{"id":5737,"date":"2025-12-09T14:38:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T14:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/?p=5737"},"modified":"2025-12-09T14:40:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T14:40:50","slug":"employer-case-study-faculty-operations-for-archaeology-and-history-university-of-exeter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/2025\/12\/09\/employer-case-study-faculty-operations-for-archaeology-and-history-university-of-exeter\/","title":{"rendered":"Employer Case Study: Faculty Operations for Archaeology and History (University of Exeter)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/267\/2024\/10\/trnava-university-En5BmQA9iPo-unsplash-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5989\" style=\"width:452px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/267\/2024\/10\/trnava-university-En5BmQA9iPo-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/267\/2024\/10\/trnava-university-En5BmQA9iPo-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/267\/2024\/10\/trnava-university-En5BmQA9iPo-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/267\/2024\/10\/trnava-university-En5BmQA9iPo-unsplash-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/internships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/267\/2024\/10\/trnava-university-En5BmQA9iPo-unsplash-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Line Manager:<\/strong>&nbsp;Karin Venema (Department Manager for Archaeology and History Faculty Operations)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pathways Programme:<\/strong>\u00a0Pathways to Professional Services in Higher Education (2024 cohort)<em><strong> <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Organisation Summary:&nbsp;<\/strong>The Faculty Operations team facilitates excellent teaching and research in the Archaeology and History Department, with a specific focus on student recruitment and efficiencies.\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How did hosting an intern via the Professional Pathways programme benefit you and your department?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The intern reviewed the online presence and social media for the Department of Archaeology and History. She researched and wrote a report of recommendations, after which she structured, created and scheduled social media posts in a content calendar &#8211; forming the basis of our social media strategy from September 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How was your experience of hosting a Pathways intern?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was pleasantly surprised by how well-matched the student was. I met with her beforehand to discuss mutual expectations, setting out how we would work together. The internship was hybrid: some of the time we spent together in the office, some she worked from home. The intern worked independently and came up with great ideas and suggestions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Given the Professional Pathways internship is 35 hours in total, how would you recommend ensuring both you and your intern(s) gain as much as possible from the experience?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Discuss mutual expectations, provide information beforehand by email, touch base regularly to ensure all is progressing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Line Manager:&nbsp;Karin Venema (Department Manager for Archaeology and History Faculty Operations) Pathways Programme:\u00a0Pathways to Professional Services in Higher Education (2024 cohort) Organisation Summary:&nbsp;The Faculty Operations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1087,"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":[101,151,397],"tags":[225,233,431,427,421,433,343,369],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - 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