Chinese Government Scholarships – study in China in 2017/2018
The Chinese Government Scholarship 2017 is now open for applications. This scholarship is available to both undergraduate and postgraduate students to enable you to spend the 2017/18 academic year studying at a Chinese institution and learning Mandarin. The Chinese Embassy has provided eligibility criteria, and the deadline for applications is 5pm on Wednesday 1st February.
The University is required to nominate students for this scholarship. If you would like to apply, email a short statement (no longer than 1 page in length), discussing how your would benefit from the scholarship and the opportunity to study in China, to J.Beer@kent.ac.uk by the deadline. Have a look at the eligibility criteria document for more details.
Week 14 – Digest of Employability Opportunities
I hope you have all settled back in through the first week of the new term. As so much went up on the blog last week, I thought it would be useful to briefly summarise all the employability opportunities that have been added here in the last few days:
- Paid work
- The School is looking to recruit three Student Research Assistants to work with Dr Manktelow on her project, ‘The Local and the Global at Canterbury Cathedral’.
- Volunteering
- The Gateways to the First World War centre is leading a project into battlefield tourism in the 1920s and 1930s. Sign up to their study day on 10th February to find out more and to join this project as a research volunteer.
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is currently looking for summer interns to join their work in France and Belgium.
- The Minster Gatehouse Museum is looking for a volunteer to assist them with a Heritage Lottery Funded project to digitise their collection.
- Careers
- Canterbury Christ Church University is holding an open day for anyone interested in exploring the routes into teaching they offer on 4th You can book a place at this open day through this link.
- An alumnus of the School, Thomas Knight, has written a guest post for the website with his advice on how to look for and apply to graduate schemes.
There’s plenty more to come over the next few weeks and months, include the #HumanitiesforHire series of events, more volunteering opportunities and internships, and skills and careers advice. Keep a close eye on the blog for all of these developments, the most recent Careers and Employability Service newsletters, and more.
National Student Survey – open now to all final-year students
Paid work: Student Research Assistants with Dr Emily Manktelow
The School of History is seeking to appoint three Student Research Assistants to support Dr Emily Manktelow with her research project, ‘The Local and the Global at Canterbury Cathedral’.
This project aims to explore the colonial and global past of Canterbury Cathedral through the empire-related memorials within the cathedral and the archive holdings relating to St. Augustine’s missionary college – an organisation designed to train Anglican missionaries for posts around the British Empire. The project will culminate in an exhibition hosted by the Cathedral, and the creation of public engagement resources on the topic of the project.
What are Student Research Assistants?
The Student Research Assistant scheme is run by the School of History, and gives give you the opportunity to be hired as research assistants (RAs) to work with academics in the School on their research projects. As an RA, you would be contracted as an employee of the School, and paid the National Living Wage for all work undertaken. You would undertake a range of duties to help further the aims of the project, which could include archival research, helping organise a conference and exhibition, and undertaking your own research and learning more about a particular subject to inform your work.
If you are interested in taking on one of these RA roles, the job description is below, and you have until midnight on Sunday 29th January to apply. For details on how to apply, and for more information about Dr Manktelow’s project, see the job description.
Volunteering Opportunity – Visiting and Revisiting the Western Front
Want to get involved in an exciting research project exploring a fascinating aspect of the First World War?The Gateways to the First World War centre, in collaboration with the Western Front Association, is leading a project to uncover stories about battlefield visits during the 1920s and 1930s and map pilgrimage activity. The findings will be published on a public database. As part of the project they will be researching and recording data from material published in British newspapers, local and national, from this period. Each member of the team will work for a minimum of two days in at the British Library exploring its digitised newspaper collections between March and April 2017 to be followed by events showcasing the results of the research.
If you are interested in taking part in this project, see this poster, and sign-up for the Gateways to the First World War study day on battlefield tourism between 1919 and 1938, on Friday 10 February 2017 in the Swingland Room of the Marlowe Building. To sign up to attend, email gateways@kent.ac.uk.
CCCU – PG Routes into Teaching Open Day, 4th Feb
Saturday 4 February 2017, 10am–2pm 
Augustine House, Canterbury Campus
Canterbury Christ Church University is holding an Open Day for anyone interested in exploring the different routes you can take to become a teacher.
During the event you can:
- Speak to expert tutors and find out which route is best for you
- Gain information on our PGCE courses as well as School Direct options
- Hear about fees and finance and student life
- Access details about the application process
For more information and to book a place at the Open Day, head to http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/campaigns/thinking-about-teaching.aspx.
CES newsletter – January 2017
The first Careers and Employability Service newsletter of 2017 has been released, and you can download it via this link – CES Newsletter – January 2017.
The newsletter covers a range of areas, including the monthly careers planner; employability events on campus during January and February (below are the events of the first two weeks of term); off-campus events such as the Charityworks online Q&A session; adverts for work and volunteering such as Camp America and the University’s CV competition; job vacancies and application windows; and other information about a host of services, opportunities, and advice available through the CES.
Add a Year in Computing to your degree programme
For more information about the option to add a Year in Computing to your degree, see this page of the employability website.
Internship: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Centenary Internships
The CWGC Centenary Interns will join the Commission for four months, based in France and Belgium, to welcome visitors to some of the CWGC’s most well-known sites. These will include the CWGC Tyne Cot Cemetery near Ieper (Ypres), which will be the focus of the UK Government commemorations of the Centenary of Passchendaele: Third Battle of Ypres in July 2017.
Applications must be received by 10pm on Friday 20th January. Applicants must be fully available between June & late September/early October to travel to France and Belgium. Some French language skills would be beneficial but are not essential.
For more information and to apply, to head: http://blog.cwgc.org/interns2017/
Guest post – Applying for Graduate Schemes
Welcome back, and happy new year to you all! I hope you had an enjoyable and relaxing break, and that you are refreshed and ready to go into the Spring term.
The January/February period is particularly important for employability, as most graduate schemes and postgraduate scholarships have their deadlines during this period, along with summer/year-long internship schemes. There will be posts over the next few weeks aimed at students in each stage of study with suggestions on what you can be doing now, and over the coming term, to be honing your employability prospects for the future.
To that end, I’m happy to bring you the first post of the new year: a guest blog from Thomas Knight, a former student of the School of History and now working with Lloyds Banking Group in finance security, on his experience of applying for, and securing a place on, a highly competitive graduate scheme.
Applying to a graduate scheme can seem a daunting and time consuming task. However, if you approach it in the correct way it can be achieved with immense efficiency – allowing you to concentrate on your studies! Graduate recruiters chiefly look for evidence that you are a well-rounded candidate – someone who displays a good blend of academic ability, has an active extra-curricular life and displays a desire to learn. Make sure you illustrate why this is you in every answer!
Continue reading “Guest post – Applying for Graduate Schemes”
Kent Union Recruitment Fair – 18th & 19th Jan
Volunteering Opportunity – Digitisation Assistant
The Minster Gatehouse Museum on the Isle of Sheppey is looking for a Digitisation Assistant to help them with their Heritage Lottery funded project to create a digital record of its collection.
This volunteer would be asked to give one day a week to the project over the next nine months. Full training will be provided by the Museum’s IT consultant and the project coordinator. This would be an excellent opportunity to gain first-hand experience of working in a key role on a valuable local history project.
For more information, and for how to apply, see this link: Digitisation Assistant – Minster Gatehouse Museum
As this role is on a voluntary basis, do bear in mind that you can have your expenses reimbursed through the Kent Experience of Work bursary.
MA Information Event – 3pm, Wed 7th Dec, GLT3
Drop-in with HSBC – Tues 29th Nov, 12-4
