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A real leveller: Improving a year-long, team-based project for undergraduates and professional industry mentors during lockdown

Teaching Matters Student Employment

The Design Agency is all about the reality of the world of work so we needed to echo what was happening externally within the design industry. Parallels with industry were plentiful, which allowed us to continue to promote the Design Agency scheme at Open Days as producing graduates who are 100% employable. It’s a real leveller.

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A recap of the 2023-24 MIT Career Exploration Series

CAPD

The team included Tianna Ransom, CAPD Assistant Director of Career Exploration and two student Career Exploration Leaders: An An Chiang (Early Career Focus) and Jorge Martin Poza (Academia Focus). 1,818 students, postdocs, and recent alumni attended the events. 1,635 during the fall and 183 during IAP.

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Creating resilience through diversity, experimentation and pragmatism

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Audiences can be wayward and fickle, critics can instil terror, the manual labour involved can be protracted and arduous, the use of emergent technology can engender a fear of not being quite current enough, and the perceived value of the creative industries at a governmental and societal level is often contested.

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CAPD Info session at MIT’s CPW for Family & Supporters 2024

CAPD

How is the connection between current students and alumni? Do alumni easily offer internships or other opportunities to current students? There is a very strong alumni network at MIT, and there are a number of events and opportunities happening on campus throughout the year for students to connect with alumni.

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Mentoring groups for success – Top tips from SACHA coaches

Teaching Matters Student Employment

She has project managed new waste strategies for the automotive industry, contracted and implemented waste management contracts for the University of Edinburgh, and benchmarked and conducted waste management gap analysis for many private and public organisations. Sophie is also an accomplished Waste Manager.

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Elevating Business Education Standards: The Role of AMBA Accreditation

Creatrix Campus

History and founding of AMBA History and founding of AMBA The Association of MBAs (AMBA) was founded in 1967 by a group of leading business schools and industrial firms with the aim of advancing postgraduate business education and promoting excellence in business management.

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Sponsored dissertations: Connecting undergraduates with companies to research problems that matter

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

There is a lot of demand in the industry for academic work. If you work in the industry, we would welcome an opportunity to work with you. We understand these concerns and have a solution. You can find all the details and contact information on our website.