Alice's Project Management Internship with UEA's Student Enterprise & Employability Development Team

It is my last day as Project Development Intern for the Student Enterprise and Employability Development (SEED) Team. So I thought I’d share what I’ve been up to. My initial task was to put together some hand outs to help explain what exactly it is that the SEED team has to offer students. 
 
The process of reading up on SEED so as to be informed enough to write information on what SEED can provide students, then sending this over to marketing to be formatted for print was very satisfying. It allowed me to simultaneously get my head around what the team does and create something physical that would promote it.

After this introductory task, I began to coordinate the How to Build Your Business Programme which was run by two local entrepreneurs. This would be my main responsibility during the internship. The programme was an introductory course on how to start your own business, aimed at students with an enterprise idea. I oversaw each individual workshop, providing information and materials for the students and collecting attendance information and feedback from both the students and also from Erika and Robert who ran the course. It was fun hearing all the students’ ideas and Robert and Erika’s many tales. The course was the first of this kind to be tried at UEA so at the close of the programme I put together a report containing student feedback and ideas on how it could be improved for the following academic year.

One of the highlights of my internship was assisting the careers events team by accompanying twenty five students on a trip to Whitehall. This was a brilliant insight into the hard work that the events team do and gave me the opportunity to enjoy a guided tour of Whitehall!

I am very grateful to all those I worked with during my internship for allowing me to be involved in a diverse range of projects. I was trusted to work independently and creatively and was surrounded by brilliant colleagues who were happy to answer any questions I had. My time working with the SEED team has supported me in developing a range of skills which I can now transfer into a new role.