School of Mathematical Sciences UG Student Handbook 2024/25

Queen Mary wants you to make the most of your student experience. For that reason, we want to help you identify the opportunities that exist to develop your graduate attributes. These attributes reflect the location and profile of the student body and the research-intensive nature of the institution. They are detailed in the Queen Mary Statement of Graduate Attributes, which consist of 32 attributes grouped into 7 themes that will help you prepare yourself for your future employment.

Engage fully in your degree programme

Make sure that you identify where in your degree programme the opportunities for developing graduate attributes occur and engage fully in these learning activities.

OTHER FORMS OF EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITY

At Queen Mary we have designed our courses, as well as many of the offerings provided to students through our Careers and Enterprise team, to broaden opportunities for you as a Queen Mary undergraduate, within and beyond higher education, so that you will be supported in planning and managing your ongoing professional development. Our approach is firmly grounded in the core Queen Mary values of respect for, and engagement with, the local area and communities, with a distinctive focus on enabling you to make a genuine societal impact through leadership in your chosen field. We have organised various modules and opportunities around the key themes of networking, multi- and inter-disciplinary, international perspectives, and enterprising perspectives to assist you with fully realising your potential.

There will be a menu of such modules available for you to choose from, together with a range of extra opportunities available to you through Careers and Enterprise.  All have been designed to offer you a wide range of experiences, and many can be included in the Higher Education Achievement Report (HEAR). This allows you to demonstrate to employers the learning gained from your involvement in extra-curricular activities. 

Engage in work experience 

Make sure you take up some of the wide range of opportunities open to you, such as work experience, volunteering, and enterprise education and entrepreneurship opportunities.

Enhance your ability to reflect on your learning and monitor your progress for employability

Sign up for an award or certificate designed to ensure you gain the most from your student experience.

Be active in your career decision making and preparation for employment from your arrival at Queen Mary

Make sure you attend the Mathematical Sciences careers programme and other Queen Mary careers activities.

Make employability information work for you!

Look at these resources early on and plan ahead:

• Queen Mary Careers