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Are you looking for work experience during the Summer or after you graduate. Are you an international student struggling to get sponsorship for employment in the UK under Tier 2 or Tier 5 visas? Are you looking ultimately to get some experience as an international student and bring this home with you? Or are you…
“Where are all the internships?” said the first year. Finding an internship in your first year can be quite a challenge. If you were in the very small percentage of First Year students who thought about an internship in the first term, you may have been lucky enough to land yourself either a Spring Insight…
We’re here for you during your PhD (and for 2 years after) We have web pages chock full of useful information and resources including the THE Award winning An Academic Career You can talk to us – drop in to the Atrium to talk to one of our Information Specialists book a one-to-one guidance appointment…
Read more 10 (and a bit) things PhDs should know about the Careers Service
By Marisa Bell Final year Anthropology student Nine months slogging through one year of your degree can feel more like nine years at times. One bad week slips past and before you know it you’re neck deep in readings – most of which barely feel as though they are written in your native language. As you sift through the inaccessible writings and abstract theories, scribbling…
Read more Is work experience worth it? Anthropology student Marisa tells her story.
Exams are nearly over, it’s time to celebrate and look forward to summer. Many of you will have something lined up for summer, an internship, work experience, volunteering, a vacation job or a working holiday perhaps? Before you head off to meet the challenge there a few things you can do to be prepared. Have…
Read more Preparing for your summer internship or vacation job
So, you haven’t got a job lined up yet – whether just for summer or for after you graduate. Is it too late to do something before your exams? No! One quick fix, right now, before the Easter break, might unlock your ideal job. How? Tell everyone you know what you’d love to do over…
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…
Read more Project Leader Intern at ReachOut – Vanessa’s Story
My name is Jade and I am in my final year studying Linguistics. I knew from the beginning of second year that I wanted to do something productive with my summer, to boost my CV and skills before I entered the dreaded final year. I found out about SEI’s when I was walking through Sam…
Read more Humanities Alumni Video Project at The University of Manchester – Jade’s story
Amy, an International Management student at Manchester, spent the final three weeks of last summer as a Welcome Week Intern for the Alliance Manchester Business School, as part of the Student Experience Internship (SEI) programme. Amy recently joined us to talk us through various aspects of her SEI 2015 experience… Why SEI I applied to…
Read more Welcome Week Intern at The University of Manchester – Amy’s Story
