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Category Archives: Employability
Online resources for physical and life sciences students
Even more online support has been made available for students here at Reading seeking work placement and graduate employment. A new online tool dedicated to helping students find opportunities within the life sciences industry has been launched this month by the … Continue reading
Virtual careers fairs
The Careers, Placement and Experience Centre (CPEC) here at Reading has invested in virtual fair technology, which has enabled the service to extend its traditional offer of careers fairs and provide students with a virtual environment in which to interact … Continue reading
(Video) Lessons learnt the hard way last forever
Hello, I am Katerina Lazidou, a research student working on a small project funded by the Digitally Ready team. This small project is being conducted for the School of Biological Sciences here at Reading, with Dr Teeroumanee Nadan and Dr … Continue reading
Placement support online – for staff and for students
Our research study into digital literacies for student employability, focusing on WRPL and the University’s placement schemes, revealed that many students are as yet unaware of the full range of opportunities on offer, and that some work remains to be … Continue reading
From paper (lots of it) to pixels
A distinguishing feature of the BA programme in Typography are the professional assignments we run with external clients – our Real Jobs scheme. These ‘in-house placements’ allow inexperienced students to deal with professional work in a staged and supervised way, … Continue reading
Posted in Assessment & Feedback, Dissemination, Employability, Small project funding scheme, Staff-student partnerships, Work/Academic placements
Tagged Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, Gerry Leonidas, Jake Giltsoff, Real Jobs scheme, Rob Banham, Robbie Sterlini, WordPress
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Academic publishing and interviewing: first steps
I took my first steps into the world of academic writing and publishing last week when my supervisor informed me that we are going to submit my work on the Modular Training for Industry project in an appropriate journal. I … Continue reading
Posted in Employability, Internationalisation, Small project funding scheme, Staff-student partnerships, Work/Academic placements
Tagged Existing and Emerging Biotechnologies (EEB) Framework, Kimberley Watson, Modular Training for Industry, Sam Holton, School of Biological Sciences, Sir David Bell KCB, Steven Mithen, Tee Nadan, Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (UROP), University of Hong Kong
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OPEN Project at Aberdeen
There is a very interesting project starting up at Aberdeen, below is a bit from their introduction: ‘Online Presence, Employability, Network (OPEN) is a novel project supported by the Higher Education Academy (HEA), and being developed the University of Aberdeen’s … Continue reading
Internationalisation: where to for HE institutions?
Who says internationalisation in HE inevitably refers to resources and technologies. In this new digital era, to be competitive as a HE institution we have to keep up to date with educational technologies, and this is particularly important if our … Continue reading
Student experiences with digital literacies
Last week, the Digitally Ready team here at Reading invited staff to a workshop on ‘Students’ experiences with placements and opportunities for developing their digital literacies at the University’. Some 20 colleagues from academic and service departments across the University … Continue reading
Posted in Dissemination, Employability, Meetings & Events, Research, Work/Academic placements
Tagged Blackboard (VLE), Clive Young, Digital Literacies for Student Employability, Nadja Guggi, Rachel Glover, School E-Learning Co-ordinators (SELCs), Stefanie Anyadi, The Digital Department, University College London, VLE, Workshop
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