Thursday 21 March at 9am  Keynes Lecture Theatre 5 (KLT5)

All students are invited to join us for an open ‘Anthropology of Business’ session, with former alumnus and guest speaker Christian Hurley (BA Social Anthropology, School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent 2012)

For the past six years, Christian has worked in the world of research, brand consultancy and strategic planning. Whether it’s the future of pet ownership, exploring the hidden motivations of online betting behaviour, or advising Nestlé on their vision for Corporate Social Responsibility, Anthropology has been an ongoing influence. The agencies he has worked for have all claimed to use ‘Ethnography’ or ‘Anthropology’ in their approach.

The extent to which this has deviated from its academic origins has varied a great deal. Christian will speak about how Anthropology is used in a world where the word ‘person’ is substituted for ‘consumer’.

The session will yield insight into what it is like for a social anthropology to work with a business. Students are encouraged to ask questions and participate in discussions about how Anthropology can be useful for business. This can include project design, participant observation, fieldwork skills and techniques, and the many challenges such work entails. Students’ participation is expected!

Interested in marketing, woodland management, human resources, teaching or publishing? Want to work for John Wiley & Son, Transport for London or Deloitte?

Check out the latest placements, internships and graduate opportunities from the Careers and Employability Service:

The National Trust at  Bodiam Castle  are looking to recruit a couple of Kent students to participate in, or simply attend on a short term basis, the Bodiam Castle Advisory Committee.

The committee was originally set up as part of Lord Curzon’s gift to the National Trust in 1926, to ensure that the Castle was looked after ‘by learned people’ in perpetuity. The committee is there to help the National trust protect Lord Curzon’s gift to the nation and are very keen to recruit informed representatives of the younger generation to it.

Bodiam is a fascinating site, which, as well as being a fourteenth-century moated castle, includes within its landscape evidence of a key Neolithic, then Roman, then Medieval, cross roads; a Roman Fort; and evidence of medieval fish and Mill ponds. It’s wharf area was once a thriving port and it is still possible to travel by boat to Bodiam Castle.

This is a unique and exciting opportunity for one or two interested students to enrich their knowledge and understanding of how museums or heritage bodies work. Sitting on the Bodiam Advisory Committee means having a role in decision making about the Castle going forward and also experiencing first hand how the National Trust works with such inherited bodies. Bodiam’s General Manager of Portfolio is always on the committee and senior members of Bodiam staff regularly attend to give presentations and updates.

Any student interested in a future within museums or heritage will gain enormous insights into the way heritage charities work with trustees and similar bodies. You will gain first-hand understanding of the pressures to conserve and protect the built and landscape environments, whilst also raising necessary funds to carry out such work.

If you are interested, please contact Dr Michele Moatt with your CV and a brief explanation of why you would like to volunteer on the committee: Michele.Moatt@nationaltrust.org.uk

Get involved, get rewarded!

Don’t forget to…

• Log your employability points by Monday 19th March
• Check out the EP rewards pack for 2017-18 to see what opportunities and rewards are available
• Apply for the EP rewards you are interested in between Wednesday 21st March – Tuesday 3^rd April

Throughout April, the EP team will shortlist students for rewards. If you have applied for a work-based reward, you may be invited to attend an interview. Interviews will be held in mid-May and all reward winners will be  confirmed by the end of May.

If you have any questions about the application process or the range of rewards available, please email: employabilitypoints@kent.ac.uk

RSPB Blean Woods and Seasalter Levels

Practical Conservation Volunteer Internships 2018-19

The reserves

RSPB Blean Woods and Seasalter Levels nature reserves comprise over 750 hectares of SSSI habitat on the outskirts of Canterbury and Whitstable in East Kent.

Blean Woods is a fascinating semi-natural, ancient woodland with areas of high forest, coppice, glades and heathland, linked together by an extensive ride network. The reserve is home to the nationally scarce heath fritillary butterfly as well as rare birds including, nightingale, lesser spotted woodpecker and nightjar.

Seasalter Levels is an extensive wet grassland and represents an exciting new project in its development stage. The reserve hosts breeding birds such as lapwing and redshank, as well as harvest mice and many dragonfly species.

Practical Conservation Volunteer Internships

Why?: This internship is ideal for those looking to start a career in the conservation sector. It’s an excellent way to get practical, hands-on experience in managing land for the benefit of wildlife whilst working for the UK’s largest nature conservation charity.

What do you get?: Working closely with the reserve warden team you will help deliver the winter work programme where you will develop leadership skills by running volunteer work parties. You will receive in-house training, including machinery use, and also participate in ecological survey work. You will have a dedicated mentor who will help develop your skill set and support you in application writing and interview practice.

Commitment: The internship is a flexible programme. As it is a part-time, 3 days a week commitment it enables participants to maintain part-time employment.

Travel expenses: covered within a 25 mile radius of sites.

Dates: mid-August 2018 – 1^st March 2019

Come along to our special session with Sam Richardson from the RSPB on Wednesday 14th March at 2pm in DLT2  to find out more about these exciting opportunities!