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The focus for January is employability, introduced by the Director of the University’s CareersService, Shelagh Green. Jan 4, 2017 Every month Teaching Matters takes a theme and explores it through a number of blog contributions over the month. We also run an events listing page.
Actively supporting students in improving their employability through internships, whether on or off campus, really enhances the student experience by giving students ownership of their personal development – making them ready for the work place. Encourage students to apply for internships. Jan 12, 2017
But, in actual fact, I have now realised that employability can be found in all areas of your degree programme and in other activities out with University. on Campus internship as an ‘Employability Projects Intern’, she became increasingly interested in the concept of graduate attributes, studentemployability and higher education.
CC0 [Pixabay] For a number of years now, the School of History, Classics and Archaeology (HCA) has been working closely with the CareersService to help address the question every arts and humanities students faces at some point in their career: ‘So your degree; what are you going to do with that?
This surely fosters a proactive and creative approach among students to find suitable opportunities. The careersservice is directly involved in this course delivery with our school’s Careers Consultant providing valuable input during the initial stages.
Image credit: Clark Tibbs, unsplash, CC0 Dr Sharon Maguire, a Careers & Employability Manager at The University of Edinburgh , proposes the “creative, iterative, human-centered, problem-solving methodology” of Life Design as an answer to urgent questions of studentemployability, curriculum transformation, and the future of work.
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Jan 9, 2017 If you are a staff member interested in wrapping the Award around an activity then please get in touch by email: edinburgh.award@ed.ac.uk. Kirsty Stewart Kirsty Stewart is the Edinburgh Award Coordinator at the University of Edinburgh.
With that said, go and see the CareersService. It is designed to help you figure out what you want to do and how you can develop different skills and your own career pathway. Alec Edgecliffe-Johnson Alec Edgecliffe-Johnson is President of the Edinburgh University Students’ Association. Jan 18, 2017
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I call this an enabler event because it gets students to think about the importance of their health and wellbeing, using a range of fun recreational activities. Support services in the University also take part in this event. Mar 14, 2017
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