IAPS Intern Recruitment 2021 

The Institute of Asia and Pacific Studies (IAPS) is a university-wide research institute (for more details on this prestigious research institute, and has three research priority areas (RPAs). We would like to invite students of high calibre with extreme interest in the affairs of the Asia and Pacific region to join its internship programme. This internship will start from 1st September 2021 and end on 31st August 2022.  

IAPS Intern Recruitment Poster_2021

The following positions are available and open to undergraduate year 1- 3 (currently) from all majors: 

1.       Cultural & Creative Industries RPA (lead by Dr Fui Theng Leow)

Logistics (2-3 people)

Publicity (1-2 People) 

2.       Gender Studies RPA (lead by Dr Lily YU)

Logistics (2-3 people)

Publicity (1-2 People) 

3.      Ningbo Studies RPA (lead by Dr Thomas Hirzel)    

Logistics (2-3 people)

Publicity (1-2 People)

 

Vacancy Descriptions:

Logistics

  • Managing logistics (i.e. refreshment preparation, venue layout and on-site support) for both closed-door and public lectures/seminars/workshops/conferences
  • Guiding Campus Tour or City Tour for visiting scholars
  • Managing and updating the IAPS Researcher Database Lists
  • Preparing team building and IAPS annual parties
  • Liaise with guest speaker/presenters while necessary
  • Accompany group leader/members to attend workshop or other events

Publicity

  • Maintaining social media platform for IAPS and its projects (WeChat)
  • Designing posters for the Distinguished Professors seminars, public lectures, workshops, conferences and other related events
  • Maintaining and updating the IAPS university website
  • Recording videos and taking photos in IAPS-hosted seminars, workshops and related events 

In some cases there will be job rotation and coordination across groups and teams based on actual situation.

 

The IAPS will provide the following benefits:

  • The official certification
  • Paid Research opportunities for either related themes or IAPS board members
  • NAA credits (optional)
  • Workshops provided by director/deputy director (such as career suggestions and research skills)     

Work as part of the IAPS internship is undertaken on a voluntary basis will not be paid except for research work when available. 

Applicants will be assessed based on the submitted documents and successful applicants will need to attend an interview for the final assessment. Training sessions will be offered to help the interns to familiarize themselves with the duties connected to the internship, especially for interns responsible in the Publicity department due to the type of work involved. 

Please note that this internship programme requires interns to be available for tasks taking place mostly on campus (excluding university holiday period) during the internship period, hence applicants who are also applying for exchange programme or planning to take a gap year will not be considered for the academic year for which they plan to travel. 

Interested applicants should provide following documents in English as attachments in their application email and send them to IAPS@nottingham.edu.cn by 22.00pm, 15 April 2021.

  • CV indicating relevance to the post that you are applying for
  • Personal Statement outlining your study/research interests and motivation for joining the IAPS internship (1 page at maximum or approx. 200-500 words)
  • Please name the CV/PS as “Logistics or Publicity-which PRA or Central-Name-Year (during application)-Major”, for instance “Logistics-Gender Studies-Filbert LEE-Y3-IS”

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Many thanks and we are looking forward to receiving your applications!