FoSS Careers & Employability Update
Considering a placement year? It's not too late - Monday 22nd April, 1-2 pm
If you are in your penultimate year of study on a 3-year or 4-year course, there is still time to find a Placement Year. Students secure their placements right through to September.
Interested in a placement year? Get ready for your second year - Tuesday 23rd April, 1-2 pm
This online talk is for first-year students. Find out about the benefits of doing a Placement Year, the support provided, and what you can do now to help your future applications.
→ Interested in staying in Sheffield for a Master's?
Join the online postgraduate information session on Wednesday 27 March. Find out about postgraduate study, and why so many students choose to stay on at Sheffield.
Sheffield graduates are eligible for a 20% alumni rewards discount on tuition fees (capped at £2,500). Find out more about it here.
→ PREP: £1000 to improve your employability!
Open to PGR students
The Postgraduate Researcher Experience Programme (PREP) can help fund work experience outside of academia to improve your employability.
The deadline for the current round of funding is 14th April.
Win £3,000 to Launch Your Business Idea
Have you ever dreamt of starting your own business? Emerge: Be Enterprising is giving you an opportunity to win £3,000 to kick-start your idea into a start-up venture.
The Emerge: Be enterprising team is thrilled to announce its inaugural Awards Showcase, taking place on Tuesday 30th April.
We're searching for a diverse range of ground-breaking proposals across 4 key categories, with a game-changing £3,000 prize awarded to each main winner:
Enterprising Project of the Year - £3,000
Start-up of the Year - £3,000
Community Venture of the Year - £3,000
Sustainability Venture of the Year - £3,000
The Showcase Awards are open to all students, recent graduates and staff from across the University. Don't miss out! Supported by Santander Universities.
→ Join Teach First and discover your potential, whilst making an impact in your graduate career from day one.
It’s not too late to join a Times Top 100 Graduate Employer this summer. But you’ll need to apply before 11 April.
With Teach First, you can discover your potential, whilst making an impact in your graduate career from day one. Consistently ranked top fifteen in The Times Top 100, we are a leading education charity. We believe education is the most powerful tool to help a child fulfil their potential. And we’ve already improved the life chances of over two million pupils.
Our two-year graduate scheme, the Training Programme, is the UK’s largest teacher training programme. In joining, you will:
Earn a salary from day one of teaching in September.
Gain skills, with opportunities to develop leadership credentials that could really propel you up the ladder.
Progress in your career, gaining a fully-funded teaching qualification (PGCE), and Qualified Teacher Status at the end of year one.
Change lives, making a difference to pupils who need great teachers the most.
Receive support from a range of experts, as well as joining an unrivalled peer-to-peer network.
→ Graduate Job and 12-month Placement Teaching Opportunities in China
Graduate job application deadline: 7th May
Placement application deadline: 6th August
Talent Education and Technology Limited offers paid international graduate and placement teaching opportunities in China. They are currently recruiting for a full-time graduate teaching role and two 12-month placements. They sponsor work visas for successful applicants.
Find out more about the Placement Year and the graduate role.
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