Write for us
Today's employers are looking for more than a degree – they want to know that you have done more at university than study and drink beer; they want you to be able to demonstrate some outside skills and experience. Writing for us is a great way of boosting your CV: it makes you stand out from the crowd, proves you have determination and – because our standards are high – at least a modicum of talent.
The Rundown is headed up by an editor with over four years of experience of writing for and publishing on the internet. We are a professional organisation and we mean business: in our first year we were shortlisted for Website of the Year at the Guardian Student Media Awards. But, we are also friendly and sensitive to the needs of our writers as well as our readers.
That's why we are always on-hand to help you improve your skills. We have an online resource area for our writers and our editors are only ever an email away.
You don't have to have any experience or qualifications to write for us – all we ask is some enthusiasm and plenty of ideas. You don't even have to commit to any regular contributions. The ability to string a sentence together would be helpful, though.
And we don't want to just dish out orders for what to write. We want your own ideas so you can write about whatever you like – news, sport, ents, features, Bulgarian vegetarian cooking... if we like it and it's vaguely relevant, it's in. If it's no good or it's not for us, we'll tell you why not and, where appropriate, suggest how it could be improved.
Think you've got what it takes? Email the editor through our contact page; we'd love to hear from you.