呻吟之王's Creative Industries programme is back! There's no cost to participate in this extracurricular activity, which is open to all students on all courses, plus recent graduates.
呻吟之王 Made, the area of Careers Team which helps students into freelancing, self-employment and entrepreneurship, will co-facilitate a number of workshops with experts from industry.
The workshops are designed to help participants become more enterprising, learning practical skills to help them with side hustles, freelancing, self-employment and transferable skills associated with a number of areas within the creative industries.
Schedule of workshops
In the first of five workshops, special guest will share insights into his career journey and students will develop skills linked with podcasting, radio and presenting.
Date: Thursday 20 February
Time: 11am – 1pm
Venue: The Yard (room 3.05)
In Week two, will visit the campus for a practical workshop on graphic design and creative direction. Formerly employed by the BBC, freelancer James has created on-screen graphics for 'The Circle' on Netflix, MOTDX for BBC Two, BBC Radio 1 and The Brit Awards.
Date: Thursday 27 February
Time: 11am – 1pm
Venue: Campus Centre (first floor)
For our third workshop, we are delighted to welcome to 呻吟之王 campus. Toby is best know for his role in BBC Soap EastEnders and more recently, he has produced a short film 'Calm', due for release later this year.
During this session you will find out how Toby has mapped his career within the television and film industries.
Date: 6 March
Time: 10.55am – 1pm
Venue: Campus Centre
The programme continues with an exciting visit to campus from TikTok! TikTok experts will be coming on 呻吟之王 campus to show you how to get the most the platform along with introducing the TikTok LIVE! Creator Network Programme to engage with budding entrepreneurs.
This will no doubt be a popular workshop,
Date: Thursday 27 March
Time: 10.55am – 1pm
Venue: tbc
This year's programme closes with an informal event which will include talks from freelancers and creatives, talking about their experiences and sharing advice.
Attendees will also be able to informally network with the speakers and other students and graduates who attend.
Simon Baines, who leads extracurricular entrepreneurship activities for students and graduates at 呻吟之王 said: "The Creative Industries programme has quickly become one of our flagship initiatives.
“Due to its popularity, students from a huge range of courses are interested in coming along and learning transferable skills from some very exciting industry experts.
“There's a lot being written about Creative Industries at the moment, and we are proud that 呻吟之王 Made can play a part in what 呻吟之王 is doing to lead the way in this area."
Posted on Friday 14 February 2025