Student Services Dr Wayne Campbell Director of Student Services and Senior Master.
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Transcript of Student Services Dr Wayne Campbell Director of Student Services and Senior Master.
CAREERS OPPORTUNITIES FOR PGT STUDENTS
SECTOR TYPE OF ROLE SECTOR TYPE OF ROLEUniversities •Postdoc research Business •Accountancy
•Lecturer •Banking•Project Management •Computing•Administrative ie. Research strategy •Consultancy
Other research •Research Councils and Institutes Intellectual Property •Patent Attorney•Social research •Publishing rights•Think Tanks•NGOs
Teaching •State Schools Self-employment•Further Education Lecturer•Independent schools•Adult Education
Public Sector •NHS Industrial Research •Research and Development•Civil Service Fast Stream •Chartered Engineer•Local Government •NHS•Law•Charities
Communication •Science writing•Journalism
•Academic publishing•Information science
WHAT DOES THE CAREERS AND EMPLOYABILITY SERVICE DO?
• Student drop in sessions
• One-to-one careers interviews (for careers guidance to
support your decision making)
• Careers library
• A range of free careers literature (printed and on-line) –
bespoke CES PG booklet “Career Planning Guide for
Postgraduate Students and Researchers”
• Database of job vacancies
WHAT DOES THE CAREERS AND EMPLOYABILITY SERVICE DO?
• Coordinates and delivers a range of generic careers and
employability talks and presentations for all students
(including PG)
• Work with Academic Schools and the Graduate School
to support employability activities (employer
presentations, running events, delivering workshops and
supporting the development of work placements) Global Skills Award sessions on “career management skills” and
“selection centre preparation” (10-20 per annum)
Variety of School specific sessions
CES stand with advisers and CES information at Graduate School
induction
WHAT DOES THE CAREERS AND EMPLOYABILITY SERVICE DO?
• Work with Academic Schools continued:
Organise central employability events (Student Employability Festival,
including the Annual Careers & Employability Fair and the Employability Fair
at Medway), and the Kent Opportunities Fair. Careers Fair on Tuesday 3
November from 12.00 – 15.00 in the Sports Centre (Canterbury campus).
Over 120 graduate employers will be present
Employability Festival sessions on a range of topics of interest/relevance to
PG students
• Communicating developments, opportunities and events (use
of social media, web site, newsletters etc.)
• Use the CES website- Kent Experience of Work Framework,
on-line Resources, Kent Careers Employability Award on
Moodle and the Kent Student Awards