Internships

The University of Parma promotes curricular internships in order to facilitate professional choices through direct knowledge of the world of work and the realisation of moments of alternation between study and work.

The curricular internship integrates and completes the student's training pathway through the performance of practical activities which, in accordance with the provisions of the Didactic Regulations of their course of study, may be carried out in facilities within the University or externally at qualified public and private organizations with which the University has entered into appropriate agreements.

The internship involves three subjects: the student, the promoter (the University of Parma) and the host (company or organization) where the activity is carried out under the guidance of a university tutor, a University instructor and a company tutor.

The curricular internship does not constitute a prerequisite for an employment relationship between the trainee and the host structure, nor can it be a substitute for company labour or professional services.

GENERAL INFORMATION

The files relating to the Artistic, Book and Performing Arts internhips are supervised by Prof. Roberta Gandolfi (theatre area), Prof. Alberto Salarelli (library area), Prof. Federica Veratelli (museums and archives area).

For information on internship opportunities and online procedures, contact the student course tutors, who receive by appointment.

1) Essential Vademecum of the trainee. Within the framework of the "Internships and other training activities", aimed at implementing competences and practical skills each student of the Artistic and Performing Arts course is required to acquire 6 compulsory cfu 6 cfu = 150 hours [1 cfu = 25 hours] the 6 cfu required can be obtained

- through internships at in-house locations such as:

Unipr libraries [Biblioteca di Arte e Spettacolo]
CSAC - Centro Studi e Archivio della Comunicazione
CAPAS - Centro per le attività e le professioni delle arti e dello spettacolo

- through internships in venues outside the University:
museums, galleries, archives, cultural associations and foundations, theatres, music auditoriums, libraries, schools

- through placements abroad [Erasmus Plus SMT]: the Course's internationalisation contact persons is Francesca Bortoletti.

According to the programme of study, the internship is provided for in the third year for the Artistic and Performing Arts course, with the possibility of bringing it forward to the second year

2) Recognition of external activities already carried out that may count as a internship
The university gives students the right to receive ECTS credits for internship-like experiences already carried out, i.e. without the support of tutors or internship supervisors, on a completely autonomous basis.
This requires the student:

1. began the internship while already enrolled at the university;

2. at the time of applying for recognition, has completed the internship no more than two years previously;

3. is in possession of appropriate documentation issued by the host organization at which he or she undertook the internship, from which it is clearly evident:
- the start and end dates of the internship
- the total number of hours of the internship
- an accurate and non-generic description of the activities carried out, which must obviously be congruent with the student's degree programme and qualifying
- the most accurate assessment possible, by the head of the host establishment, of the trainee's activities.

In addition to these documents, the student shall submit to the Manager of internships for his or her course a simple application for validation of his or her placement on unstamped paper.

All documentation, to be submitted to the Manager of internships, will be assessed by the Course Council.

IT IS NOT POSSIBLE to recognise as an internship paid activities or activities already aimed at the acquisition of other qualifications, except for National Civil Service for which the Course Council may recognise up to a maximum of 3 cfu; 6 cfu if the tasks carried out are recognised by the Course Council as compatible with the training and teaching programme of the Course in Artistic, Book and Performing Arts Heritage. 

3) Recognition of cfu for other learning activities
Although the student considers the internship activity to be the most important, he/she may obtain part of the cfu through other learning activities - study days, conferences, seminars - for which the Course Council will determine the number of cfu acquired.

4) ONLINE PROCEDURE for internship activation
As of January 2019, the ONLINE PROCEDURE for internship activation came into effect. According to the new management, each individual interlocutor - institution/company, student, university - has to manage exclusively online the part of their responsibility concerning the subscription of training projects.

To access the procedure, the user must enter his or her own page by following the link https://unipr.esse3.cineca.it/Home.do To find out about the new online procedure, go to the link https://www.unipr.it/tirocini-curriculari-online where it is possible to view the
- procedure for internal internships
- procedure for students [external internships]
- procedure for companies

5) Online procedure for closing internships
The student who has completed the internship must:
- Access your personal page on the Esse3 platform;
- Enter the Internships and Traineeships section a: My traineeships;
- Upload the student's final report in the Attachments section;
- Upload the attendance sheet in pdf/word format in the Attachments section (the attendance sheet does NOT have to be signed by the university tutor but only by the company tutor);
- Fill in the evaluation questionnaire;
- Check the status of the evaluation questionnaire by the host company (green if completed);
 

N.B.
The final report by the student (1/2 pages) can be uploaded in word or pdf format; the attendance sheet can be found in the Traineeships section of the Unipr website at the link https://www.unipr.it/tirocini-curriculari. Once the required documents have been uploaded, the university tutor can approve the traineeship and start the closing of the file.

The commencement of a traineeship always involves the conclusion of a Training Project and, if not present, a new Convention.

With the online procedure, the student has two options: to apply for an apprenticeship opportunity (if the institution/company has included an open opportunity); to make contact directly with the institution and to wait for the start of a specific apprenticeship for the student.

For this reason, the list of institutions with which agreements are in place for the carrying out of apprenticeships in line with the themes and areas of the course of study is made available.
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Also in the online mode, the closure of the traineeship always requires the completion of:
- traineeship final evaluation questionnaire by the institution/company
- traineeship final evaluation questionnaire by the trainee trainee trainee trainee final report to be attached as a pdf attachment.
The procedure for the closure and recognition of cfu by the traineeship supervisor is also carried out exclusively online.

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