News:
Employability Festival 2015:
To view this week’s events please See the program or book you space here Canterbury event booklets are also available from our SSPSSR reception foyer in Cornwallis East, while stocks last!
Medway events this week include Interview skills hosted by South East Water and a mock assessment centre hosted by Enterprise Rent-A-Car.
Canterbury events will start on Monday 26 October.
Academic Peer Mentoring:
If you are a first year student interested in having a student mentor (in the year above) to help you with anything from how to use the library, module choices, how to write an essay and much more then please email me on: R.Gwynne@kent.ac.uk
Our mentors are volunteers who are trained to give you the best help and support so please make use of this resource.
I will be assigning mentees with their mentors this week, so I look forward to hearing from you if you would like a mentor.
Course Rep Elections:
6 posts are up for election. Nominations close on Friday the 23rd of October at 12 midday.
Polls open on Monday 26 October at 9am.
Submit yourself as a candidate for this election here
Employability Points Scheme:
It is reported that, on average, 83 graduates apply for each graduate job vacancy.
Employers now seek ‘all-rounders’; graduates who have both life and work experience, in addition to a good degree.
The Employability Points Scheme awards ‘points’ for the completion of extra-curricular activities, which later can be redeemed for rewards, such as 3-month paid internships, work experience placements, training sessions and vouchers.
In 2014-15, over 5,100 students earned points with the EP Scheme, whereas the most engaged students benefited from the 567 rewards offered by 130 companies and organisations. These sponsors included Kent County Council, Allianz, Penguin Random House, Historic Dockyard Chatham, Medway Council, Santander Universities and Heart FM.
Get Involved! Get Rewarded!
For more information and to start logging your points, visit the website
Placement Opportunities:
View the latest placement opportunities advertised on the Careers and Employability Vacancy Database. To apply you will have to register on the site
Civil Service’s 1-week spring placement programme:
The Early Diversity Internship Programme (EDIP) gives first-year undergraduates from diverse backgrounds a sense of what being a Civil Service fast streamer is like.
It puts talented undergraduates on a 1-week placement in a government department. As a successful applicant, you’ll attend network sessions and skills workshops and will shadow a fast streamer as they work.
The EDIP is an ideal way to learn, in a short space of time, if a career in the Civil Service is for you. It’s also a good foundation for applying to the Summer Diversity Internship Programme (SDIP).
Eligibility – You can apply for EDIP if you’re a first-year undergraduate and one or more of the following:
- from a black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) background (see below)
- socially or economically disadvantaged
Candidates from these BAME backgrounds can apply:
- Bangladeshi, Indian, Pakistani, Chinese or any other Asian background
- African, Caribbean or any other black background
- White and Asian, white and black African, white and black Caribbean or any other mixed ethnic background
How to apply
The application period for the EDIP opens on 12 October 2015. Apply using the Civil Service Fast Stream secure web portal.
Vacancies:
The Folkestone Churches Winter Shelter Project has the following vacancies:
Project Worker:
£17,000 p.a. (pro rata – including holidays)
30 hours/week including weekends, evenings and meeting with guests during the day.
23rd November 2015 to 4th March 2016 (including Christmas & New Year)
2 x Sessional Workers:
£15,000 p.a. (pro rata – including holidays)
12 hours/week evenings and weekends
30th November 2015 to 29th February 2016 (including Christmas & New Year)
Applicants for these positions must have excellent organisation, communication and people skills.
For further details and an application pack please contact:
Folkestone Rainbow Centre by email: info@wintershelter.org.uk or telephone 01303 210559
Closing date for applications is 23rd October 2015
Please note: CV’s not accepted
Interviews will be held on Wednesday 28th October 2015
Police Now Graduate Scheme:
Police Now’s Graduate Leadership Development Programme is the innovative scheme that is putting exceptional graduates like you on the frontline of policing.
The programme is designed to get the best from outstanding graduates providing an opportunity to transform challenged communities – and your own future. It’s focused on developing a new generation of inspiring leaders from a diverse range of backgrounds. Leaders who will go on to make their mark on society. It’s a unique foundation for a leadership career, both in policing and wider society.
For the 2016 cohort Police Now is expanding to work with seven police forces. By joining the next cohort of participants, you can play your part in extending its success.
Police Now’s Leadership Development Programme is a carefully designed two-year programme. To foster the next generation of leaders it combines training with hands-on responsibility for improving people’s lives.
The leadership development activities will be intensive and challenging, but you’ll be supported along the way by mentors, coaches and your line managers.
Find out more on their website