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Welcome from the Careers Service. June Kay, Careers Adviser. Who we are & what do we do?. 60+ experienced, trained and qualified staff Individual information, advice and guidance Guidance with career planning & changing direction Help you understand, develop and pitch your skills
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Welcome from the Careers Service June Kay, Careers Adviser
Who we are & what do we do? • 60+ experienced, trained and qualified staff • Individual information, advice and guidance • Guidance with career planning & changing direction • Help you understand, develop and pitch your skills • Finding jobs, opportunities, and work experience • Networking opportunities • Support with applications • Developing business ideas.
How Can We Help ? • Workshops – Research Student Development Programme • Events e.g. Researchers Careers Conference (20th June ‘19) • Individual information, advice and guidance – Drop-in & longer pre-booked • Communication e.g. Termly Researcher Careers Newsletter • Remember you are welcome to attend any Careers Service central workshop or event
Action For Impact • An innovation and enterprise programme for postgraduate researchers aimed at creating impact of all kinds from research. • Encouraging researchers to evolve their innovative and enterprising behaviours, whilst developing commercial awareness • Allows researchers to consider challenges that they are addressing, and become capable of realising the commercial, economic and societal impact of their research • The realisation of their impact is facilitated by a series of competitive Impact Fellowships, which will include engagement with industry, society and the world outside ‘the lab’.
CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION CHALLENGES • Inspired by a social or industrial problem or opportunity • Form a team, generate an idea, test your ideas and present them to a panel • Supported by employers, industry experts and alumni with experience across a variety of sectors • Many challenges link you with students from different Institutes to stimulate cross disciplinary working
HEALTH INNOVATION DAY – look out for next time! • Be Part of a Global Innovation Challenge in Health and Ageing • 24th November 2018 Venue to be confirmed (North East) • Open to ALL disciplines, ALL stages and ALL universities in the North • No previous knowledge of health or ageing required! • As a student team work in a fast paced creative environment to develop, plan and pitch your solutions to a real business scenario! • Partnered with universities in Copenhagen, Hungary, Stockholm, Portugal, Sweden, Oxford and London • For more information contact charlotte.warin@ncl.ac.uk
Connect with us Jenny Brady Enterprise Adviser jenny.brady@ncl.ac.uk June Kay Careers Adviser June.Kay@ncl.ac.uk Careers Service Level 1 of King’s Gate Drop-in available 11:00 - 4:30