wanted to hire people with at least 2 years inhouse experience, however I never had work placements due to covid, so when I discovered the graduate scheme, I knew I had to take the chance and I am so glad I did.”

Rachel Conroy, CEO of The HLF Group explained the positive impact of internship on the business; “The internship has had a hugely positive impact on our business. Previously we outsourced a lot of this work which took time and they didn’t know our products as well. I believe we can clearly demonstrate we have won business through the work Brooke has produced."

We are proud to have supported Brooke and the HLF group.

If you are one of the beneficiaries of the ERDF Scheme (Graduates & SMEs) you could support us by completing an online survey: ➡ https://lnkd.in/eQCwDUFv

Help us evaluate the impacts of the ERDF funding so we can provide support for SMEs recruiting graduate talent in the future!

Survey Deadline 17th April 2023

30/03/2023

Grace Bulloch joined the Association of Education Advisers as an intern after applying for a role through our ERDF University of Sunderland Internships Scheme. Grace began her career at AoEA as a Digital Marketing Intern and progressed to a full-time role as a Communications Officer in September 2021.

AoEA aims to raise the quality of education advice for schools and colleges by implementing a nationally recognised quality standard for education advisers.

Grace said “The Graduate Internship scheme has helped me develop my career by allowing me to work for a company that has taught me several useful skills. I have gained a lot of confidence, and skills such as organisation and personal time management. I have also had the opportunity to work with some great people. I have also really enjoyed helping to plan and run events for the AoEA, for example, in person training events in Northern Ireland, and our Annual Summit that took part in July. ”

Her advice for students and graduates is to pay attention to the intentions of the company; she said: “I have particularly liked that the AoEA aims to improve the quality of education for children, and that everyone on the team is truly passionate about education and the wellbeing of children.”

Congratulations Grace on completing your internship. We want to wish you and AoEA team good luck with all your future endeavors.



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28/03/2023

Graduate Intern, Molly Thompson joined SHARP Media Group in 2021 with the help of our ERDF University of Sunderland Internships Scheme

Katy Bailey, the Director of Sharp Media Group said ”The business has completely changed and gone from strength-to-strength since Molly joined. Thanks to her adding additional capacity to the company and taking on the more time-consuming tasks, we’ve managed to double our monthly turnover in the last 6 months and are already planning when to take on our next member of the team.”

Molly said “It has helped me develop the skills and knowledge learnt from my degree and practice these in a job. I feel more capable and confident at managing marketing campaigns, events and social content.”

When asked about the advice she could give to students and graduates researching career options, she responded: “Email everyone. Keep learning in your spare time using free online courses and keep up to date with any news from the industry you would like to join. “

Major congratulations to Molly and Sharp Media Group, we wish you great success!

To find out how we can support your business with accessing student skills and talent, please contact Donna Bainbridge at [email protected]

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20/03/2023

The University of Sunderland’s ERDF Internship Scheme is now closed but its success is still present among placed graduates and locally thriving SMEs.

Laura Foster, Entrepreneurial Development Manager says “SMEs make up a big part of this regional economy and there are fantastic opportunities within those SMEs to go in and grow with that company. Something like 90% of our placements turn into longer term opportunities, permanent jobs or extended contracts with these companies. This is absolutely about graduate level-entry level opportunity to go into a company, working on exciting projects and growing with that company and really adding value.”

The scheme saw over 250 graduates successfully placed into full-time roles within growing SMEs. Although now closed to applications, The University of Sunderland has a variety of opportunities across the university. Visit shorturl.at/joEFM and login or register for our vacancy service and search for opportunities from the University of Sunderland and national organisations.


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13/03/2023

A great opportunity to join the School of Medicine at the University of Sunderland and work with the IMCAN study: Improving Muslim Women’s Uptake of Cancer Screening, funded by Cancer Research UK.

The main purpose of the Research Assistant is to support recruitment of research participants both in the North-East of England and Scotland.

This is a part-time-time role (1 day per week) until the 31st of December 2025.

https://lnkd.in/eMWdGBHv


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10/03/2023

University of Sunderland Internships team were delighted to support a local business Absolute Quality consultancy and are happy to hear of the continued success of graduate Ryan Doyle.

Ryan has become an invaluable member of Absolute Quality’s consultancy team bringing a fresh perspective and a unique skill set that has strengthened the team.

Lora Wilson from Absolute Quality’s consultancy said “One of the key questions we ask during interviews is ‘what do you love and what are you good at?’, which helps to better understand people’s strengths and what motivates them, so we already knew that Ryan shared key values that match our company values and he fit straight in from his first day. He came with a positive attitude, was eager to learn and not afraid to offer his support to the team.”

Ryan has obtained a number of qualifications in his first year, the main one being his Lead Auditor qualification. He was undergoing his NEBOSH Health & Safety qualification and completing IEMA Environmental Management Course.
Ryan’s advice for students and graduates is “to look for something they are interested in and have a passion for. This may take longer, but ultimately it will lead to them to a role that motivates them and they look forward to.”

The company’s aim is to keep growing and helping more businesses to gain the confidence to address the challenges and opportunities they face, through working in partnership with their team at all levels to develop their people and processes through the implementation of business management systems and training.

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