If you’re 18 – 30 years old, living in Wales and looking to get ahead in the creative and cultural industries, Buzz Culture is for you. Over an 8 week period you will have the opportunity to get the latest upgrades on the skills you need, meet new creatives and build new networks. You’ll also get to work on a new and original live brief, then publish and promote your work to international audiences. All this through a FREE non formal and flexible learning experience.
100% of learners said they would recommend this programme to others.
Chelsea
“Now after hearing from other creatives within the industry, the process and the skills needed, I feel much more confident in navigating a career within these industries. I feel I have received vital support that I hadn’t before.”
On average, learners felt the quality of career development support they’d received grew by nearly 60% after completing the programme.
What’s Included
Skills Sessions
You’ll learn more about wide ranging essential modern workplace subject areas including remote collaboration, project and product management, working with data, creative writing, communications, marketing and storytelling.
Mentoring
To guide you through the programme, you’ll be paired with a mentor. Your mentor will be an experienced cultural and creative industries professional and they will be on hand to offer you career guidance and support through regular 121 sessions.
Live Briefs
You will work on group and individual live briefs creating and producing cultural content with us and our creative and cultural industries partners. This element of the experience is real world and the briefs will be based on what we’re working on at the time.
Community
The Buzz Culture community is a warm, friendly and supportive place full of practitioners and professionals that help build your networks and create exciting opportunities for continued collaboration.
Over 95% of learners either agree or strongly agree their online collaboration skills and their knowledge of online collaboration tools have improved.
Alysha
“I have also challenged myself in many ways. For example, I wrote my first ever music review for the live brief group work which I was scared to do, but I loved the creative process.”
FAQ
When does the Spring term run?
The spring term starts after the Easter holidays on the week beginning Monday the 25th of April 2022, and will continue for 8 consecutive weeks until Tuesday the 14th of June 2022.
How much time will I need to commit?
Skills sessions are every Tuesday evenings for 2 hours between 6pm and 8pm for the duration of the programme. You will also meet with your mentor for 1 hour every week. When it comes to working on your live brief, you will need to be flexible as this is the nature of the industry.
How do I access the Skills Sessions?
All skills sessions will be delivered remotely via video conferencing.
How do I meet my mentor?
We will pair you with a mentor at the start of the programme. From there on, you can organise when and how you meet between you. This will be remotely via phone or video call until further notice.
I’m already studying/working. Can I still apply?
Currently, yes. Buzz Culture is classed as non formal continued professional development and it’s intended to be additional support to those that are seeking to improve their workplace and employability skills.
If I apply, am I guaranteed a place?
No – the programme is very popular and we have limited spaces.
What will the live briefs be?
Live briefs are real life projects that we and our partners are currently working on so it depends what we’re doing at the time.
Can I sign up and just participate in the Live Briefs or mentoring?
Skills sessions are compulsory but the mentoring and live briefs are optional. If you do not attend the weekly skills sessions, you will lose access to your mentor and not be able to participate in any live briefs.
Applications for spring term 22 are now closed. If you’d like to be notified when autumn term applications open, submit your details below.
