Welcome to our latest round up of events, opportunities and schemes that may help you meet collaborators, improve your career prospects or simply broaden your horizons.
Please let us know if you have any suggestions for the next edition via sed-web@qmul.ac.uk
Don’t forget your careers service is open all semester and can help with finding jobs, applications and interviews. Book an appointment or email your careers consultant Fliss Bush.
Quick reminders:
- Go to our first ever BREATHING SPACE event to connect, pause and reflect. Book here
- Support student Emily Eaglestone to raise money for Room to Read here
- Last chance to get a Student Art Pass – free entry/discounts/opportunties – Sign up
- 93% Club – Join the state school old boys network. Sign up
- 7 CV Tips For Getting Into A More Creative Job Read the article
- Note takers for National Theatre Drama Teacher conference Download the opp
- Online Panel in Diversity in Post-Production with Channel 4 today 25 Jan – Join here
From QMUL, Partners & Friends
<< Career Special >>
Sign up to your careers workshops – it’s part of your QMUL journey!
- Finding the right career for you – Wednesday 1st February 2-3pm
If you aren’t sure what you would like to do, this is great place to start! You’ll be encouraged to consider the shape you want your future to take, and given the tools you need to build an action plan with manageable next steps.
- Working for yourself – Wednesday 8th February 2-3pm
If you are interested in freelancing, in being in journalism or theatre practitioner, or have a great idea for a business, this session is for you!
- Presenting yourself – Wednesday 15th February 2-3pm
If you would like to learn more about how to show yourself in the best light to potential employers and clients, come along to this workshop.
Micro Internships now open
We hope you are well. Are you interested in completing a short internship with a business, charity or social enterprise? Micro Internships are a great way to gain experience in a real-life, professional setting with support and training from Queen Mary careers and internships staff.
Why should you apply? Gain real-life work experience and build your CV Increase your employer network Use micro-internship employer as a reference in future applications List the Micro Internship programme on your digital transcript, the Higher Education Achievement Report (HEAR)
Apply now! Applications for our Micro Internships are now open, with the deadline for applications being Sunday 29th January 2023. You can apply for more than one Micro Internship at a time.
In a society or have an idea to work with the community? Submit your idea to QMUL’s Festival of Communities
Get involved in the Festival of Communities The Festival of Communities is returning this summer, between 10 and 11 June, and there are lots of opportunities for staff and students to take part. Exploring living and learning together in Tower Hamlets, the Festival is a collaboration between Queen Mary and community organisations, with over 8,000 local residents joining us in 2022. Visit the Festival of Communities website for details on how you can be involved.
Read the newsletter with all the key info
Online workshops: Autofiction with Wasafiri writer-in-residence Durre Shahwar
Join Wasafiri 2022/23 writer-in-residence Durre Shahwar for this online workshop series focusing on autofiction, self-representation, and prose-writing across and beyond genres. The next workshop will take place on 21 February, from 7-9pm, on Zoom. Read more and book tickets on the Wasafiri website.
Job at Wasafiri Magazine (based at Queen Mary): Digital Coordinator
Wasafiri is seeking to recruit a dynamic new Digital Co-Ordinator to manage our online profile. A lover of literature, committed to diversifying the voices heard in UK and global publishing, the ideal candidate is a creative, highly-organised individual equipped with the skills and track record to confidently lead the expansion of our online presence and reach new audiences, as well as the marketing and social media expertise to grow sales and event attendance.
“LOUDER!” FESTIVAL ANNOUNCEMENT & PITCH NIGHT
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Introducing “LOUDER!: A festival for the underrepresented”! “LOUDER!” (previously named “BAME Fest”) is a festival to celebrate and shine a light on the beautiful talent that exists from artists within the global majority! A festival to give a platform to
those whose work and voices
may be overshadowed; “LOUDER!” is intended to give
these voices the spotlight
and the space to be LOUDER!
Our pitch night for this festival is coming up on Monday 30th January! If you have a show you would like to pitch, feel free to submit through the form on our Linktree! Check out the post for more info!!
LOUDER! Submission form: https://forms.gle/1jmBapsgMdjRWn93A
Festival Guidelines: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M2VQ2BGjH_U9TjXTq-aCy_M1FrKFT5Et2UhGN9nPbFs
Scratch that Itch at King’s Head Theatre
SCRATCH THAT ITCH is an open-call, work-in-progress night; hosted by the fresh-off-the-boat-from-North-London Drag King, Laz Lightning (QMUL alumna).
Expect an eclectic evening of new writing, music, drag, cabaret, comedy & spoken word, all created by performers who are ITCHING for an audience.
In Loving Memory at Bermondsey Project Space- 10 Feb
Live performance and film screening exploring, the courageous, hilarious, and deliciously naive transition from childhood to adulthood. A collaboration between artists and pals Bridget Russon (QMUL alumna) and Kate Ireland.
Outside QMUL
End Over End by Studio Vertigo is part of Battersea Power Station Light Festival. Image: Janus van den Eijnden
Cheer up January with free light festivals in Canary Wharf and City of London
WINTER LIGHTS: Brighten up these dark evenings with a trip to Canary Wharf to see Winter Lights, a free trail featuring more than 20 glowing artworks. Some will be familiar if you’ve been in previous years, while others are new for 2023. You’ll find them dotted around the area, both inside and outside. FREE, until 28 January
ILLUMINOCITY: We’re into the final week of IlluminoCity, a free light festival featuring two installations in the City of London. It’s your last chance to see glowing, geometric sculptures outside the CityPoint building near Moorgate, and Principal Place near Liverpool Street. FREE, until 27 January
BATTERSEA LIGHT FESTIVAL: Yep, another light festival. This one’s also free (hurrah!) and takes place in and around Battersea Power Station, with eight glowing installations illuminated every evening, and a selection of food trucks popping up to keep you fed and watered while you explore. FREE, until 5 March
#BFIFutureFilmFestival returns 16-19 Feb 2023, both in-person at BFI Southbank and online!
One for Grads: Creativity Works: Audio Production – free course for Not in employment, education or training – Deadline 3 Feb
28 Plays Later – Writing Challenge
Jump in to playwriting with this 28-day challenge! Every day in February you’ll receive a writing brief, then you’ll have 36 hours to write a play in response. Plays can be of any length, genre and language. Register now to develop your skills and build your confidence!
Poetry Foyer: Renewal and Reformation
Thursday 26 January
6.30pm – 9.30pm
FREE, booking required
Hear some of the best emerging poets on the scene! This will be an evening focused on mindfulness and wellbeing, expect some chill vibes and a chance to take part in some mindful activities. Open mic slots available on the door.
Skilled Summers are looking for passionate and talented drama and acting students to travel to America this summer and get paid to teach their skills to children at a top summer camp.
For more information or to apply then please get in touch with Georgia at georgia@skilledsummers.co.uk.
The Horror Show! X Upgrade Yourself Takeover – Free entry to Somerset House exhibition
For one night only, get free entry to The Horror Show!, examining how ideas rooted in horror have informed the last 50 years of creative rebellion. We’ll also connect you with like-minded emerging creatives and give access to industry experts, exhibition contributors and Somerset House residents.
Our takeover gives 18-30 year olds:
- Afterhours access to the exhibition
- An Upgrade Yourself Live session with Jenkin Van Zyl who offers up advice on how to carve a creative space of your own
- Plus a DJ set from LO-LOW, networking and bar in the Great Arch Hall.
THU 02 FEB, 18.30-22.00
FREE
Future Producer School, created by Sheffield DocFest and Bungalow Town Productions, has returned!
The scheme aims to develop industry partnerships and provide industry knowledge and experience to up-and-coming producers that have the ambition to become international feature documentary producers. The programme consists of: A residential lab 1-1 mentoring, Matchmade meetings and networking Full Industry Pass for Sheffield DocFest 2023 (standard pass price is £330 + VAT) Deadline to apply: 8 February, 17:00 GMT.
A weekend of complementary performance and film which completes The Sarah Siddon’s Fan Club Theatre collaboration with The United Voices of Africa Association.
Saturday 25th March & Sunday 26th March at 2pm & 4pm
A Theatrical Perambulation, beginning in St Michael’s Square, Bugle Street, Southampton
Bought: A street theatre production about the black history of Georgian Southampton. As well as being a fashionable spa and watering place, the home of the author Jane Austen, painted by John Constable and endorsed by Royalty, the wealth of the residents was based on spoils from West Indian Plantations and East India Company merchandise. This Hidden History tell the story of slaves and deserters, but also of writers, actors and survivors.
www.wegottickets.com/sarahsiddonsfanclub
Monday 27 March 7pm Hangar Farm Arts Centre
The Premiere of The Chameleon & The Fly | Six Characters in Search of a History
The Sad Tale of Richard Parker The Sarah Siddons Fan Club present the premiere of “The Chameleon and the Fly” + 2 more local history films (ticketsolve.com)
In collaboration with Southampton Museum Services: Old Town Churches Walking Tour
10 June 11am from Tudor House Museum, Bugle Street, Southampton Tickets £8
WeGotTickets | Simple, honest ticketing | Old Town Churches Walking Tou
On the Wire: Putting Yourself in the Picture on Thursday 23rd February 7-8pm on Zoom with Andy Kempe, Emeritus Professor of Drama Education at the University of Reading and long standing member of National Drama and Patron of London Drama.
About this session: You will learn how to use the 5Ws of drama to create characters who may have been involved in a real event and be guided towards generating dynamic pieces of dramatic writing by using tightly constrained formats.
Why this session is good to come to: The techniques introduced in this session are easily adapted to different age groups and both real and fictional events. This is a fun session that exemplifies the credo of playwright Noel Greig that ‘Limitation is stimulation’. Session Fee
This session is £10 but discounted to London Drama and National Drama Members to £5. The promo code is available by emailing London Drama at londondrama1@gmail.com
London Short Film Festival continues until 29 January
Future Leaders in the Arts – Free course with Dance Consortium
Deadline 10 Feb
Future Leaders is ideal for people keen to know more about producing, venue and festival programming, artistic management, learning and engagement, tour management, technical management, festival scheduling, public events, tour co-ordination, marketing, digital communications, press and PR, fundraising and more.
Melanie Bigold (Cardiff University) ‘Books of her own: Women’s Libraries and Book Ownership in the Long Eighteenth Century’
What role did women play in the expansion and consumption of print culture between 1660-1820? Drawing on evidence of over 300 women’s libraries, including detailed records from fifty women’s book and library lists comprising some 30,000 titles, this paper will offer some preliminary details about what we have been missing in relation to women and their books in the long eighteenth century.
Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, Tuesday 7 February, in person, 5.30-7pm. Registration required.
To book go to: https://ies.sas.ac.uk/events/books-her-own-womens-libraries-and-book-ownership-long-eighteenth-century
East End History Club – Feeding the Hamlets
The experimental kitchen at McDougall’s flour factory, Millwall, c1964. Ref: LC10435
Saturday 4 February | 11am-4pm | Book your free place!
By popular demand, East End History Club is back! As the closing event for our Feeding the Hamlets exhibition, spend a Saturday with us immersing yourself in the history of food production in the East End.
This is the last chance to see the exhibition before it closes. The day will feature….
- tours of the exhibition at 11am & 2pm
- a wide range of additional collections about food history available for informal browsing – including newspapers, photos and pamphlets
- possibly a film screening
- free tea, coffee and biscuits
Please book in advance so we have an idea of numbers, but feel free to drop in at any point during the event.
Where is Anne Frank
Film screening | Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives
Thursday 26 January | 6:00-8:30pm | Book your free place!
To mark this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day, Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives in partnership with UK Jewish Film is screening WHERE IS ANNE FRANK.
Branding 101 – Free mini class
Branding and design expert Hadrien Chatelet is going to give you a 30-minute whistle stop tour on branding basics for beginners.
National Student Pride – Tickets from Free & Volunteer
THIS IS HOW I DO IT, BABY – FREE WORKSHOPS
ZU-UK will hold a series of 3 ‘This Is How I Do It, Baby’ workshops: each is led by a different guest artist/practitioner established as an innovator in their field, introducing participants to their practice, and including a practical exploration of how they make their work. Join one, two, or all three sessions:
- 1st Feb 2023, 2-5pm: Maria Oshodi https://zuukoshodi.eventbrite.co.uk
- 1st March 2023, 2-5pm: MARF https://zuukmarf.eventbrite.co.uk
- 15th March 2023, 2-5pm: Silvia Mercuriali https://zuukmercuriali.eventbrite.co.uk
These workshops are FREE and open to the public but require you to register, as capacity is limited. All workshops take place at BATHWAY THEATRE, Woolwich, London. It is possible to attend just one, some, or all of the workshops.
Call for Contributions: Art for the Sake of care
The Special Issue Art for the Sake of Care for Humanities explores the space between Art Practice Research and Care Ethics/Studies, highlighting how artistic and creative practice researchers contribute to a caring society. By cutting between care ethics, care theory, and art practice research, this special issue emphasizes care through aesthetic, performative and participatory spaces. Our special issue proposes the encounter of care and the arts as inquiry, as critical, dialogic, performative, and healing. Ultimately, we explore how the arts aim to foster solidarity, trust, and equity as pillars of a caring society.
Contributions are invitation-based for contributors to the Art and Care Platform Series (www.art-and-care.com). The editors are open to considering relevant abstracts (250 words, 4–6 keywords and a short bio by February 1, 2023 to: Merel Visse, mvisse@drew.edu and Dr. Elena Cologni, elena.cologni@aru.ac.uk.)
£5 Freelancer Skills Workshops at the Bush Theatre
In this series of 90-minute workshops designed for theatre freelancers, Bush Theatre staff team will share their knowledge in various areas of the business side of creative life. Each of the workshops will be informative and interactive and aimed at freelancers.
The Bush’s Library Bar and Café will also be open, and freelancers are encouraged to network.
There are limited free bursary places available for freelancers who need them. Contact bushgreen@bushtheatre.co.uk for more information on how to apply for a bursary place.
Tuesday 7th February:
- 11 am Producing Workshop – Led by Oscar Owen
- 1.30 pm Writers Pitching Skills Workshop –Led by Deirdre O’Halloran
- 3.30 pm Directors Toolkit Workshop– Led by Daniel Bailey and Lynette Linton
Wednesday 8th February:
- 11 am Finance Workshop Led by Neil Harris
- 1.30 pm Fundraising Workshop – Led by Ruth Davey and Eleanor Tindall
- 3.30 pm Marketing Workshop – Led by Shannon Clarke and Ed Theakston
Tickets: £5 (£3 concessions) can be booked at bushtheatre.co.uk or at the Box Office on 020 8743 5050.
The Journo Resources Yearbook 2023
Inside the magazine you’ll find:
• 12 in-depth features from our inaugural 2021/22 fellows, looking at everything from life after Twitter and travel journalism, to Islamophobic reporting and creating accessible stories.
• Brand new and updated personal development exercises to help you set achievable goals for your next 12 months in journalism, as well as plan out the stories you really want to cover. • Useful directories of rates, salaries, and other journalism resources you can use to find the support you need over the next 12 months.
• A paper aeroplane to throw social media owners who are throwing their outlet down a pan and other fun surprises…
Inclusive Spaces: Housing Inequality and Heritage
Next week, join us to explore the role that community engagement can play in addressing housing inequalities, and ask how communities can be better included in shaping and creating their own housing culture and heritage.
In the first session of 2023, our expert panel of guests will explore the role that architecture, planning and public engagement can play in addressing racial inequalities and differences in housing and living arrangements across ethnic communities.
DATE Wednesday 25 January 2023
TIME 1:00-2:00pm GMT
LOCATION Zoom
Auntie Sewing Squad: Mask Sewing, Racial Justice and Radical Care
January 24th 19:00 Rose Bruford College, Burnt Oak Lane, Sidcup, DA15 9DF
Studio (C015)
Kristina Wong is a Pulitzer Prize finalist in Drama. She’s a performance artist, comedian, writer and elected representative who has been presented internationally across North America, the UK, Hong Kong and Africa. She’s been a guest on late night shows on NBC, Comedy Central and FX. She’s been awarded artist residencies from MacDowell, San Diego Airport and Ojai Playwrights Festival.
Poetry LGBT Open Mic Night started in January 2015
Come and enjoy poetry and spoken word from new and established poets/writers/creatives for this 8th year anniversary special. Date: Wednesday 25th January 2023
Time: 7-10pm Venue: The Two Brewers 114 Clapham High Street London SW4 7UJ
Up to 20 poets/writers/creatives will each share their poems/spoken word/song.
The open mic sign up is now done inside the venue at 6:45pm on a first come first served basis.
Each person who arrives before 7:30pm will be given 2 free raffle tickets for a chance to win fantastic prizes at 9:30pm
Only £5 entry – Buy tickets here:
https://www.outsavvy.com/event/11612/poetry-lgbt-open-mic-night
EVERYONE IS WELCOME!
Reading Religion and Spirituality in Jamaican Reggae Dancehall Dance – Spirit Bodies Moving – Free event on 26 Jan
LMA Book Group – Black Teacher by Beryl Gilroy
Join the LMA Book Group as we read Beryl Gilroy’s 1976 memoir “Black Teacher”.
Closing soon
Fellowship with Princeton University Press – Deadline 29 Jan
Assistant Producer for Told by an Idiot – Deadline 2 February
Editorial & Social Media Assistant at Kindred Spirit Magazine – Deadline 14 Feb
Global Majority Art Librarianship Scholarship 2023 – Deadline 26 Feb
Channel 4 Apprenticeships – Deadline 27 Feb
Helpful articles to read
Copywriting
Meet the 22-year-old who’s inspiring Gen Z copywriters everywhere – Former QM student Carolyn describes her career inspiring young copywriters.
Social Media
- Guide: How to use Instagram for your career in a healthy way
- Interview: Social writer Hannah Tudor on brand banter and live-tweeting Love Island
- Advice: How to get started in the creator economy
- Interview: Callum Ritchie on community, freelancing and making TikToks for Mini
- Sepideh Zolfaghari on becoming a YouTube content producer
Pep Talk: Dazed’s Ahmad Swaid on working in social media and digital content
Tired of Instagram? We’ve rounded up alternative platforms to showcase your work on
General
Is It My Responsibility to Represent 1.9 Billion Muslims in My Writing?
32 Tips For Making An Indie Film
Further sources of interesting events, opportunities and jobs are…
Apples & Snakes Artists Newsletter | Arts Admin E-Digest | ArtsJobs | BBC Academy | Creative Access (Jobs) | Creative Lives in Progress | ERIC – Career + Opportunities App | Film London | IlikeNetworking | JournoResources | Lectures.London | MediaBeans (media jobs) | QMUL Careers | Presspad | Run the Check | ScreenSkills | Startup Jobs | Tower Hamlets Arts | Write at Home (freelance writing opps)