Higher Education Achievement Report
Last week I volunteered at Venturefest, an event that aims to drive the development of new business opportunities amongst innovators. It was a great event to allow people to share and discuss potential ideas. A few of the other volunteers consisted of second year undergraduates from University of Leicester, who were volunteering as part of […]
Graduate Gateway
During the last week of term I attended a Careers Development talk regarding the Graduate Gateway scheme University of Leicester offers. This is a programme of paid fixed-term and permanent graduate jobs in a variety of areas, usually in SMEs and also in different departments within the University. This programme is exclusive to University […]
Careers in Media
This month I attended the Careers in Media event by the Careers Development Service. It consisted of alumni’s from the university giving advice on how they have reached their current position in their career. This Alumni Networking Series was a fantastic opportunity to learn about the lessons that they have learned on their way to […]
Leicester Award Gold:
Before breaking up for the holidays I completed my Leicester Award Gold in ‘Business Insight.’, an advanced skills development programme. This Leicester Award consisted of 4 stages: Stage 1: Workshop Introduction: During this time we were introduced to what the programme would consist of, we gained some advice from the Careers Development team running the Leicester […]
Use the internet to benefit your employability
My Leicester Award in ‘Online Networking and Employability’ focused on how to use the internet to benefit your chances in finding employment: Here are 3 ways you are able to do this: Be active online – Get involved in online discussions and share posts. As a media student I cant help but be involved in […]
Leicester Award
Following my previous post on becoming involved and taking advantage of the careers development service. You may have already heard of the Leicester Award, a personal skills development programme offered to all students. During my second year I completed the Leicester Award, ‘Online Networking and Employability.’ Through Blackboard activities and group discussions this is a […]
‘My Careers’
As Katie has already mentioned in her previous post the Careers Festival has been and gone. However that doesn’t mean that is the end of anything ‘career based’ on campus. There is always something on to help you in gaining experience or advice in your potential career path. The Careers Development Service is definitely something you […]
Benefits of Volunteering
I have been on my summer holidays since the end of May (and I’m loving it!) as I have had such a long time off I set a plan to build my experience and skills through volunteering opportunities. University of Leicester offers a variety of volunteering opportunities, which overall allows you to gain experience in […]
Read EVERY line!
When a student decides to fund his educational experience, that student must be prepared to experience a certain level of delayed gratification in his or her life. That’s my testimony: I am a distant learning student who is funding my education with freelance jobs and a day job because being “in debt” is not an […]
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