Published date: 20 February 2017

Last edited date: 20 February 2017

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 27 February 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Newspapers, journals, periodicals and magazines - 22200000

  • Higher education services - 80300000

  • Training services - 80500000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

PU-17/0325

Published date

20 February 2017

Closing date

27 February 2017

Contract start date

12 March 2017

Contract end date

22 August 2017

Contract type

Not specified

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The ONS is looking to partner with 3 to 4 media organisations to offer a month's paid internship, focused on data journalism, to 3 to 4 students studying journalism or data journalism at a UK university.

The Partnering Media Organisations would be required to offer each student.

1. a month-long internship, giving experience of working alongside established journalists who work with data routinely to produce high-quality editorial
2. an opportunity to develop their editorial and technical skills through mentoring and on-site exposure to a working newsroom
3. constructive feedback about their own skills and approaches to working with data
4. an opportunity to work on editorial output as part of a team with a view to it being published (although we ask for no guarantees of published work)
5. feedback at the end of the month to the ONS about their month and guidance on future development of the student

One student would be placed with each media organisation, which ONS would pay a bursary to each student - either directly to the student or via the media organisation.

The students would be selected through a process that would be developed in conjunction with the partner media organisations. The selection process would involve students articulating how ONS data can be used for public good in a news context.

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Applications for this tender are excepted through ONS e sourcing portal of In-tend.

Please click on the link to register to In-Tend

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/ons

About the buyer

Address

Government Buildings
Cardiff Road
Newport
NP10 8XG
Wales

Email

PU.projects@ons.gov.uk