SEF PGT Induction and Pre-Sessional - September 2025 Starters

Use this forum to discuss the Excel Topics and applications of Excel within Finance and Economics with your fellow students.

Use this Forum to discuss Maths for Finance with your fellow students.

Aim: To share  careers goals and objectives and gain wider perspectives from your fellow students

As an ice-breaker activity, we  would like you to use the Discussion Forum to introduce yourself and share your knowledge about the jobs that interest you in Economics and Finance. You will be working...

Aim: To review the week’s activities and identify questions about graduate careers to ask  at the Live Collaborate Careers Q&A event.

Step 1: Reflect on the activities and resources you have looked at this week and identify any questions you have 

Step 2: Post a question to the Discussion Forum. ...

Aim: Make a Quick Virtual Elevator Pitch to practice your Self Marketing strategies.

You  may already be familiar with the concept of an elevator pitch as a form of self marketing. An elevator pitch is a 30 second sales pitch. The challenge is to sell yourself or a concept to a stranger standing ...

Aim: Reflect on your unique skills and experience

Learning to self market yourself well involves reflection on what makes you unique. Your application is your first impression with a prospective employer. Your application and CV provide  an opportunity to tell your story highlighting your skills ...

Aim: Develop your awareness of soft and higher level skills valued by employers

Now you have you have voted for your choice of the most important soft skill, this forum provides and opportunity to discuss soft skills with your peers.

To increase your employability it’s important to be  aware of the...

Aim: Demonstrate your commercial awareness

Use  your commercial awareness and discuss your approach to the following investment challenge with your peers. 

Step 1: Evaluate  the following challenge:

If you had $100 million to do whatever with it you like, what would you do? 

Would you invest it? 

If ...