Our media mentoring is an initiative between the Lincoln School of Media and the University of Lincoln Careers & Employability Service. The mentoring pilot is part of our successful LSM Network, which you probably know created this blog and started ‘Meet the Graduates’ to name just a couple of things managed by the network. The LSM has always been keen for our alumni to be part of our activities and events. The media mentoring pilot is another strand to enhance our link between industry and academia as we celebrate twenty years of media students into graduates. Thanks to all our mentors, majority of the twenty or so are our alumni, and student-mentees. We’re looking forward to hearing how the mentoring is going, so please share your experiences here! We’ll be reviewing the pilot’s progress later in the year. Our media mentoring was launched the morning of Meet the Graduates in February 2014. LSM’s student crew, via New Media Lincs was Year 2 Rory McCarney, Year 3 Kirsty Gibson and Kamil Rewers, captured this summary about our mentoring pilot.
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Meet LSM Graduate & Music Video Director Lewis Cater | 28 April
The LSM love to welcome back our graduates whatever their experiences and passions across the creative and media-related industries.
This Monday, 2011 alumnus Lewis Cater who’s worked with artists and bands for 5 years as a video director and editor will be in the Coop Lecture Theatre at 1pm. He’ll share his journey since graduating – pitching for music videos to negotiating with Sony Entertainment and Universal Music Group. SOUND! Get your questions ready …
… in the meantime see his showreel.
LSM Update
Head of Lincoln School of Media, Dr. Sarah Barrow, wanted to share three good pieces of news with you.
Firstly, Media Production has been nominated for the ‘Course of the Year’ category at the University of Lincoln Students’ Union Awards. The prize ceremony will be on 9th May 2014. You can find out more about the Lincoln School of Media on our site here. Like LSM’s in the top four of all media degree courses in the UK for student employability.
Secondly, a University of Lincoln student team ‘Lincoln Valentino’, which included LSM third year Sascha Tucker (Social Media Manager at Linc TV) has won the Vodafone 24-hour challenge, with prizes including an 8 week paid internship and an iPad. Sacha said: “Our team was awarded 1st place for our new innovative idea and concept – the Relieve E-Cigarette. All animation, scripts and VO were produced by myself.” Vodafone has opportunities across the year for students and graduates and can be found on its site about careers.
Thirdly, another Media Production student, (specialising in Design) has reached the finals of the prestigious D&AD annual awards. As we await the outcome you may like to enter the New Blood Awards npower Developer Challenge 2014 ” to design an app which harnesses energy data with publicly available and device data to help consumers manage their energy use.” Closing date’s 30th May 2014 – brief’s here.
Congrats LSM’s Rosie Turner 4Crew Social Networker & Photographer
LSM’s second year student Rosie Turner is on our mentoring pilot between industry professionals and undergraduates. Rosie’s media mentor is 2006 graduate Katy Atkinson who runs a successful not-for-profit media production company called The Reporters’ Academy, based in Manchester. Next month, Katy has kindly arranged a MediaCityUK tour for Rosie and the two will continue to discuss career strategy. For now, Rosie has this super story to share.
Hi, I’m a Television and Photography student. Here’s a little piece on my recent job success at Channel 4. I’ll be working as a Social Networker and Photographer as part of the 4Crew team, travelling around the UK to film and document 4Talent Days.
I had heard about the job whilst working for the 4Talent department last summer through work experience so when the opportunity was posted online in February I quickly applied and crossed my fingers. At the start of March I had an e-mail back saying I was successful and invited down to London for a day-long interview at Channel 4. After an initial panic because my train was over an hour late and a little jog from one side of Westminster to the other, I made it to the interview, where I met all of the candidates for all job roles (Reporter, Director, Production Manager & Social Networker) within the 4crew team. The first task was a pitch presentation and I was up first! Continue reading
George Horne | Director
LSM Graduate George Horne (LSM Graduate 2010) is building a name for himself as a Director, based at lonelyleap an independently owned, multi award winning production company with offices in London and New York City.
Clients include: BP, BBC, Channel 4, Bentley, CNBC, Intel, Kew Gardens, KPMG, Levis, Rio Tinto, Save the Children, Alcatel-Lucent, Ogilvy & Mather, Tumi, Film4, McCains and The World Economic Forum.
Recently George wrote, directed and graded this new Rimmel London promo.
“We edited in house on FCP, shot on 2 5D MkIIIs, sound was recorded on an external boom and clip on mics, shoot ratio was really high as we wanted to capture certain elements of spontaneity, fun and movement, oh and we also used a Sony Hi8 camera for the little vintage camera bits.” Continue reading
Year 2 Students Get Ready for Graduate Schemes with Kickstart
Do you want to know the best way to find and apply for graduate schemes and jobs? Then Kickstart is for you in your second year of study at the LSM, University of Lincoln. Graduate training schemes cover a variety of fields from media to music, marketing to publishing, design to the charity sector and many more. HURRY! The deadline to book is 21st March. Head’s up from Helen McCarron, Careers and Employability Adviser for the College of Arts:
Last semester Careers and Employability piloted the programme Kick Start. This intensive 5 week programme introduced second year students to graduate training schemes, skills analysis, assessment centres, CVs and applications. This year’s programme has also been expanded upon from last time’s feedback to include a session on financial planning for your future.
You will need to send your CV and an email of interest to Lynda Crosby before 21st March: Lcrosby@lincoln.ac.uk. Involvement in this programme counts for the full academic activities AND the additional activities section of the Lincoln Award.
Coming? The Lincoln YouTube Gathering on 3rd May 2014
LSM students and YouTubers Dean Dobbs and Elliot Gough are organisers of the 3rd annual Lincoln YouTube Gathering on 3rd May. It’s in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust. Our alumni like Bing [Slomozovo], TomSka, Jack Howard and Daniel J. Layton will be appearing. Ticket’s £8 from the Engine Shed for an event that’s billed as seeing ‘incredible performances from some talented YouTubers’. See FB.
Opportunity! Join LINC TV
LINC TV is the University of Lincoln’s first ever student created and student run television station. “Its goal is to provide University of Lincoln students with a range of content spanning across all genres. At the same time it is used as a tool for students to gain experience in the Media Industry during their time in Lincoln. Check out our work and don’t hesitate to contact us if you’d like to get involved!” Twitter | Facebook | YouTube Channel
What links LSM with Woodhall Spa, Milan and Missing Gnomes?
Answer is Colin Reiners, our Principal Lecturer in Media Production!
You see he lives in Woodhall Spa and Colin’s creative images of rural Lincolnshire life formed a photographic tour, which is being showcased throughout Italy. His exhibition ‘Gnome Thieves Attack Woodhall Spa’ started last year in Pontremoli, continued with a successful tour around Italy to Milan. Colin said: “The opening attracted people from as far away as Florence, and even a bemused visitor from Boston, Lincolnshire!” Unsurprisingly (this week when the exhibition comes to a close but has been on track in Milan’s railway!) missing gnomes and Colin’s images that captured Woodhall Spa’s community are still hitting headlines abroad and in Colin’s home patch.
From Horncastle News: A missing garden gnome is raising the profile of a Lincolnshire village in a city over 1,000 miles away. Continue reading
Congrats! Audio Production’s Alice Asbury Wins Excellence Award
Well done from all at LSM to Year 1 Audio Production student Alice Asbury who received the University of Lincoln’s scholarship award.
from Alice’s mum
The Excellence Scholarship recognised Alice’s outstanding academic achievement. She attained the highest amount of tariff points in one sitting during her BTEC Extended Diploma in Music. Alice’s accomplishment put her in the category of ‘the highest achieving new undergraduate students joining the institution.’
Lincoln School of Media’s Alice was one of nine first year students, from across the University’s Colleges, to get an Excellence Scholarship from the Vice Chancellor Professor Mary Stuart: “Scholarships represents a very special moment for us all here at the University of Lincoln, when we acknowledge the successes of our newest undergraduate students.”