{"id":4226,"date":"2022-11-25T09:00:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T09:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/?p=4226"},"modified":"2022-11-24T16:53:45","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T16:53:45","slug":"my-on-campus-student-internships-celebration-experience-by-claire-morgan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/my-on-campus-student-internships-celebration-experience-by-claire-morgan\/","title":{"rendered":"My On-Campus Student Internships Celebration experience \u2013 by Claire Morgan\u202f"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cardiff.ac.uk\/about\/organisation\/university-executive-board\/pro-vice-chancellor-education-students\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Pro Vice-Chancellor for Education and Student Experience<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> I was pleased to see so many students and colleagues come together to celebrate the students who have embarked on an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/intranet.cardiff.ac.uk\/staff\/news\/view\/2685823-celebrating-our-on-campus-internship-students\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">On-Campus Internship placement<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> this summer.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On 2 November, over 80 research exhibition posters were displayed at the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cardiff.ac.uk\/campus-developments\/projects\/spark\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">sbarc | spark<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> building, with more than 100 students attending, with the supervisors from their programme and several other staff members.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Here at Cardiff University, we not only value the student perspective, we are committed to ensuring we work in partnership with our students.\u202fWe want to empower our students to make authentic contributions to the high calibre research and scholarship that takes place here, and to have direct input into our learning and teaching practice.<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Since the launch in 2008 of our original placement scheme, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/intranet.cardiff.ac.uk\/students\/your-future\/jobs-and-work-experience\/on-campus-internships\/research\/about-curop-cuseip#:~:text=formally%20known%20as-,CUROP,-and%20CUSEIP)%20are\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">CUROP<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (Cardiff University Undergraduate Research Opportunities scheme) we have supported over 1200 students with summer placements at Cardiff, investing over \u00a31.5m in the student experience\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Following a 2-year pause during the pandemic, we were delighted to be able to run the scheme in full this summer.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We have four strands to the programme that each give our students a unique experience working alongside university colleagues:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"22\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:1080,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/intranet.cardiff.ac.uk\/staff\/supporting-your-work\/teach-and-support-students\/support-students\/student-careers-and-development\/students-on-summer-placements\/about-curop-cuseip\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Research Internships<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f(formally known as CUROP)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"22\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:1080,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/intranet.cardiff.ac.uk\/staff\/supporting-your-work\/teach-and-support-students\/support-students\/student-careers-and-development\/students-on-summer-placements\/about-curop-cuseip\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Learning and Teaching Internships<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f(formally known as CUSEIP)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"22\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:1080,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/intranet.cardiff.ac.uk\/staff\/supporting-your-work\/teach-and-support-students\/support-students\/student-careers-and-development\/students-on-summer-placements\/professional-services-internships\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Professional Services Internships<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f(formally known as CUIP)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"22\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:1080,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Our new strand for 2022: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/intranet.cardiff.ac.uk\/staff\/supporting-your-work\/teach-and-support-students\/support-students\/student-careers-and-development\/students-on-summer-placements\/innovation-development-internships\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Innovation Development Internships<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f(formally known as CIDS)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The changes to the way we work weaved its way through our placement scheme this summer, giving many of our students the opportunity to undertake a remote or blended placement. This can only strengthen their experience when looking for opportunities after completing their studies with us.\u202f\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We also offered our 2022 outgoing graduates the opportunity to complete a placement this summer as they had missed out during the 2-year pause.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The celebration event was an opportunity for staff and students to delve a bit deeper into each other\u2019s experiences and to find out about the various projects.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"none\">Thank you<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I want to take this opportunity to thank all the supervisors and schools for the time they invest in hosting a placement over the summer. It is truly brilliant that our staff are passionate about the student experience and seek out opportunities to host a placement.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I also want to thank our students for putting themselves forward for these opportunities and for investing so much of their effort into making the projects a success \u2013 the celebration event was a time to celebrate what you have achieved.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I wish you all the best of luck this year and hope the experience you gained this summer will serve you well in your studies and beyond.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"none\">Exhibition posters and lightning talks<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You can see from the exhibition the broad range of projects within this scheme \u2013 everything from \u2018Wild swimming, wellbeing and waterscapes\u2019 in the School of Social Sciences to\u202f\u2018Materials for the future: recycling and self-healing concrete\u2019 in the School of Engineering and \u2018Evaluating gamified classroom activities using Virtual Reality Learning Environments in Computer Sciences and Healthcare Sciences.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If you missed the event, you can <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">view some of our <a href=\"https:\/\/intranet.cardiff.ac.uk\/staff\/news\/view\/2685823-celebrating-our-on-campus-internship-students#:~:text=See%20some%20of%20our%20students%20with%20their%20posters%20below%20and%20watch%20this%20years%E2%80%99%20Lightning%20Talks.\">students with their exhibition posters<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/cardiff.cloud.panopto.eu\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=b47caa5b-a0e7-4032-86ce-af4e010dc2e9\">lightning talks<\/a> presented at the event.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span 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