Archive for the ‘Media’ Category
Testing, testing – can you hear me?
May 19th, 2010
Posted in Media
Ever wanted to get behind the mic and mixing desk? Wanted to bash out your favourite tunes, but just don’t know where to start? There’s still hope yet.
Radio presenter and local guru, Emma Scott, is set to host a special taster session for her Transmission Radio Skool right here in Birmingham.
Set to take place on Saturday June 19, 2010, the sessions are set to take place at Birmingham City University’s City North Campus in Perry Barr.
Open to absolute beginners and well as advanced radio enthusiasts, the sessions offer two hours of hands on experience with one of the most knowledgeable minds in radio.
Emma’s 22 years experience has seen her through over 5,000 radio shows up and down the country.
Not only will she be on hand to explain the technical side of presenting, but promises to give away some of the best trade secrets in the industry.
In the studio you will get to present the travel news, read the weather and play some of your own CD’s and get to “play DJ”. After the day you will be given a recording of your studio session.
For the more advanced students, who already present radio shows in college or university, there will be more emphasis on the presenting side as well as looking at what work needs to go into each radio show, how to connect with your listener and how to turn a news story into a link.
Each session lasts 2 hours with three sessions scheduled for the Taster Day. Fee: £9.99.
For more information click here or email transmissionskool@btinternet.com.
Insight Out: Deadline on the horizon
May 13th, 2010
Posted in Media
For those of you wishing to launch your own business after graduation – listen up. The application deadline for the Insight Out programme is approaching.
Applicants entering the programme must have submitted their forms no later than May 17, 2010.
The Insight Out programme, run in association with the New Technology Institute in Birmingham, offers recent graduates the chance to explore their own business venture in a six month training programme.
The scheme offers successful candidates £3000 funding, office space and access to a variety of industry experts across the Birmingham area.
Applicants must have graduated within the last four years and still hold a Birmingham address.
For more information or first-hand opinion on what the scheme has to offer, click here. For an application form email rebecca.birch@bcu.ac.uk.
A Night of Celebrating Birmingham’s Creative Talent
May 11th, 2010
Posted in Media
Last night (May 10, 2010) creative talents across Birmingham came together and celebrated one another’s work with the help of Media Talent Bank. The event was put on to give the members of the Talent Bank an offline platform, and a much needed opportunity to display their work to the right kind of people.
The event was a huge success, held at the Studio Venue’s in the city centre with a range of talent on show from jewellery, photography, animation, short films and graphic illustration work. The crowds were buzzing in and around the exhibitions, networking with the range of students, graduates and freelancers who were showcasing their work.
Media Exhibition and Networking Event
May 3rd, 2010
Posted in Media
Looking to network with some of Birmingham’s best creative minds? Local creative industries organisation, Media Talent Bank, is set to launch the first of many networking events this month.
Taking over Orange Studios on May 10th, the event gives students the chance to mingle with the media experts of the city and increase their contact database.
With exhibitors ranging from animators to illustrators, to jewellery designers and photographers, the evening aims to attract a variety of creative minds.
Open from 6.30pm on Monday May 10, the event is free to attend to all in the Birmingham area.
Date: 10th May 2010
Time: From 6.30pm
Location: Orange Studios (See map for directions).
For more information on exhibitors and future Media Talent Bank events click here.
Student gives Media Talent Bank thumbs up
April 30th, 2010
Posted in Media
Local business, Media Talent Bank, held the first of many workshops last month, aimed at educating students with the skills and attitudes needed to survive in the media industry.
After attending the social media focussed workshop, Birmingham City University student, Jade Dale, told The Grade she felt the course had not only equipped her with many newly acquired online skills, but had opened up possible jobs opportunities after graduation.
“After speaking to Nicky Getgood, from ‘Talk about local’, I explained my interest in local radio and we just got chatting.
Insight Out 2010
April 26th, 2010
Posted in Media
As the Insight Out scheme opens for enrolment in May, The Grade caught up with existing participants to find out what they really thought.
Nationally renowned, Insight Out offers successful candidates the opportunity to start and maintain their own business. Awarding all participants with six-months of business training, office space and a £3,000 bursary payment, the Insight Out scheme could be the stepping stone needed by the budding graduate entrepreneur. (For more information on the scheme see our last post).
With March’s intake now two months into the scheme, The Grade joined one group to find out exactly what they thought of the scheme. Talking through the completed stages of the six-month training programme, the all female trainees felt that the scheme had already strengthened their entrepreneurial skill set.
Media Talent Bank Makeover
April 23rd, 2010
Posted in Media
Birmingham based creative industries organisation, Media Talent Bank, has taken a fresh look on its business strategy this month, launching the first of many workshops designed to help up and coming artistic talents.
Previously the organisation offered an online platform for creative talents to network and showcase their work, however, with the help of Trinket Creative, the Talent Bank is able to advertise its services amongst students through a series of specialist workshops.
Creative industry networking event on the horizon
April 12th, 2010
Posted in Media
The Grade is pleased to announce its attendance at the upcoming Horizon Networking Event.
The Horizon Networking Event will take centre stage next week (Tuesday April 20) at Birmingham City University, providing students with the opportunity to network with some of the best creative businesses in the city.
“It’s not what you know, it’s who you know,” according to creative consultancy firm, 2B1 Communications.
Podcast: Guardian’s Todd Nash talks about dissertation uses
April 6th, 2010
Posted in Media
The Grade speaks to Todd Nash of The Guardian about the uses of a dissertation when it comes to applying for a job. Todd found the academic side to his degree very helpful during his Guardian interview, reminding us that it is not just the practical side that interest employers.
Download or listen to the podcast below to find out how Todd used his dissertation during his interview, as well as other useful tips that he had to offer.
Do you want to B Seen?
April 4th, 2010
Posted in Industrial, Media, Private Sector, The Fun Stuff
Birmingham welcomes a new scheme created to help students or recent graduates get their own business off the ground.
The nationally renowned Insight Out programme moves onto its second intake this year in June. Working in collaboration with the B Seen Project, the six month course offers participants unique one on one training, exceptional experience in the world of business entreprise and a £3,000 bursary throughout the course .
Funded by Birmingham City Council in collaboration with Aston University, Birmingham City University and the University of Birmingham, the Insight Out project aims to provide the entrepreneurs of Birmingham with three levels of support in which your business can build and flourish.
Helen Higson said: “B-Seen is a welcome addition to the range of schemes which graduates and students can access to help them in their careers.
“Entrepreneurship and innovation are key drivers for the region’s economy, and it is important that we support young people when they are starting out, to give them the best chance of success with their ventures.”
