Internship Specification

Project Title:

Digital Media: Development of a Media Framework for a Modern Educational Platform

School/Department:

School of Health Sciences, NWORTH

Named Contact in School/Department:

Christopher Woods

Internship Period:

Summer 2019 (June / July / August) – Negotiable

Internship Duration:

150 Hours

Proposed Working Pattern:

1 fixed day per week and remaining time working flexibly based on the intern’s preference and the
project requirements. Meeting times agreed and communication via email.

Description

The All Wales Faculty for Dental Care Professionals (AWFDCP – ‘The Faculty’) is a policy driven
initiative, funded by the Welsh Government. The Faculty seeks to provide a platform to enrich the
training environment and the capability, well-being and engagement of the Dental Care Professional
(DCP) workforce across Wales.

The Faculty is hosted by the School of Health Sciences at Bangor University. This unique position
allows the Faculty to draw upon the broad educational offer that the School provides, improving the
holistic nature of our training opportunities. As a result, we can draw on the rich heritage that the
School has in training nurses and other allied health professionals. This will increase the flexibility
and inter-professional opportunities of DCP training.

The Faculty is currently developing a suite of educational programmes for DCP’s. These range full,
university validated, qualifications to web-based short courses aimed at DCP’s and other allied
health professionals. These short-courses with take the format of a Massive Open Online Course
(MOOC), essentially this allows the courses to be infinitely scalable through delivery using digital
platforms.

Intern Role

 To develop a MOOC media framework suitable for current and future Faculty programmes.
 Pre-production, recording and post-production of podcast format interviews and visual
media from course leaders and subject specialists.
 Liaising with stakeholders and contributors.
 Contributing to ideas, specifically with respect to application of media skills/techniques.

Benefits to the Intern

  Opportunity to build a personal portfolio of commercial digital media
 Working in a flexible environment with the opportunity for personal creativity
 Development of professional skills, such a project management and product delivery
 Being the subject expert in a multidisciplinary team – i.e. a high level of personal creative
freedom
 Networking with the current Faculty design consultancy – a large creative agency based in
Colwyn Bay
 Working within a motivated supportive team who will ensure that the internship objectives
are achievable and beneficial to the intern.

Facilities / Working environment

The diverse nature of the project means that the intern will not be expected to work exclusively in a
fixed location for the entirety of the internship. The intern will be expected to use the equipment
and facilities made available to undergraduate and post-graduate media students as and when
appropriate. The intern will also be provided with dedicated office space in the NWORTH building,
Normal Site.

Person Specification

Criteria Essential /
Desirable
A current Bangor University 2nd, 3rd or 4th year Media Studies (or closely related Essential
subject) student
Capable of generating appropriate creative concepts for a given application Essential
Confident using digital media recording and post-processing equipment Essential
Ability to work autonomously Essential
Excellent communication skills: face to face, telephone and email Essential
Has examples of digital media projects delivered to a specification Essential
Previous experience producing audio/podcast content Desirable
Previous experience producing visual media Desirable
Experience creating educational resources Desirable
Ability to teach and train other members of the project team Desirable

Language Requirements

Welsh

Speaking 1

Reading/Writing 1

English

Speaking 4

Reading/Writing 4