Student Hub ( ESO )

Student Opportunity has created two new Moodle course that may be useful to you -

https://moodle.warwick.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=38053- Warwick Core Skills such as professionalism, digital literacy and critical thinking.

https://moodle.warwick.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=41832 Academic and Study Skills- covering skills for academic success including academic writing, note taking, and research skills

These are optional, self-paced courses open to all students at the university. You can choose which sections to complete and return to them as often as you like. Running along side this will be a series of live webinars on the same topics.

URSS is now accepting applications. The scheme enables undergraduate students to carry out an interdisciplinary summer research project.See who’s eligible and how students can apply.

New for 2021, URSS is also welcoming applications for public engagement projects, or doing research in partnership with public/ community groups. The newly launched Warwick Institute of Engagement will be providing advice and support for students and academic supervisors on public engagement projects and would be happy to hear from those considering an application at wie@warwick.ac.uk 

We would particularly encourage students to develop URSS projects that relate to Coventry's status as City of Culture (May 2021-May 2022) - either as a research or public engagement project. There are exciting opportunities to develop research that relates to, or gets showcased within, the city this year, and to contribute to the wider monitoring and evaluation of the City of Culture project. See more information about current City of Culture-facing research across the university.

Would you like to take part in a survey on Eating Alone or together to help with the Medical School, see information and posters.

Missed the live event on Wednesday 2 December 2020?

Hear from returning placement students about their experiences whilst on placement, as well as key application/interview processes. The Placement and Internship Officer also presented with the intention of answering questions regarding Departmental processes, fees, and the accompanying academic module.

Access the recording here.

Access the slides here.

Generating Genius, who work to widen access to high-level STEM careers, are partnered with the National Grid on the Generating Genius and Grid for Good Talent Development Pathway, a long-term, multi-touch project for students to gain insight and develop skills to enter careers in the energy sector.

Applications for the pathway are now open! To apply for the Grid for Good Talent Development Pathway, students should complete this form.

What does the Pathway look like?

As a member of the Grid for Good pathway, you will have exclusive access to:

· Insight talks, focusing on different careers available in the energy industry

· Team Building events, including leading, networking and self-development sessions

· Upskilling workshops, including CV writing, mock interviews with National Grid employees, Challenge Days and application boot camps

· 1-to-1 Mentoring with National Grid employees

· Paid work experience opportunities with National Grid

· Graduate job opportunities, including Graduate Schemes, Apprenticeships and Internships with National Grid

We are hosting a virtual Welcome event for the pathway on 16th December 4:45-6:20 pm. This event will feature an Insight talk and Careers Panel with current National Grid employees, a valuable opportunity to learn more about career paths within the energy sector.

To be eligible for this pathway, you must be from black African or Caribbean heritage, OR have a household income of below £42,875 per annum. You must also be studying Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or Physics.

Please complete this form to apply for the Grid for Good pathway. For any queries, please contact myself on alexander.tansell@generatinggenius.org.uk. More information about the pathway can be found here.

The Short Term Mobility Bursary enables you to apply for up to £500 towards undertaking a short international (online or in-person) study, unpaid work, research project or volunteering experience. To find out more about short international experiences please visit the website, have a look at what students have done in the past here, and look at this page for ideas about how to get started with thinking about what sort of short international experience would work for you. Applications close 18^th January.

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Let’s be honest – this is a tough year to have graduated from university. As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to turn life upside down and a second national lockdown looms, the Class of 2020 faces the challenge of finding a graduate job against a backdrop of turmoil and uncertainty that looks set to continue well into 2021.

How should you navigate this ‘new normal’ and find good employers who are hiring? How can you gain experience when internships and part-time jobs are thin on the ground? Should you do a Master’s degree just to avoid the job market for another year? And should you be laser-focused on which jobs you apply for – or is it better to take anything you can get?

All these questions – and many more – are answered in How to Get a Graduate Job in a Pandemic, the new book by Tanya de Grunwald, founder of careers blog Graduate Fog, and the Good + Fair Employers Club (a coalition of the UK’s best employers of young people). She is best know for challenging big firms and famous people over unpaid internships, including Tony Blair, Simon Cowell, Phillip Green, Vivienne Westwood, Samantha Cameron and Boris Johnson.

We know that deciding which career path to pursue, or which company to work for, can be a real headache. That's why each year RateMyPlacement produce Your Guide to Placements, Internships & Insights to help students like you find valuable work experience at university.

Alongside pages and pages of quality career advice, you’ll find RateMyPlacement’s Top 100 Undergraduate Employers 2020-21.

This hotly-anticipated table is based on nearly 60,000 reviews that have been submitted to RateMyPlacement.co.uk by previous placement students and interns. These reviews provide us with real insight on what it’s actually like to do work experience in a particular industry, or with a particular employer.

https://pages.ratemyplacement.co.uk/teg-digital/

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* Graduate roles to go live 30^th November

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