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Hi everyone, I just thought I’d let you know how James and I are progressing with the module. It’s scary to think that we now have less than 5 weeks left of our internship until Verity enters the graduate job market; James and I recommence our studies; and Charlotte gets stuck into her PhD and Research Assistantship post. So, what have we been up to recently? Last week, James and I spent the vast majority of our time working on the module’s Blackboard site. Continue reading →

Hello everyone, As you know, the Mission Employable Team are working hard to give Humanities students at the University of Southampton the best possible opportunities to develop their employability skills. One of the main components of these initiatives is to raise students’ awareness of the importance of developing their key employability skills throughout their time at the University. Continue reading →

The External Advisory Board will serve as one of the key initiatives we intend to establish alongside our module in order to improve the Employability of our students here in the Faculty of Humanities. The formation of this board, alongside the development of our Humanities Employability Module, will be one of my main priorities over the next 3 weeks of our project. Continue reading →

Winchester School of Art Blog: Hi there! My name is Jaspreet Rana. I am studying Graphic Arts, specialising in Motion Graphics, at Winchester School of Art (WSA). I have just finished my first year here at WSA and have been fortunate enough to secure this amazing internship. With a particular focus on Winchester School of Art, Denise Barbour and I are among 2 of the 20 interns working on the Southampton Opportunity Project. Continue reading →

In my last post I promised to fill you in on what’s happening with the Mission Employable Working Group. The aim of the Working Group is to bring together all the feedback and development ideas for the initiatives that the intern team, the Faculty, and Career Destinations are in the process of building. Continue reading →

I must confess that an aspect of this project that has been most challenging and problematic thus far, specifically concerning the creation of our module’s Blackboard site, is the need to rein in the plethora of ideas we have had regarding possible online resources to complement the module’s lecture content. Continue reading →

Hello everyone, As I’m sure you have probably guessed, the past few weeks have been so busy:  meetings with the Employability tutors from the 7 departments within the Faculty of Humanities; thinking about possible module content; working on the Southampton Opportunity project; and a whole range of other exciting initiatives. It’s strange to think that we are nearly half way through our internship and we have already achieved so much in such a short amount of time. Continue reading →

As Charlotte has mentioned in her previous post, the Mission Employable team are contributing to the Southampton Opportunity Project. All the interns who are involved in the project meet up fortnightly to discuss what they have achieved so far and the problems they have encountered. There are interns from across different faculties and campuses, including the National Oceanography Centre and the Winchester School of Art. Continue reading →

Hello everyone, What a busy few weeks it has been! I have been spending a lot of time researching the ways that other UK universities give value to students’ extra-curricular activities through accreditation, certification, or competition. In fact, just today I had an extremely helpful conversation with the University of Nottingham about their Advantage Award – it is wonderful to see so many institutions willing to share their expertise with us. Continue reading →

A quote from Scott Goodson of Forbes magazine: ‘Brands outlive products. Brands convey a uniform quality, credibility and experience.’ In the context of the work Amber and I are doing alongside Eleanor Quince and the University’s Career Destinations, the HUMA1036 Humanities Employability Module without doubt serves as our ‘product’. Continue reading →