Student Hub ( ESO )

Maggie Cheang

Mattew Blackledge

As a global community, changing circumstances have inspired many of us to reflect more deeply than ever on the importance of cultivating community and imagining possible futures for education. In response, IATL has reconceptualised the project support we offer to develop innovative approaches to fostering community and imagining the future of learning at Warwick. We will be offering workshops, resources, expertise and funding of up to £1500 to support projects. Areas in which IATL shares practice include co-creation, interdisciplinarity, cultivating communities of learning, practices of teaching and learning, innovative assessment practices, student as researcher, wellbeing practices and international teaching and learning. We are excited to launch our new approach to project support and we look forward to discussing your ideas with you. This opportunity is open to both students and staff and widens the focus to emphasise support and the development of communities of practice, as well as on funding. Read more about it here.

Strengthening your Career Potential

Designed to help you discover your strengths, understand your career options and enhance your graduate prospects through creating a personal career plan.

Through regular individual meetings your Careers Consultant will help you to understand your unique strengths and harness these to explore your career interests, build confidence and help you develop your application and interview skills.

What does the programme give you?

· Receive regular support from your Careers Consultant in the form of meetings and emails exploring your career options, interests and goals

· Opportunity to investigate your strengths by completing a strengths profile and receive feedback from a trained practitioner

· Design a unique career development plan, with your Careers Consultant, setting actions points to help you achieve your goals

· Access support to help you overcome any barriers to your success

To apply complete the application form on the webpage. Spaces on the Strengthening your Career Potential programme are limited so please ensure you apply by 15^th November 2020.

Warwick Advance Internships Programme

A dedicated internships programme to help you apply for a paid spring or summer internship with a graduate employer, in the UK or overseas. Spend your internship developing new skills and gaining valuable experience to help you enhance your CV and develop your future career, whatever country and career path you choose.

What does the programme give you?

· Dedicated support to apply for a pool of paid UK or international spring and summer internships, across a range of industry sectors

· Valuable work experience skills - communication, interpersonal, teamwork, problem-solving and intercultural

· 1:1 mentoring support throughout the programme from employers engaged on the programme

· Access to resources and workshops pre, during and post your internship experience

· Funding support for UK/overseas internship travel

· Opportunity to be fast-tracked onto an employer’s graduate programme

Apply now on our webpage.

Advancing your Strengths Mentoring Programme

Careers focussed mentoring designed to provide you with support on career journey through connecting you to a mentor with an established career.

What does the programme give you?

· Receive 1-1 support from an experienced professional who can share their experiences and advice

· Learn about professional life with the possibility of gaining insights into a particular industry if applicable (please note we cannot guarantee you will be matched to a mentor from a specific industry)

· Develop key professional and personal skills to help you succeed in your career

· Connect with successful professionals growing your own network

This programme is only open to students who register on either the Warwick Advance Internships programme or Strengthening your Career Potential programme. If you wish to apply to the mentoring programme please make sure you also submit an application for one of the other programmes too. Applications for this programme can be found here.

By joining any of these programmes you will also get access to a dedicated Teams group where you will find the latest news on internships, events, graduate roles, webinars and have the chance to post questions.

Eligibility criteria:

All these programmes are open to current Warwick undergraduate Widening Participation UK/Home students. Full details of the eligibility criteria can be found on our webpage. If you are unsure if you meet the criteria please email us to discuss.

For more information:

Come along to a short webinar introducing these programmes and offering you the change to ask questions on Tuesday 3^rd November 2020 at 11am – 12pm via Teams. To register to attend this event please email Samantha.merrix@warwick.ac.uk.

If you have any questions about any of the programmes please contact Samantha Merrix at Samantha.merrix@warwick.ac.uk or Marion Jennette at marion.jennette@warwick.ac.uk.

I’m sure that a large proportion of you have been engaging with the employer events that have been provided as part of the central Festival of Careers 2020 over the last few weeks. I wanted to bring to your attention a number of events that are taking place in the coming weeks, the most relevant of which being the ‘Options in Engineering’ event this Wednesday 28 Oct 6.30-8.30pm.

All STEM-specific events, including the aforementioned event, can be found here: https://warwick.ac.uk/services/studentopportunity/festival/lineup/stemfactory/

Please do take some time to sift through and sign up for any and all that are of interest to you!

The CDK Dealer Tech university automotive competition is nearly here!

You can still sign-up to the kick-off day taking place via Zoom at 3pm on Friday 23^rd October here. [I am told that you can still sign up for other sessions if you have missed this one and it will be recorded to watch back!]

The competition is an opportunity for student teams to develop a technology product idea that can make a difference to the automotive retail industry. Launched by tech solution provider CDK Global, there is the opportunity for teams to win £3,000 in the university competition with winning teams having the chance of winning a further £10,000 in a national final taking place in May next year.

To help prepare teams ahead of building ideas, CDK Global is also launching 3 masterclass sessions to run shortly after the launch day. These are run by experts at CDK and will provide you with the tools to build a successful product idea. Please register for these 1 hour sessions using the links below:

27/10 at 3pm Masterclass 1 – The automotive customer journey and how to build a successful team

Presented by Michelle Mays, marketing & comms director at CDK Global

https://cdk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcpdeyvrjIuGtPald1_QZ63JGOviRRYcYsO

29/10 at 3pm -Masterclass 2 – Product development and design thinking

Presented by Chris Munday, product director at CDK Global

https://cdk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJArce2oqTwtHt2PlGv_Wqy-GUCPr7Mc8PWg

03/11 at 3pm Masterclass 3 – Masterclass 3 – Innovation and future trends

Presented by Baljit Bamrah, innovation manager at CDK Global

https://cdk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcld-2oqzkvH9Soz9IHX-tmNYonrjluE-u8

You can also read more about the competition on the CDK Dealer Tech microsite - www.cdkglobal.co.uk/dealertech.

CDK Global and the University of Warwick are looking forward to welcoming you to the competition and supporting your exciting ideas.

Please click here to watch the presentation from ERM on Placements and Careers, which was delivered exclusively for Warwick Engineers on 23 October 2020.

European Metal Recycling has placement opportunities for 2021; find out more here.

"SEO London is proud to be partnering with the Royal Academy of Engineering to increase diversity and inclusion across the engineering profession. The Graduate Engineering Engagement Programme (GEEP) serves to create an inclusive profession that inspires, attracts and retains people from diverse backgrounds.

The 3-day virtual GEEP programme is designed to enhance your employability skills and give you the opportunity to speed network with representatives from giant industry players including Amey, BuroHappold, Rolls Royce, Siemens, Network Rail, WSP and a whole host of other world-class engineering firms.

The third GEEP will be held virtually from 28th-30th Oct. Undergraduates as well as recent graduates from a discipline related to engineering particularly students from Electrical & Electronics, Mechanical & Civil Engineering are strongly encouraged to apply asap at http://bit.ly/GEEP2020."