Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries (CCI)

CCi placements - For employers

Looking for a cost-effective and flexible solution to your recruitment needs? The Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries' student placement scheme could be the perfect solution. Our students are available for:

• Yearlong sandwich / industrial placements
• Summer and short-term internships
• Part-time work
• Projects provided by employers
• Freelance work

We would also like to hear from you, if you are interested in offering work shadowing opportunities.

Students from our schools can offer skills and knowledge to your organisation in a wide range of subject areas:

• Portsmouth School of Architecture - architecture, and interior design
• Portsmouth School of Art, Design and Media - graphic design, illustration, photography, fashion and textile design, and fine art
• School of Creative Arts, Film and Media - media studies, creative and media writing, film, television, and drama and performance
• School of Creative Technologies - digital media, web design, graphics, animation, virtual reality, video production, audio, music , film, games, and programming

See examples of activity undertaken by the students of the Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries:

• CCi student showcase 
• CCi TV is the Faculty's television channel showing live broadcasts and video on demand and is managed by staff and students from BSc (Hons) Television and Broadcasting 
• Animation
• Architecture Project Office, a RIBA Chartered Practice, has been formed as an architectural consultancy under the umbrella of the School of Architecture and provides knowledge transfer, consultancy and research opportunities for full and part-time staff and students
• Architecture: End of Year 2012 Gallery
• Fashion & Textile Design - course blog and students' portfolio from New Designers 2012
• Graphic design: End of Year Shows
• Illustration
• Interior design
• TV & Film Production - Student films from the BA (Hons) course

Benefits for employers

Our placement students have made significant contributions to their employers and each year a number of students are offered graduate jobs by their placement company. Employing a student from the University could provide your organisation with considerable benefits:

• Increased profitability and reduction of costs
• IT skills and knowledge of new technologies
• Extra resource with additional skills to tackle projects otherwise put on the backburner
• An injection of new ideas in an area where you, perhaps, have a skills gap
• Fresh enthusiasm and the potential for innovation
• Opportunity to reduce the workload of staff so they can take on more complicated and skilled work
• Completion of specific tasks
• Providing staff with opportunities to use and develop management skills and the chance to mentor students
• Opportunity to give a potential employee a thorough trial without obligation
• Useful recruiting ground for graduate programmes
• Awareness of the latest research through closer links to the University
• Cost-effective method of overcoming temporary staff shortages, particularly during busy periods
• Reduction of recruitment and training costs when placement students are employed after they graduate        

Who employs our students?

Our students and graduates have worked for various companies ranging from global organisations to local SMEs such as:

Other students become teachers or set up their own businesses. Find out more about what our students go onto achieve:

• CCi graduate profiles
• "Spotlight on Successful Alumni" includes two former CCi students (Update, the University of Portsmouth's annual alumni & friends magazine)
• Fashion & Textile Design alumni
• Graphic design alumni including Sarah Matthews who was part of the Aardman Digital team which won 2 BAFTAs in 2011
• Illustration alumni
  

Student success

Graduate sells designer fashion to mums-to-be - A fashion student who had a baby in the middle of studying for her degree has set up her own business selling her own bespoke maternity wear.

Dickens’ novel inspires sonic art project - A novel by Charles Dickens has inspired an unusual art project in the town of his birth and University students have played a fundamental role in its creation. The work is by artist, Suki Chan, who was commissioned to mark the 200th anniversary of Dickens’ birth.  Students from Music and Sound Technology, Digital Media and Photography courses helped with sound recording and editing and with photography for the installation and Suki said their help had been invaluable.  “The students worked with enthusiasm and a lot of energy – I’m not sure we would have done it without them.”

Architecture students win RIBA hat-trick - Three student architects from the University of Portsmouth have won prizes from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) for their vision and ability to deliver projects

BBC recruits students for Big Screen Olympic Games coverage - The BBC was so impressed with the quality of work produced by film students from the School of Creative Technologies at the University of Portsmouth that they selected twice the number of students than it intended to be involved in producing content for the UK’s ‘Big Screens’ during the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Young photographer beats the odds to host first exhibition - A young photography student who suffers with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is hosting an exhibition of work inspired by his condition. Tyran Hawthorn was diagnosed with the debilitating muscle-wasting condition when he was a child. He uses rotten fruit to capture experimental photographic images to illustrate his mixed emotions of anger about his condition.

Architecture students debut in London - A group of entrepreneurial students from the School of Architecture are exhibiting their final year diploma show at a London Gallery.They felt so strongly about their work being seen by a wider audience that that they decided to organise the School’s first exhibition in the capital, complete with private view for London practices.

New Navy deal with university uses student expertise - Computer game simulators will be used to train Royal Navy personnel thanks to support from students at the University of Portsmouth. Computer games and animation students in the School of Creative Technologies are reproducing 3-D models of military hardware, such as ships, aircraft carriers, helicopters and submarines, which are embedded in computer simulators reflecting real combat situations.

Student architects re-design zoo - A zoo on the Isle of Wight could be re-vamped thanks to architecture and interior design students from the University of Portsmouth. The Isle of Wight Zoo is considering a redevelopment of its site and approached the University’s Architecture Project Office for help. The scheme operates as a real architectural consultancy, providing the close links between the School of Architecture and external stakeholders and client organisations.

Interior design student wins top prize - A third year interior design student, Tony Tan, won The Janine Stone Young Interior Designer of the Year award in 2011. Janine Stone praised the entries from the University of Portsmouth, saying: “We thought that all the standard of work presented by Portsmouth students was very high. They seem to have a clear idea of how to marry innovative ideas and commercial sense.”

How much does it cost to advertise a placement?

Advertising your vacancies is free.

Advertising your vacancy

If you want your company to benefit from employing a placement student then contact us. If you have an advert already, please email it to cci.placements@port.ac.uk. Help with creating your advert is available in the information required for adverts document.The Purple Door Careers and Recruitment pages detail other ways to promote your organisation to our students, including the Graduate Recruitment and Placement Fair and advertising graduate vacancies.

Thinking of employing a student?

If you are interested in employing a student, please read the employer responsibilities information so you know what is expected of your organisation. Please ensure you are aware of the possible implications of employing a student in terms of employment law, particularly in light of the government's crackdown on unpaid internships. We recommend you read:

• Common best practice code for high-quality internships (Gateways to the Professions Collaborative Forum, a government advisory group)
• Internships in the arts - A guide for arts organisations (Creative & Cultural Skills)  
• Guidelines for employers offering work placement schemes in the creative industries (Skillset)

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Want to study for a cost-effective, work-based learning degree without leaving your job?

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Find out more: www.port.ac.uk/cpp