Youth programmes: an invaluable experience
July 17, 2015
By Mary Strickson, student blogger I’ve been involved with various youth programmes and projects over the last year. The reason I started looking for voluntary roles was because I wanted to do something constructive with my spare time. Little did I know that these experiences would provide me with so much more than just something to …
Spotlight On… International Development
July 3, 2015
By Daniella Dutton, Employability Officer As part of our events programme, we held a Question and Answer panel sessions with speakers representing a variety of international development areas. They answered a wide and diverse range of questions during the session, which we have summarised below. So if you are keen to work in international development, …
Getting Into Law Without a Law Degree
June 23, 2015
By Priya Thakar, student blogger Back in March, I attended the ‘Spotlight On: Law for Non-Law’ event, organised by Careers. The event was very popular and it was interesting to me that there were students from a wide variety of subjects with a keen interest in the law profession. Courses varied from mechanical engineering to …
How I Discovered New Career Opportunities
June 16, 2015
By Mary Strickson, student blogger Last week I attended the Graduate Jobs Fair organised by The Careers and Employability Service. I wasn’t sure what to expect, for example, I didn’t think there would be many arts-based opportunities on offer. However at the fair, I discovered that my degree opens opportunities in many career paths and sectors, which …
Inspiring Women, Building Britain
May 29, 2015
By Chris Jones, Senior Careers Adviser – Faculties of Science and Engineering Are you a female student? Are you interested in working in a people industry that requires creativity and the ability to communicate and collaborate with others? Do you want to join an industry that makes a difference to society and have the opportunity …
My eMentoring experience
May 8, 2015
By Charlotte Lambert, student blogger You may have heard about some of the mentoring schemes offered within the University – I took part in the in the career-focused scheme. The eMentoring scheme runs from November through to March and offers the chance for students to be paired with University alumni professionals from a wide range …
Spotlight On… Magazine Publishing
April 17, 2015
By Mary Strickson, student blogger Last term, I attended the Spotlight On… Magazine Publishing event organised by the Careers and Employability Service. The event was very inspirational and I learned a lot about the different roles in media – it was hugely popular with a large number of attendees. The event consisted of talks by …
Spotlight On… IT Consultancy
April 1, 2015
By Bety Mehide, student blogger As a part of the Spotlight On… series I got the chance to get to know a little more about the work of an IT consultant from representatives of Accenture, KPMG, FDM Group and Rittman Mead Consulting. Given the companies attending, we were given insights into the role from a …
Spotlight On… Feature Writing Workshop
March 27, 2015
By Mary Strickson, student blogger During the spring term careers events programme, I attended the Spotlight On…Feature Writing Workshop. The workshop featured Dave Wellford, former journalist and now senior lecturer at the Centre for Broadcast Journalism, Nottingham Trent University. Part one: his job experience and skills The first half of the workshop was about the …
Careers and employability on the road!
March 17, 2015
By Oyku Ataman, student blogger This week the Careers and Employability Service are out and about with their Careers Roadshow at popular sites across the University. Yesterday they were in front of the George Green Library, and if you walked past there, there’s no way you could have missed them because they had a bright …
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