Hi there,
This is a bumper email of opportunities and support, so do check out everything available below! There are more opportunities and events, as well as appointments and information, available on QM CareersHub: log on using your normal Queen Mary details, and set up your profile for personalised recommendations!
SED exclusive:
- Alumni Panels: coming up are informal panel events with alumni from English and Drama. Lots of different sectors and roles will be represented, and you can ask the alumni anything about their career journey after Queen Mary. The Drama alumni panel is taking place on Wednesday 29th March 6-7.30pm on campus, and you can find more details and book a spot here. Keep an eye out for more details on the English alumni panel coming soon! Both events are open to all SED students.
- One-to-one online guidance appointments are available exclusively for SED students every Wednesday with me; we can talk about anything at all in relation to your career, and you don’t need to know what you want to do to have a chat! To book an appointment, contact me: f.bush@qmul.ac.uk.
Upcoming events:
- This
week:
- Application skills workshop 14th March 4-5.30, Scape Canalside Teaching Room 1: join this session to get top tips on how to write stand out CVs, cover letters and application answers. Book yourself a spot here.
- Tuesday 14th March 6.30pm sees outgoing MD of Twitter UK, Dara Nasr (a QM alum), in conversation in the Peston Lecture Theatre, Graduate Centre. Register now to join this event!
- LinkedIn is an amazing tool; this online workshop on 15th March 1-2pm will give you an overview of how to use LinkedIn Learning, as well as building yourself a great profile. Book yourself a spot here.
- Coming
soon:
- Interested
in teaching?
- On 21st March 3-3.45pm, book a place on this virtual workshop to learn more about the different options of doing a PGCE, Teach First or training in a school; this session will get you prepared for:
- Get Into Teaching, 22nd March, 1.30-3.30 in the Graduate Centre room 201 – this panel event will let you hear from organisations with live opportunities talk about their programmes. Book yourself a spot here.
- Interested in tech or project management? Check out this online insight session on 29th March 11-12.30pm with Capita Novus about the opportunities they have available, and hints for their application process. Book a spot here.
- Interested
in teaching?
Opportunities:
- Interested in gaining real-life work experience as a consultant in an award-winning programme? The Student Consultancy Project opens for application today, with a deadline of 23rd April. Learn more and apply here.
- A remote learning and engagement internship with Unicef is open until 26th March; find more information and apply here.
- The ING Eagles programme is open for applications until 2 April. A set of 9 month internships with a £30k salary, roles include front office, finance, HR, research, compliance, communications and art & archive. Find out more information here.
I hope the above has been interesting and useful; do get in touch with me if you have any queries at all.
Best,
Fliss
