Micro-Internships are 2-5-day voluntary work experience placements exclusively on offer to Oxford University students. Each internship gives you the opportunity to observe and assist with a notable project. The aim is to develop your employability skills, add to your CV, and offer you the opportunity to make new professional contacts.
CIfA wishes to develop and improve on the information and support it provides to students and others seeking a career in the historic environment. As a small professional body with limited resources, we want to ensure that the information and resources we produce are appropriate, useful and engaging for the target audience. We want to identify good examples produced by other professional bodies and gain a better understanding of what works and what doesn’t, from the student perspective.
Working remotely, both independently and as part of a team, you will undertake desk-based research using a range of online resources to identify and map the careers information and resources available to students and early career professionals that aim to build a career in the historic environment or allied professions. Each team member will focus on one of the following core areas: Engineering, Environment and Landscape, Museums, and Built Heritage Conservation. Members assigned to the same area will work in collaboration (remotely). Using information available online, you will review the career offer of these professional bodies by evaluating their accessibility and usability, as well as by providing insights into their strategic ambitions.
You will present your findings in team briefings, and in two written formats: You will write a short report to be used by CIfA in the development of their career resources. You will also have the opportunity to reflect on your project and your experience in a blogpost to be published on the TORCH Heritage Programme website.
