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Develop and showcase your employability skills with the Warwick Award
If you’re interested in developing your employability skills during your time at Warwick, make sure you register for the Warwick Award.
The Award is the University’s free skills development programme that is available to all undergraduate and taught Master’s students. It is a points-based programme that showcases the skills you’re developing from your academic modules, as well as anything else you get involved with - such as societies, sports teams, volunteering, internships, placements, or even part-time work – and can help set you up for a fantastic start to life after graduation.
You can sign up for the Award at any point during your studies. You might even already have points waiting to be claimed based on what you’ve already done at Warwick so far – including your academic modules and any extra-curricular activities you may have undertaken.
The Warwick Award gives you the opportunity to develop vital skills that will improve your employability after graduation. The award is included free with all undergraduate and taught master’s programmes, can be completed at a pace that suits you over the course of your degree. For undergraduates, it will appear on your Higher Education Achievement Report (HEAR) transcript, while postgraduates who complete the Award will be issued with a digital certificate signed by the Vice Chancellor.
The Award is based around 12 core employability skills that we’ve worked with a range of employers to identify as being crucial for the next step in your journey. These skills are: Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Self-Awareness, Communication, Teamwork, Information Literacy, Sustainability, Ethical Values, Digital Literacy, Intercultural Awareness, Organisational Awareness, and Professionalism.
The Award recognises the transferable employability skills you will develop through completing not only your academic modules, but also the extra-curricular training courses and co-curricular activities you get involved with during your time at Warwick – you earn Core Skills Points for each of these activities, and these points then add up towards different levels of the Award.
The Award can also be personalised to allow you to choose activities based on your own interests and focus on the skills that matter the most to you and your future.