Video students go the distance on Europe internship

University of Wolverhampton students went the distance recently when they snapped up internships in Malta.

Ravi Kumar, 21 from Tipton, and Kamilah Halliday, 25 from Quinton, Birmingham, applied for internships through the Santander Universities bursary scheme to enable them to get work experience during their summer break.

The two students, who are now in their final year of the University’s Video & Film Production course, worked for Paragon Europe for a two month period. They were tasked with designing, creating and filming a video to promote the Santander work placement scheme.

Paragon Europe is a leading host agency managing successful Internship programmes through various EU mobility projects such as Erasmus Plus and Youth Guarantee.

Kamilah said: “The internship was really valuable in terms of scoping out a real-life business project – we had to do a lot of research, come up with costings and liaise with our client.  It was great to put some of what we had learned on our course into practice.

“It’s my ambition to work abroad and make travel videos and this internship gave me a glimpse into how that might transfer into a career.”

Ravi said: “The course has really helped me to gain skills and make some good contacts in the industry, which is really growing rapidly in our region.  There has also been an investment in new equipment and facilities so we’re up to speed with industry standard, new technology.

“I feel confident and prepared to either open a business or to work. As long as you have the ambition, you can find opportunities like this and the internship was amazing because we produced a professional, corporate video for a worldwide banking chain as well as working for some of Paragon Europe’s subsidiary companies.”