Saturday 3 February, 10am-2pm, Augustine House, Canterbury Campus
Discover the wide range of postgraduate teacher training courses and the different routes you can take to become a teacher.
From 10am–2pm, you can:
To book a place at the open day, head to Christ Church’s website.
The School is running a survey covering a range of areas relating to your employability development, and to find out what support you would like from the School and the University.
The survey is mostly made up of multiple-choice questions, although there are options at various points for you to expand on your answers and give fuller responses.
The survey will take around ten minutes to complete, and as a small incentive to take part, participants will be entered into a prize draw for one of five £20 Amazon voucher.
The survey is open until 12noon on Wednesday 31st January, and we would like to encourage all students to take part.
The Kent International Law Society and the Model UN Society have extended an invitation to all students and staff to an event they have organised for 11am next Wednesday (6th December) in the Templeman Lecture Theatre.
Daniel Trup is a Kent alumnus now working in New York as a lawyer for the United Nations. Mr Trup will speak about his experiences and numerous postings, from prosecuting war crimes in former Yugoslavia to working in the internal justice system within the UN. This will no doubt be an excellent event, and of particular interest to anyone considering a career in the law and its associated professions in the future. All are welcome to attend.
For more information, please see the shared Facebook post below or go to the Facebook event page.
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The Graduate Attributes project is a joint collaboration between Kent Union and the University, looking at what characteristics and attributes Kent graduates should have when you leave the University, and how to instil them throughout your time here.
They would like to get some input from you on how you would like these attributes to be implemented. The discussion will not exceed 1 hour and you will receive a voucher to be redeemed at The Library Cafe, along with some free pizza!
There are several groups running, and you can sign up via this link and select the time that suits you.
Want to make your dissertation stand out and make yourself more employable?
Conduct your primary/secondary research with an education based charity in West Africa or South Asia!
STREET CHILD is seeking applications from motivated individuals hoping to gain valuable experience in the development sector by undertaking a volunteer role in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Nepal or Sri Lanka.
As part of the role, we are offering a unique opportunity to students looking to explore the scope of their own dissertation projects. Use bespoke methodologies to conduct research on the ground for your dissertation, in collaboration with local partner organisations. In addition to this you will also have exclusive access to previous research by Street Child.
The University is regularly contacted by companies and organisations and asked to advertise jobs, graduate schemes, internships, and volunteering opportunities.
These are all hosted on the University’s jobs board, at https://careers.kent.ac.uk/home.html.
Log in with your Kent IT details, and you will be able to browse vacancies, find details, and submit applications. You can also use this service to keep an eye on upcoming employability workshops and events, and book a place at any that interest you.
If you’re looking for work experience or a placement, you can also sign up to KEW-NET, the University’s e-mentoring platform.
KEW-NET allows Kent graduates to connect with current students and offer you support as you start out in the world of work. Each mentor can choose which services they offer, from speaking to you on the phone or reviewing your CV, to offering internship opportunities and work shadowing events. And if you sign up to KEW-NET as a student, you can choose to become a mentor yourself as you progress through your career.
Sent on Behalf of Professor April McMahon, Deputy Vice Chancellor for Education, University of Kent and Ruth Wilkinson, Kent Union President
What do you want from your experience at Kent? What do you think is available to you? What are you taking advantage of? What is most important to you in that experience?
If you are a 2nd or 3rd year undergraduate student, please come to a focus group discussion to tell us! Discussions for students from the Humanities Faculty will be held at:
Tuesday, 28th November, 14:00, Eliot Extension Seminar Room 1
Refreshments will be served.
Find out more and sign up at: https://www.kent.ac.uk/cshe/projects.html
The Graduate School and Kent Innovation and Enterprise are collaborating to launch a placement scheme providing professional opportunities for postgraduate researchers in the 2017/18 academic year. There will be a stipend for postgraduates who participate in the scheme.
We will be holding a launch event between 12.30 and 2.00pm on Wednesday 15th November 2017 in the Graduate School Training Room (Cornwallis East). This event is open to both staff members and postgraduate researchers and will include information on the scheme as well as presentations from representatives who have benefitted from taking part in a placement or fixed term role with an organisation or business. Presentations will take place between 12.30 and 1.15 followed by a light lunch and networking.
Please book a place by completing this doodle poll.
The Careers and Employability Service is holding a pair of focus groups with students next week, and you are invited to go along.
As thanks for taking part, the CES will be offering a free Lunch, 10 Employability Points, and – most importantly – the chance to have your say about student employability and the support on offer at the University of Kent.
The focus group sessions will last one hour, and will start at 12noon and 2pm (you can pick which session to go along to) on Tuesday 14th November in Rutherford Cloister Room 15.
If you would like to take part, please email careerhelp@kent.ac.uk with the subject ‘Focus Group’ to register your interest by Friday 10th November.
Centrica, an Enactus sponsor company, hosted a Webminar for Enactus Kent students on Wednesday, 18th October about their graduate programmes and placement opportunities.
Centrica, a company in the energy and services sector, offer Graduate Programmes in areas such as Marketing, Engineering, Human Resources and more. They have a nationwide programme with a competitive salary and benefits, a wide range of programmes and fantastic development opportunities.
Through the Webminar, Centrica provided insights into their entire application process from the requirements to the online application, telephone interview and assessment centre as well as the one-on-one interview. This was followed by their top tips for submitting an application and a question and answer round.
Many Enactus Alumni have gone on to work at Centrica after graduating from university. Being an Enactus UK Sponsor Company, Centrica is committed to helping Enactus students produce a winning application for their graduate programme, providing support at every stage of the process. If you are part of Enactus, they will read your application and provide feedback before submitting, complete a mock telephone interview, and do a coaching call before your assessment centre.
If you would like to join Enactus Kent and get exclusive access to the other webinars and opportunities like these, you can find us on Facebook or at www.enactuskent.org
Danielle Sellers, the Deputy Curator of the Royal Engineers Museum, Library, and Archive, has offered to meet one-on-one with students interested in a career in the museums and heritage sector.
Go along with your questions about the sector, what skills and training you might want to pursue, how best to obtain relevant work experience, and any other questions you may have.
These are bookable sessions, each for twenty minutes, running from 1pm-3pm on Friday 27th October in Cafe Nero.
Book one of these twenty-minute sessions via the Careers and Employability Service’s website.
