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Doing a PhD? Want experience in teaching? And elearning? Read on!

Manchester Leadership Programme is recruiting eTutors for 2016/17 The Manchester Leadership Programme is keen to hear from current PhD students who are interested in joining our pool of eTutors for 2016/17. eTutors are responsible for tutoring groups of approximately 25 undergraduate students, leading online discussion groups, conducting face-to-face tutorials and assessing students’ work. Tutors are […]

Getting the third degree

A friend of mine was recently reminiscing about her graduation 4 years ago. She was awarded a third class degree and hated her graduation day, struggling to work out what the 3 years were all for and what exactly she had learned. She had felt pretty down about it and wasn’t looking forward to her…

A 2:2 degree – Triumph not Tragedy

‘Well, I wanted to do a Graduate Scheme in Marketing, but they don’t take 2:2’s, so I’m going travelling. There’s nothing much else I can do’. – 2016 Graduate As she said these words, a gloomy silence fell on our little meeting, and we both sighed in an ‘ah well, nothing to be done’ sort…

Doing a PhD? Want experience in teaching? And elearning? Read on!

Telling your Story – create impact on your CV and at interview

What is it that makes a CV, application or interview performance stand out and have real impact? It could be the story. Telling stories is a powerful way to communicate. It allows the author to reveal something unique about themselves; evokes emotion and is something other people can relate to. Story telling is an ancient…

A quick guide to work experience

Project Leader Intern at ReachOut – Vanessa’s Story

Vanessa is a final year English Language and Screen Studies student here at Manchester and spent eight weeks last summer working as a Project Leader Intern at ReachOut, as part of the Student Experience Internship (SEI) programme. Vanessa recently joined us to talk us through various aspects of her SEI 2015 experience… Why SEI? “I…

Do you need to plan your career or can you just let it happen?

Some people plan everything – I’m sure you know someone who lives their life by lists and makes a revision time table and sticks to it. We all behave in different ways, so if you are the type of person who lets life unfold why would you suddenly change your behaviour because you are planning…

Myth #12: Nobody would want to hire me.

Ask any student or recent graduate you know and all will agree that there seems to be more pressure on graduates to succeed than ever before, with recruitment processes seemingly becoming increasingly daunting. Faced with the prospect of psychometric testing, assessment centres and interviews, it’s understandable if you’re worried that you have little to offer…

Myth #9: You need to know what you want to do in order to use the Careers Service.

We don’t all know exactly what we want to do with our futures. Even some of the Careers Service staff still aren’t entirely sure themselves! In fact, most people have an average of three different careers during their lifetime, so it’s not unusual to be uncertain about what to do after you graduate. What you…

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Doing a PhD? Want experience in teaching? And elearning? Read on!

Getting the third degree

A 2:2 degree – Triumph not Tragedy

Doing a PhD? Want experience in teaching? And elearning? Read on!

Telling your Story – create impact on your CV and at interview

A quick guide to work experience

Project Leader Intern at ReachOut – Vanessa’s Story

Do you need to plan your career or can you just let it happen?

Myth #12: Nobody would want to hire me.

Myth #9: You need to know what you want to do in order to use the Careers Service.

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