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A good degree is important to employers but organisations also want graduates to demonstrate that they have developed skills – often called employability skills, along the way. Work experience gives you an insight into the working environment and help you develop skills that you can use within your degree studies and once you graduate. It…
Read more How to get the experience and skills employers look for?
Rosalinda Quintieri, a doctoral researcher in the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, has come up with a fantastic new way to help our current doctoral and post-doctoral researchers to get real consultancy training, skills and experience of implementing solutions. It’s in collaboration with the University – and you’ve still got time to apply to…
Read more Add real world consultancy skills and experience to your PhD
*(delete as appropriate) Which of the following best describes you at a conference? __ Life of the conference – always leave having given out a stack of cards and collecting invites to give seminars __ Making sure whatever session I’m in is the trending topic on Twitter __ Browsing posters on coffee breaks and chatting…
Global Graduates is a programme run by the University with a private donor, which was established in 2012 and has kept growing and becoming more successful over time. Last year, I was one of the lucky 28 chosen to go on the trip; my chosen location was Hong Kong. The programme has six amazing destinations:…
The availability of summer internship schemes with corporate companies may be soon coming to a close, but there are still summer opportunities for work experience and internships available and other opportunities to develop your skills and experience to consider. Finding work experience with smaller/medium size organisations Smaller and medium sized companies will be advertising…
Read more Looking for summer work experience – the bigger picture
One of the most engaging things about a great presenter, lecturer – or interviewee – is often their enthusiasm and passion for their subject. At Manchester, we’re on a mission to enthuse and inspire others about the work we do here – and you can be part of it. They call it “public engagement”, but…
Often when we speak to graduates they say they would treat going to University more like a job if they could have a do over! You arrive at university for the first time, its crazy, exciting and scary and no-one is around to tell you what to do and when! (Amazing – complete freedom! Or is it?) Your…
Read more If doing a degree was a job, what would it look like?
“What do you think of these new shoes I’ve just bought?” “What do you reckon to that goal I scored, eh?” “Does my bum look big in this?” – all questions asking for feedback where the last thing you really want is the truth. But what if the questions on your mind are: “How did…
How do you approach looking for valuable work experience or an internship? Some opportunities to gain and develop useful skills for your future career could be missed if you rely on looking for work experience only within the area you are interested in or with the big corporate employers and well-known companies. There may also…
