Graduation

On Monday I travelled down to Cardiff for the Dimension 10 scheme's graduation. In partnership with Lampeter University, the graduates were given a Postgraduate Diploma in Interactive Media.

Also at the ceremony was Iona Jones, S4C's chief executive and Skillset Wales's chair, and Jane Davidson, the Welsh Assembly minister for Education and lifelong learning.

It was a great opportunity to meet others in the business and to chat about what we had been doing for the past year.

Exit Day

Then on Tuesday we had our exit day. This was to prepare us for the freelance world (if we choose to join it). Sion Hughes, Cyfle's chief executive, spoke with us about the Bectu union, and the benefits of joining.

Then Jack Wynne-Williams briefly taught us about the financial side of things, and how to keep the VAT and taxman happy. Jack has been keeping accounts for TV companies and freelancers for 15 years, and I learned a lot about the ins and outs of keeping books.

We then had a session with Sue Jeffries, who's a producer when she's not coaching Cyfle trainees on CVs. As a producer, Sue looks through many different CVs when crewing a shoot, and so had lots of experience in what works and what doesn't work. There were sample CVs (based on real ones) which we were given to critique, and we got to write our own opening sentence.

Here's mine (subject to change, of course):

An innovative multimedia developer proficient in new media technologies and providing innovative new ways of interaction with audiences.