About the company
About TAP
The University of Sheffield has been awarded £530,000 from Research England and the Office for Students for Transforming and Activating Places (TAP), a two-year arts and humanities led student knowledge exchange project. Students from widening participation backgrounds will undertake 140 ‘enhanced’ three-week internships with partners in Sheffield and across the UK. Through the internships, and a series of follow-on projects, students will:
- Use their disciplinary expertise to make a positive impact on place and placemaking and promote spatial, social justice.
- Gain routes into industries where they are currently under-represented and build their skills and experience
- Be at the forefront of student knowledge exchange and partnership working
Partners span a variety of sectors and are broadly involved in placemaking. They include Hepworth Wakefield, De Trafford Manchester, the National Railway Museum, Sheffield Star and Forced Entertainment.
About Northern Value Creators
Northern Value Creators (NVC) are people who make businesses better by making them more human. Through their coach-led development programmes they work with tech businesses to help their people develop human leadership skills, improve collaboration and team working. They grow high-trust cultures that allow everyone to thrive. More information can be found here:http://www.northernvaluecreators.com
About the role
The world of work is changing; the skills employers are looking for today are changing too. Employers need their people to be innovative, adaptable and resilient. They need people who can collaborate and solve complex problems together – even if teams are working remotely.
We are seeking two Arts and Humanities or Social Sciences undergraduates to help shape a personal and professional development programme for future placement and internship students at The University of Sheffield. This Human Leadership programme will support and encourage students to feel confident and psychologically safe to bring their full selves into their work experience and demonstrate the mindset and behaviours employers need.
This 105 hour internship is part of Transforming and Activating Places (TAP), a new two-year student knowledge exchange project. The students will build on work already undertaken for arts and humanities knowledge exchange project Distant Creation (see below) and contribute to the creation of materials relating to: psychological safety, tackling imposter syndrome, building trust and collaborating and engaging people online, to be used by future TAP placement students.
This is an excellent opportunity to play an important role in a university partnership with a dynamic local company and influence the design of future arts and humanities led student work placement and internship schemes. The placement is open to widening participation students only (see below for further details).
Requirements
You are eligible to apply for this opportunity if you meet one or more of the following Widening Participation criteria:
+ Your home address is in a neighbourhood with low rates of participation in Higher Education. You can use the POLAR4 tool to check your postcode here. Postcodes in POLAR4 quintiles 1 and 2 meet this criteria
+ You are the first in your family to go to University
+ You identify as belonging to a Black, Asian, or Minority Ethnic (BAME) community
+ You are a ‘first generation’ student (your parents didn’t attend university before they turned 21)
+ You are a carer for someone
+ You have been in care at some point
+ You have a disability or specific learning difficulty
+ You are a mature student
+ You have received a UoS financial bursary
If you have any questions or are unsure if you meet any of these criteria, please get in touch with the TAP team at whatworks@sheffield.ac.uk and we will be happy to discuss this.
How to apply
Click here to apply.