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Francesca is crossing the Channel – and launching the REALIE blogging platform!

As the summer draws to a close and I prepare to set off on my year abroad journey, along with a number of Humanities students, I am pleased to announce that we have a range of student contributors for REALIE (www.realie.org), who will be blogging from ten different countries around the world. The REALIE website has been created for all Humanities students and is designed to be student led - the blogging platform is therefore an essential element of the project. Continue reading →

Think Humanities isn’t enterprising? Think again….

J.K.Rowling, Steven Spielberg, Nick Clegg – what do these people have in common? Well, not only are they all Humanities students but they are also all enterprising. On the surface, you may question why they are enterprising as none of their jobs entail complex business or entrepreneurship elements. In fact, enterprise is not solely about business (stay with me
). Instead, enterprise should be regarded as a mindset that can be developed by enhancing one’s transferable skills. Continue reading →

Welcome to the Summer 2015 Intern Team!

Hello Everyone, It's that time of year when we begin to plan everything that Mission Employable hopes to deliver to students in 2015/16. As we received a lot of positive feedack from both staff and students on our first year, we decided that we wanted to make our activity even better for the second year! Back in March 2015 Dr Eleanor Quince and I interviewed and appointed 3 student interns to work with Mission Employable on new ideas and projects. Continue reading →

The History Society’s Mission Employable Experience – Lewis Brennen

Hello Everyone, I’m Lewis Brennen, a final year History student. As the Welfare Officer for the History Society, I have been involved in Mission Employable this past year as a member of the Mission Employable Working Group, organising Society-led employability events. From the beginning of this year the Society was keen to improve its employability agenda, so we eventually decided …

Employability lessons learnt at the Enterprise café

Hello Everyone, We’ve had a really busy few weeks in Mission Employable: sourcing and facilitating student-led activity, attending career events and planning for the rest of the year! One event in particular really demonstrated how much Humanities students can offer prospective employers, so I thought I would tell you about it. Career Destinations’ Enterprise CafĂ© takes place every semester. Continue reading →