Tag: PLUS Award
The University’s employability award
Welcome to your Careers Service
Welcome (or welcome back!) to the University of Bristol. We are your Careers Service. We are here to support you in preparing for your next steps during or after you finish your studies. It’s never too early to start!
Whether it’s help in getting a part-time job, finding internships and graduate roles, writing CVs and applications, or deciding what you want to do after your degree, we’re here for you.
First things first, you are going to hear us talking about mycareer a lot this year. mycareer is your portal to resources, vacancies, events, appointments and more. You can set up a profile in there that will tailor content just for you.
Log in, complete your profile and off you go!
Hear from your peers who have achieved their PLUS Award!
With the Bristol PLUS Award deadline fast approaching in just over two weeks, noon Friday 7 June, we thought it a great opportunity to showcase the experiences of three PLUS Achievers from this year.
Yunfei, Katie, and Ana Lucia all spoke about their core experience of partaking in the PLUS Award at our Outstanding PLUS and PLUS Celebration event at the Bristol Beacon to a great reception from our audience. Not only was their skill development and pure passion for what they accomplished clear, but the authenticity in which they spoke speaks to their achievements.
(more…)Outstanding PLUS Awards: Honourable Mentions 2023/24!
The Outstanding PLUS Awards (OPA) recognise those Bristol PLUS Achievers who have gone above and beyond within their PLUS Award activity, giving students an opportunity to articulate and reflect on their impact and personal development.
This year we had 139 nominations across the eight categories, the highest in the history of the OPA. Though there can only be one winner per category, the judges were extremely impressed by the hard work and dedication of those shortlisted and decided to give several honourable mentions.
Let’s meet these outstanding candidates and celebrate them for their achievements, motivation, and self-development.
(more…)Outstanding PLUS Awards: Meet the winners 2023/24!
Meet the outstanding eight who have won this year’s Outstanding PLUS Awards for going above and beyond their Bristol PLUS Award activity.
(more…)Working in partnership: Tutor the Nation and the Careers Service
At the Careers Service we work in partnership with external organisations to bring a range of experiences to our students, and we like to think our brilliant students give a lot back too!
This year we have been working closely with Tutor the Nation, who have taken part in City Challenges and run mock interviews for our students as part of becoming an endorsing organisation for the Bristol PLUS Award.
(more…)Top tips for international students pursuing careers in the UK
Last month, we invited five international students and alumni from various sectors to share their successful experiences in securing graduate jobs in the UK.
Here are our five panellists and their top tips:
Megan Lim, LLB Bachelor of Law
Megan is a current law student from Malaysia who has secured a training contract with Osborne Clarke and is also our PLUS Award Ambassador. She offers this advice to international students seeking jobs in the UK:
“Don’t hesitate to ask for help at any stage of the application process. Seek assistance from your supervisors, the Career Service, friends, and family for application reviews, and practice interview questions.
Additionally, actively engage with employers, if possible, through LinkedIn and careers fairs. Don’t be afraid to ask them questions.”
Explore support on applications on the CVs, applications and interviews page of our website.
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Student Volunteering Week Panel Event: What can you achieve through volunteering?
In conjunction with Student Volunteering Week, the Bristol PLUS Award team held a panel event where a brilliant panel of student volunteers shed light on the holistic benefits of volunteering.
Looking to start volunteering but not sure how to get started? Dive into this blog to learn about the key takeaways from our panellists.
Our panellists included:
- Aditya Verma – Socio-Legal Studies (MSc)
- Dinara Shaimakhanova – Education (PhD)
- Charmaine Sew – International Social and Public Policy (BSc)
- Rowan O’Clarey – Mathematics (MSci)
- Ione Howells – Environmental Policy and Management (MSc)
Cheer to Career: How you can use My Skills to showcase your transferable skills
“From taking up cheerleading as a new sport in my first year of university, to becoming a competition team captain in my final year, my time with Bristol Jets Cheerleading Squad has developed my personal and professional skillset in ways I couldn’t have imagined.”
Meet Lia, a final-year Politics and Sociology (BSc) student and a Captain of the Bristol Jets Cheerleading Squad.
Below, Lia talks us through the skills she has learnt as Cheer Captain, how your extracurricular activities can translate into employability skills and the benefits of documenting them on My Skills to articulate how your experience is relevant to the job market.
“Taking up a leadership role in a sport society at university, as so many students do, has enabled me to develop a wide array of transferable skills that I will undoubtedly take with me on my career journey.
(more…)Why nominate yourself for the Outstanding PLUS Awards? – from past winners and honourable mentions
