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Employability sessions for Mathematics students

Henderson, Karen; Hooper, Alison; Line, Tilly; Fowles-Sweet, Wendy

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Authors

Alison Hooper

Tilly Line

Wendy Fowles-Sweet Wendy.Fowles-Sweet@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Engineering Professionalism



Contributors

peter rowlett p.rowlett@shu.ac.uk
Editor

jeff waldock j.a.waldock@shu.ac.uk
Editor

Abstract

We present details of the graduate development and careers support sessions provided for students on our Mathematics based programmes. The schedule described below was introduced four years ago and was set up in order to better prepare our students for placement opportunities as well as for future careers. Prior to the scheme, feedback from potential employers indicated that our students lacked confidence and were not selling themselves. In particular, students needed coaching on how to get a job and to prove to potential employers that they had the skills to get a job. The introduction of the careers team-led sessions coincided with a new careers service being offered at UWE Bristol. UWE Bristol's Careers and Enterprise Team won the prestigious National Undergraduate Employability Award 2014 for Best University Careers/Employability Service.

Publication Date Sep 14, 2017
Deposit Date Sep 29, 2017
Publicly Available Date Nov 23, 2017
Peer Reviewed Not Peer Reviewed
Book Title Employability development for HE mathematics and statistics
ISBN 9781843874140
Keywords Graduate development, careers support
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/881051
Related Public URLs http://www.sigma-network.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Employability-Development-booklet.pdf
Contract Date Sep 29, 2017

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