Tag Archives: Real Jobs scheme

From paper (lots of it) to pixels

A distinguishing feature of the BA programme in Typography are the professional assignments we run with external clients – our Real Jobs scheme. These ‘in-house placements’ allow inexperienced students to deal with professional work in a staged and supervised way, … Continue reading

Posted in Assessment & Feedback, Dissemination, Employability, Small project funding scheme, Staff-student partnerships, Work/Academic placements | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Placement options at Reading: Silchester and Real Jobs

The second part of my research into digital literacies for student employability has focussed on in-curricular placements here at Reading. Every undergraduate programme now has an embedded placement option. The ‘Skirts’ model includes maxi, mini and micro placements. A maxi … Continue reading

Posted in Digital Heroes, Employability, Research, Technology in fieldwork, Work/Academic placements | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment