In the “Internship Progress Course” of the University Consortium Kyoto, from mid-June to late November, students worked on projects presented by host companies. The activity report and the results were presented at the debriefing session.
On the day of the event, in addition to those involved in the project, university faculty and staff, companies, and last year’s graduates also visited the event to watch the students’ presentations.
At the graduation ceremony after the results debriefing session, the coordinator handed over a “certificate of completion” for each project, and this year’s “Internship Progress Course” came to an end.
Outline of Implementation
| Date & Time |
Saturday, November 15, 2014 10:40~17:35 |
| Venue |
Campus Plaza Kyoto, 4th Floor, Lecture Room 2 |
Number of companies and organizations participating in the project
(In order of presentation of the results report) |
9Companies and Organizations
(Intelligence Office Co., Ltd. / Yumecom Co., Ltd. / University Consortium Kyoto / Insight House Co., Ltd. / NPO Kino Kogaku / Nazca Co., Ltd. / Non-profit organization Children’s Independence no Sato Warm-up School from here/ Kyoto Prefectural Board of Education / Shikoku Island League plus) |
| Number of students |
65
(Kyoto University, Kyoto University of Education, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto Prefectural University, Otani University, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto Women’s University, Kyoto University of Art and Design, Kyoto Tachibana University, Kyoto Bunkyo University, Doshisha University, Doshisha Women’s University, Hanazono University, Ritsumeikan University, Ryukoku University) |
coordinator
Number of faculty members |
8 |
About the announcement
Each project was given 25 minutes to debrief on the results, and the progress and time allocation were devised according to the project.
Below are excerpts from the presentations of each project.
I worked to publish the free paper “Hitomanabi”. The free paper will be published on Tuesday, November 25, and will be set up at universities in Kyoto and other regions.
We introduced the revenue and expenditure of expenses, the number of sales, and the companies listed in specific figures, and explained the process of issuing free papers.
In the Q&A session, when asked “What was it like to make use of the student’s point of view?”, he replied, “Since it is aimed at university students, we were able to incorporate our own opinions, both on the publisher side and on the receiving side.”
On Saturday, December 20th, we will also promote the event “Free Research “Working Real” for 3rd year university students” at the Kyoto Sangyo Kaikan at Kirato Plaza.
Go to the project homepageAt the social gathering, we asked students from other projects to cooperate, and we all took a photo with the flyers.
Yumecom Co., Ltd. ~Learn the process involved in publishing an information magazine about your own retirement and family care~
This is a project to edit and produce an information magazine called “LifeLike” published by the host company.
I wanted to write an article that would help elderly people who have few hobbies to have goals, so I planned an interview article with a person who started running marathons at the age of 92 and was selected.
I interviewed people and created the manuscript while thinking about what I wanted to convey, and although I left the design to a specialist, I thought of the rough draft myself, and after checking with the interviewer, I submitted it and completed it.
When I finished my article, I was able to get a good impression of it by asking actual elderly people to read it and ask for their opinions.
Curiosity and a wide range of knowledge are important things in creating articles, but above all, “passion” was important.
Photo right) Information magazines with the pages I was in charge of were distributed at the venue.
University Consortium Kyoto ~”Study in Kyoto!” Overseas Student Acceptance Program Planning~
In preparation for the increase in the number of international students in Kyoto through a collaborative project with Kyoto City, we came up with a plan for support and exchange for international students.
We asked international students in Kyoto about what they needed. After listening to various requests, we divided the international students into two categories, “life support” and “cultural understanding,” and approached them in two ways: “buddy program” and “information.”
When proposing BBQ and hot pot parties as exchange projects, I realized that there were things that I couldn’t understand just by actually inspecting the site and thinking about it.
Photo right) Guidebooks and maps with information on Wifi and transportation were distributed as deliverables.
The goal is to spread “Yamashina Mr./Ms.”. The activity of “Yamashina Mr./Ms.” is to let people know the charm of the people of Yamashina Ward, Kyoto City, and to make them like Yamashina.
To that end, we held the Yamashina Mr./Ms. Fair, recruited new members, conducted interviews, and created free papers. In the interviews, we emphasized the importance of “connecting,” “interacting,” and “listening to the voices” of local residents, and published articles on the web and in free papers. In order to attract new members, we asked universities in the vicinity of Yamashina Ward to set up flyers.
As we proceeded with the interview activities, the number of people who said that they knew “Yamashina Mr./Ms.” increased, and we began to see the results of our activities.
Introducing the Activity Facebook
In the middle photo, right) A free paper consisting of interview articles “Kyo no Yamashina Mr./Ms.” is distributed.
NPO Kino Environmental ~Creation of Environmental Management Support Program~
We plan to hold events to make people feel closer to environmental issues.
We thought of various plans, but we hit barriers such as expenses and transportation, so we had to rethink the plan many times.
In the meantime, I had the opportunity to participate in the “Paper Festival” held at the Kyoto Ecology Center on Sunday, November 2nd, and I was able to plan and exhibit an event using “Shinbunshi”.
On the day of the event, the booth was crowded with children from all Mr./Ms., and I felt that it was rewarding to plan it.
In addition, it was decided to hold another event that did not match the schedule.
I used to think that planning was about coming up with an idea and executing it, but after thinking about it, I realized that it was difficult to realize it.
Photo right) I gave a presentation with the person from Kino Environment, who was indebted to me, and the coordinator.
Nazca Co., Ltd. ~ Nail posting site operation (search engine measures) ~
A project to increase the number of users of the nail posting site “Nail Crew“.
At first, I didn’t get the results I wanted. Therefore, I studied SEO measures during the sluggish period and thought of achieving my goal by devising a guide site.
When I searched, I thought about how impactful the first three lines of the site’s content would be. In addition, the number of updates has been increased from one update per day to 13 times. Although it was summer, the article was conscious of autumn and posted an article ahead of the season. In addition, we took various approaches, such as incorporating seasonal search keywords and using Twitter.
As a result, we were able to significantly update the target for the number of accesses.
We carried out activities to make the summer festival to be held on Sunday, August 31 a success.
The concept of the festival was “the light of Yogo that connects from here” and was planned to be a “sustainable festival”.
Along the way, I lost track of my goals, and it became difficult to relate to my children due to impatience and fatigue.
Taking advantage of our failures, we prepared for the day of the event with ingenuity, such as holding meetings on holidays to reflect on them, and working with the door open so that it would be easy for the children to talk to us.
Last year, we took advantage of the fact that a typhoon came, and we simulated rainy weather, but we were blessed with good weather and were able to hold a festival with beautiful lights outdoors. With the participation of local people from the Mr./Ms. region, it was a practical training that allowed us to connect with each other, which was the theme.
From August to September, students went to their assigned elementary and junior high schools for practical training, depending on their desired subjects.
The trainees who went to the elementary school recreated the teaching method in a play that would make them interested in the changes in teaching methods in the lower and upper grades, as well as map symbols, calculations, and factory processes.
The trainees who went to the junior high school presented their results according to their respective tasks, such as the sports festival, devised teaching methods, how to get people to see the bulletin boards, and reading tendencies.
It was a valuable experience to practice each task at an elementary and junior high school.
Shikoku Island League PLUS~2014 Shikoku Island League Official Game in Princeyama Baseball Stadium (Shiga)~
On Monday 15 September, at the official game “Kagawa OG vs Tokushima IS” of the Shikoku Island League plus, an independent professional baseball league, held at Ojiyama Baseball Stadium, we worked on a project to manage the game jointly with students from the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences of Ritsumeikan University. As a first attempt, it was featured in newspapers.
We published the targets and actual figures for the number of customers, the amount of money, the number of responses to Twitter, etc., and the number of sales, and announced our reflections on the goals that could not be achieved. Even if you know that planning, communication skills, cost awareness, and execution skills are important, you can’t do it. I was confronted with that. However, it was also an internship that allowed me to grow, such as learning about the gap between communication skills that can be understood in society and the communication gap that I had drawn.
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