Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, engaging guest lecturers and ensuring students have access to industry insights via work experience has become a significant challenge for course leaders. Also, the worlds of media, marketing and journalism have rapidly changed in 2020 meaning the professional landscape the next generation will fit into is set to be significantly different to what’s come before. With our programme of industry speakers, seminars and career insights sessions, we aim to support course leaders by bringing the industry to their students. As well as getting access to upcoming events and our archive of talks, we encourage our university partners to feedback on who they’d like to see on the lineup and insight sessions which would help their students.
By purchasing an annual university course subscription for CORQ, you’ll get access to…
- Weekly industry talks with editors, creatives and key voices in the media. Through these online half-hour events, you’ll hear how the biggest publications have changed post-pandemic, the kind of content driving the media now and how to break into your industry via the people who might just be hiring you. You’ll also get access to our archive of sessions from 2020 (see our autumn/ winter listings here). Check out our talk with Antonia Baildam and Cassandra Russell – the heads of beauty and fashion at TikTok – for a taste of our industry insight sessions and see our latest programme here.
- Group Chat – our bi-weekly inspiration series in which people who’ve built incredible careers share how they’ve done it, what they’ve learned and give advice to students on how to get their big break. See our session with Sami Mokbel – senior football reporter for the Daily Mail – on how he got his break in sports journalism, what it takes to break a story (his biggest so far has been David Beckham’s retirement) and how to start building strong relationships with football clubs early on. Our Group Chat sessions aim to inspire, inform and illuminate potential career paths for students after graduation and see our latest programme here..
- Seminars on what’s digitally driving digital media and marketing now. These pre-recorded sessions are led by Sara McCorquodale – CORQ CEO and author of the award-winning book Influence: How Social Media Influencers Are Shaping Our Digital Future – and aim to give you key insights on important developments plus case studies to use in your own work. Check out our seminar “Key insights on how content trends drive social media” to find out what to expect from this part of your subscription.
