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Hello everyone, I cannot believe how quickly these past five weeks have passed, and how much has been achieved. In week 4 I had a meeting with the Humanities Senior Tutors to inform them of the exciting Humanities Peer Mentoring scheme. The Senior Tutors provide a role of pastoral care for students, both at undergraduate and post graduate level, and are the point of call above a student’s Personal Academic Tutor (PAT). Continue reading →

On Friday 11th July , our self-titled ‘Mission Employable’ team ventured outside of our usual office for a project planning day! For those of you who don’t know, Avenue campus is made up of two buildings (65 and 65a); so in actual fact it wasn’t that much of an extravaganza – we just switched buildings! However, during our trip to building 65, we had the opportunity to present all the research we had undertaken so far. Continue reading →

Hello everyone,   My name is Charlotte Medland and I am a third-year PhD candidate in Modern Languages here at the University of Southampton. During my time in postgraduate study, I have been fortunate enough to teach some of the Humanities undergraduate students, and have been hugely impressed by their hard work, and motivation. Continue reading →

Hi everyone, Following the three previous posts, I thought I would follow suit and use my first contribution to this blog to introduce myself and discuss my role in the development of the Humanities Employability Module to be rolled out to first year students in October. My name is James Tribe and I am about to enter my 4th and final year of study as a German and Spanish student here at the University of Southampton. Continue reading →

Hello everyone! My name is Amber Dudley. I am a student of French at the University of Southampton and I have recently returned to the UK after having spent 9 months living, studying and working in Bordeaux, France as part of my third year abroad. This summer, I’m working as an intern within the Faculty of Humanities under the supervision of Dr Eleanor Quince. Along with my colleague James Tribe (who you’ll be hearing from soon!) I am developing an Employability module. Continue reading →

Hello all, My name is Dr Eleanor Quince and I am a lecturer in the History department, Faculty of Humanities, University of Southampton. I also have responsibility for the Faculty’s Employability Strategy, working across our seven academic disciplines, in my role as Humanities’ Director of Employability. This summer I am fortunate to have four amazing student interns working with me to help develop aspects of our employability activity for the next academic year. Continue reading →