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GRADUATE SCHOOL/GLOBAL SKILLS AWARDPROGRAMME 2019-20
Designed to enhance global awareness and improve your employability
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INTRODUCTION
The Global Skills Award is a unique programme designed toenhance global awareness and improve your employability in acompetitive job market, while you study for your Master’s Degree.
Studying for a taught Master’s Degreewill improve your detailed knowledge of your academic subject; it may alsoprovide preparation for a professionalcareer. A postgraduate degree is highlylikely to improve your employmentprospects, and the Global Skills AwardProgramme gives you the opportunity totake your career one step further.
The Global Skills Award Programme isdesigned to broaden your understandingof global issues and current affairs, aswell as develop personal skills to enhanceyour employability. The Programme runsfrom October to May and is free ofcharge. All students registered for ataught Master’s Degree are eligible toenrol. Once enrolled on to theprogramme you will undertake a personaldevelopment assessment, which will helpyou to reflect on your skills and identifyany areas in need of development.
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You will attend a lecture series deliveredby leading academics and specialists.This will give you the opportunity toparticipate in discussions about issuesof global importance, such as theenvironment, culture, social changes,world politics and gender. A series ofskills training workshops will offer you thechance to develop your careeropportunities, as well as acquire theskills you need to succeed in theworkplace, such as team working,networking and leadership.
The Global Skills Award Programme willgive you the opportunity to broaden your experience and gain important skills whilst you are studying. It will alsoprovide a fantastic opportunity to meetand network with other postgraduatestudents from a wide variety ofbackgrounds and disciplines.
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LECTURES AND EVENTS
At the heart of the Global Skills Award Programme isthe series of lectures and events. These lectures are anideal opportunity to network with other postgraduatestudents and discuss topics of interest from outsideyour own discipline.
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Lectures and events take place inthe evening from October to Aprilat 18.00 on the Canterbury campus.Lectures and events will lastapproximately one and a quarterhours, and will include discussions.
To be eligible for an award you willneed to attend at least threelectures/events.
The lecture series will begin with a welcome evening hosted byProfessor Paul Allain, Dean of the
Examples of previously heldlectures:• Banks: their role in the crisis andrecovery
• Brexit: where are we?• Cancer research and treatment;past, present and future
• Exploring global cultures• Flexible working• Rocks from space and the holesthey make
• The Anthropocene• The Wisdom of Psychopaths• Walking, Talking Solidarity:Calling for an end to indefinatedetention
Graduate School. This will run aspart of the employability festival inOctober.
The lecture series will feature avariety of topics such as: Culture;Global Citizenship; Gender andPolitics.
As part of the lecture and eventseries, we will hold a networkingevent, where you will have theopportunity to practice yournetworking skills.
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WORKSHOPS
The programme offers a variety of workshop topics.Some examples of those offered are below:
Special requirementsShould you require any assistance from our team to enable you toengage with workshops or events please contact [email protected] we will do our best to accommodate.
Workshop topics
1:1 CV review
Advanced spreadsheets
Application forms
Careers management
Commercial awareness
Cover letters
Cross cultural communication
Interview skills
Leadership
Microsoft Word training
Mock Assessment Centre
Myers Briggs Type Indicator
Negotiation skills
Networking
Presentation skills
Professional digital communication
Team working
Time management
Writing skills
“The global skills awardbrought with it such a diversebreadth of knowledge.Everything I attended left mewanting to find out moreabout that subject.”
Politics and International Relationspostgraduate
“The Global Skills Awardgave me the chance to attendlectures on topics I was notfamiliar with at all and whichI would not have necessarilybeen aware of otherwise. Ihave learnt a lot and I trulyenjoyed the great diversity oftopics offered.”
School of Anthropology andConservation postgraduate
“The GSA programme was agreat opportunity to learn anddevelop my skills and extendthem far beyond my Master'sdegree. I am confident that inan increasingly competitive jobmarket the GSA will help meto stand out from the crowd.”
School of Biosciences postgraduate
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Award levelsThe table below shows the number of lectures and workshops you needto attend in order to gain a specific level of award.
The minimum requirement is to attend three lectures and workshops fora Bronze Award.
The Global Skills AwardProgramme isadministered and runby the Graduate School.You can enrol onto theGlobal Skills Awardprogramme via the onlinebooking system fromwelcome week.
To register with the online bookingsystem you will need to know yourKent user ID (the first part of yourKent email address) and your Kentpassword. You can then register viathe following link, which will also beemailed to you at the start of term:• https://bloom.kent.ac.uk
How do I obtain the Award?1 Enrol via the booking system2 Complete a personaldevelopment assessment viathe online booking system
3 Attend lectures from the lectureseries
4 Attend workshops from theworkshop series
5 Complete a final GSA evaluation
HOW TO ENROL
REWARDCEREMONYThose who successfullyobtain the Award will beinvited to the rewardceremony in summer 2020.
Lectures Workshops
Gold Award 8 8
Silver Award 6 6
Bronze Award 3 3
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CONTACT
The Graduate School, Cornwallis East, University of KentCanterbury, Kent CT2 7NF www.kent.ac.uk/graduateschool
Should you have any further queriesabout the Global Skills AwardProgramme, or our booking system,please contact:
Carla O’MaraPostgraduate Development OfficerT: +44 (0)1227 82(4896)E: [email protected] floor, Cornwallis East (in the Graduate School,Canterbury campus)
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