The Careers & Employability Service (CES) has been awarded funding by the Development Office’s Student Project Grant Scheme to help increase the number of student work-study employment opportunities across campus.
This funding will allow CES to match-fund Academic Schools and Professional Services Departments who advertise eligible paid roles for students this academic year.
Since October 2014, the Work-Study Scheme has helped 31 students obtain campus-based roles, ranging from Student Research Assistant in the School of History to Lab Assistant in the School of Biosciences and Student Experience Assistant (Research) in the Careers and Employability Service.
These roles have allowed students to experience realistic, meaningful paid work, whilst undertaking employability skills training sessions and being mentored and supported throughout the application and interview process.
Prior to undertaking the employment, the students are trained in work etiquette and a variety of other topics.
There will be five portions of funding available, to be distributed between:
- Humanities faculty
- Social Sciences faculty
- Sciences faculty
- Medway campus
- Professional Services
Are you considering recruiting soon? Do you have a role that would suit a student or could be amended to employ a student? If you are interested in employing a Work-Study Scheme student, please contact Hannah Greer h.r.s.greer@kent.ac.uk or 01227 824038.