UEA Award & CHE 2017-18 2

The Language of Employers

- Effective speaking and presentations, appropriate for specific audiences and contexts

- Writing coherently and persuasively, appropriate for specific audiences and contexts

- Assertiveness and negotiation

- Tactfulness and diplomacy

- Using social media effectively to build networks of contacts

- Sensitivity to others

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UEA Award Attributes

About Me - Gemma Cassettarri

Award Employers

• Background

• Reasons for starting the Award

• Benefits of the Award for me

+ Mentors giving feedback from a range of science areas including pharmaceuticals, health, environmental sciences.

What is the UEA Award?

• A framework for academic and extra-curricular activities

• Enables your students to demonstrate a set of key skills and attributes for application forms, covering letters and interviews

• Aims to show what skills and attributes a student already possesses and next steps

• Involves making activities students already do 'count' as well as getting them to do some new activities to make them more 'well rounded'

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How do I do the UEA Award?

By the end of today you will know...

• The UEA Award has three levels: Bronze, Silver and Gold to cater for different levels of commitment, with a minimum number of hours required for each.

• You can undertake the Award throughout the 3/4 years of your undergraduate degree, during a Masters degree and up to six months after graduation.

• The UEA Award involves making activities you already do ‘count’ as well as giving opportunity to try new things.

• The Award is written up through a series of forms on the MyCareerCentral system.

• What the UEA Award involves and what it might mean for you;

• Have information on how to register;

• Benefits of the Award...

• Know more about Award employers

What could CHE students submit to the Award?

UEA Award & NBS PDP

Why Take Part?

The NBS PDP counts as 1 event in the Career Mgt Section in Bronze and substitutes for 1 appointment in Silver.

You don't submit the PDP itself. Talk about the process of discussing it with your adviser.

• Campus and personal:

Course rep, SSLCs

Building a website

SU committee roles or organising SU activities

Sports activators

• Work-related:

Internships

Any part-time work (doesn't have to relate to your degree)

Student guiding/ student ambassador

Lab work experience

• Academic

Lab work, practicals

Using particular research methods or techniques

Projects

Poster/ abstract presentations

• Career management

Careers events, job interviews, Chemistry fair, talking to your

personal adviser about your career, Recruitment and Opportunities Fair

How can I get involved?

1. RECORD, REFLECT AND GAIN RECOGNITION FOR YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS

Write up your activities and know that you are developing attributes desirable to employers and society; be recognised for the great things you do with a University certificate.

2. BUILD A GREAT CV THAT DOES JUSTICE TO YOUR TIME HERE

When you’ve completed the UEA Award you’ll have plenty of material to help your CV and applications stand out from the crowd.

3. BE IN THE KNOW AND TAKE PART IN ACTIVITIES ON CAMPUS

By doing the Award you will get to know the amazing range of things to do at UEA and you’ll be able to get more involved…

4. GAIN INDIVIDUAL FEEDBACK AND PERSPECTIVE FROM EMPLOYERS

In the Silver and Gold levels of the Award, employers can give you a unique and valuable perspectives on your presentation skills.

5. GAIN GREATER AWARENESS OF YOUR STRENGTHS AND AREAS FOR DEVELOPMENT. The UEA Award provides a framework to help you track your progress.

Reflect, articulate, record

• Registration is open: www.uea.ac.uk/award

• Only 100 places left this year (over 1000 registered students)

• The UEA Award is not compulsory and places are limited.

• See the website for much more information…

• E-mail queries: Liam & Becky award@uea.ac.uk

• Drop in sessions every week, lots of support

• Questions?

Benefits of the UEA Award

The Award asks you to:

• Describe your main tasks and responsibilities;

• Record your hours and dates;

• Write down how you would describe what you did on a CV;

• Select the attributes you developed.

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