This year’s Canterbury Global Skills Award Ceremony took place on Friday 6th June and was attended by around 85 students. Professor Diane Houston hosted the event, which included reflections on the GSA by two participants: Coskun Serefoglu and Maria Mandourari.

Maria, who bravely kick-started proceedings, said: “The
GSA programme was a great opportunity to learn and develop my skills far beyond my Master degree. I am confident that in an increasingly
competitive job market, the GSA will help me to stand out from the crowd,
providing well-prepared evidence of my skills to future employers.” Coskun reflected in his presentation that ” attending the GSA programme was a priceless experience”.

This year 201 students successfully completed the Award, including 19 from Brussels.

For more images please see: http://www.kent.ac.uk/graduateschool/skills/programmes/gsacere.html

On Monday 17th March postgraduate students gave a short presentation about their culture as part of the Global Skills Award programme. Thank you to the following students who presented and made the evening a great success:

Danielle Johnson: Jamaica

Ismael Diarrassouba: Ivory Coast

Georgios Kyriakakis: Greece

Simon Obute: Nigeria

Mohammad Zolkeple and Mun Ching Lee: Malaysia

Uche Nwosu: South Africa

Marie Abanga: Cameroon

Congratulations to the following for winning £1,000 for their business pitch:

Angela McArthur: ‘Arterial’, Social Enterprise

Krysta Dennis: ‘Through the Grapevine: A Performed Wine Tasting’, Commerical

Thank you to all those who applied and those who gave a business pitch, I hope you found the experience a great development opportunity.

If you are a postgraduate student and have an idea for a commercial business or social enterprise, you could have the change to win £1,000. Here’s how…

The Graduate School, in partnership with Kent Innovation and Enterprise, are holding a competition for all postgraduate students and are asking students to submit a business plan by 17th February 2013.

We are offering the following voluntary opportunities for students, which may help improve their plan:

•  Recieve feedback on a pre-application proforma. Download proforma and submit to skills@kent.ac.uk by 5pm on 20th December. Feedback will be returned by 17th January 2014.
• Book a place on any (or all!) of workshops on offer (first come first serve basis)

For more information please visit: http://www.kent.ac.uk/graduateschool/news/ideascompetition.html

4th November, 6pm, Woolf Lecture Theatre

The Globals Skills Award programme’s introductory lecture is compulsory for all participants and will take place at 6pm on Monday 4th November for Canterbury and Medway students. The lecture will be viewed on Tuesday 5th November for Brussels students.

The lecture will finish with a drinks reception, in Woolf Lower Foyer, at approximately 7:30pm. This ia a great opportunity to meet other postgraduate students from different backgrounds.

Please remember to bring your Kent One card to record your attendance.

If you have any queries please contact: skills@kent.ac.uk

The Autumn 2013 GradPost is now available electronically here! Hardcopies will be available soon.

Would you like to be involved in the GradPost? We are looking for students to join our GradPost editorial team from September
2013. If you are interested in joining the team or contributing to the new edition please contact Katie Watson in the
Graduate School (gradpost@kent.ac.uk)

If you are a postgraduate taught student and want to be part of the Global Skills Award Programme make sure you apply before 28th October 2013!

Find out more about the Global Skills Award Programme

 To register and apply please visit: https://bloom.kent.ac.uk

If you have any queries please email skills@kent.ac.uk

If you are arriving at Kent in September 2013, find out about Getting Started here.

Postgraduate Inductions

Find out about our Postgraduate Inductions Events for September 2013