{"id":2826,"date":"2021-07-07T12:24:40","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T11:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/?p=2826"},"modified":"2024-10-18T09:16:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T09:16:48","slug":"heritage-innovation-researcher-university-of-exeter-heritage-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/2021\/07\/07\/heritage-innovation-researcher-university-of-exeter-heritage-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Heritage Innovation Researcher &#8211; University of Exeter Culture Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Name:<\/strong> Ellie Speechly<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Degree Programme:<\/strong> BA Archaeology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Year of Study:<\/strong> 3rd Year<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pathway Programme Completed:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exeter.ac.uk\/careers\/employability-schemes\/professionalpathways\/artscultureandheritage\/\">Pathways to Arts, Culture, and Heritage<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Internship Role\/Job Title:<\/strong> Heritage Innovation Researcher<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Internship Employer:<\/strong>&nbsp;University of Exeter Culture Team<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Please outline the project you worked on during your Pathways internship. What achievements are you particularly proud of? How will your work be helping others?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Going into 2020, I was fortunate to have been involved with the University of Exeter\u2019s Professional Pathways scheme, an internship programme designed to give students an authentic workplace experience, along with specialist training in a field of their choosing. I was privileged to have been offered a role at the University itself in the Culture team with the Heritage Innovation department, a team that ensures the University has an extensive pool of partnerships and collaboration networks, operating on an international scale. I gained infallible insight into the networking skills required within the heritage sector, in addition to learning how many large-scale organisations such as the National Trust operate. A fellow student and I were entrusted to assist in researching and constructing a compressive report, containing all ongoing and completed partnerships, operations of a memorandum, and projects that the Humanities department was\/are undertaking, in addition to the staff involved. This will later become a digital tool for students, staff, and external parties to consult in order to better understand the vast number of projects the University has had a hand in. I was particularly proud of the sheer quantity of information my colleague and I managed to read and research; it was all so interesting and engaging that I could easily have spent days at a time reading about a single project, such as those ongoing with Powderham Castle or the fascinating upcoming project on Vivien Leigh being untaken by the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How did you overcome a particular challenge during your internship, for example, challenges linked to worki<\/strong><strong>ng remotely?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As an archaeology undergrad, I was over the moon to have been accepted and was waiting with anticipation for a heritage-related placement! But much like the rest of the world, all these plans were put on hold thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic. Thanks to the efforts of the Pathways team and the wonderful collaborating organisations, remote working positions were arranged so no one missed out on gaining from this worthwhile and professionally enriching experience. Though working remotely had its setbacks, with interaction being limited to the video chatting format, with which we are all so familiar now, I couldn\u2019t have asked for better employers or co-workers. I cannot express in words how unbelievably enriching both personally and professionally this internship has proven to be, and I would highly recommend it to anyone to apply and give it your best shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How has your Professional Pathways internship helped you in tak<\/strong><strong>ing the next steps in your career, for example, have you gone on to secure another role, or has it helped you decide the sector you want to work in?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The internship proved to be great practice in contacting those within the heritage field, in addition to building relationships with those in the sector that has proven valuable as a new graduate, particularly in these difficult times! Although it wasn\u2019t what I was expecting, my internship was a wonderful experience as it provided me with realistic skills needed in the heritage sector today, such as effective communication and research through more innovative means. I\u2019m now fortunate enough to be involved with the SS&nbsp;Great Britain&nbsp;as a direct thanks to my wonderful employers, who have continued to support, mentor, and provide invaluable insight and advice into the world of work. Good luck and all the best in all your upcoming endeavours!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name: Ellie Speechly Degree Programme: BA Archaeology Year of Study: 3rd Year Pathway Programme Completed: Pathways to Arts, Culture, and Heritage Internship Role\/Job Title: Heritage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[105,129,49],"tags":[173],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Heritage Innovation Researcher - University of Exeter Culture Team - UoE Internship Schemes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/2021\/07\/07\/heritage-innovation-researcher-university-of-exeter-heritage-team\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Heritage Innovation Researcher - University of Exeter Culture Team - UoE Internship Schemes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Name: Ellie Speechly Degree Programme: BA Archaeology Year of Study: 3rd Year Pathway Programme Completed: Pathways to Arts, Culture, and Heritage Internship Role\/Job Title: Heritage [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/2021\/07\/07\/heritage-innovation-researcher-university-of-exeter-heritage-team\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UoE Internship Schemes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-07-07T11:24:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-10-18T09:16:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mark\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mark\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/2021\/07\/07\/heritage-innovation-researcher-university-of-exeter-heritage-team\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/2021\/07\/07\/heritage-innovation-researcher-university-of-exeter-heritage-team\/\",\"name\":\"Heritage Innovation Researcher - University of Exeter Culture Team - UoE Internship Schemes\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-07T11:24:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-18T09:16:48+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/#\/schema\/person\/f55c794873afd5892e3c96ddf775f5b2\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/2021\/07\/07\/heritage-innovation-researcher-university-of-exeter-heritage-team\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/2021\/07\/07\/heritage-innovation-researcher-university-of-exeter-heritage-team\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/2021\/07\/07\/heritage-innovation-researcher-university-of-exeter-heritage-team\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Heritage Innovation Researcher &#8211; 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