Skillscast Short - Getting Started with a new skill
What do you do if you want to learn something new? Where do you start and how do you get better? Check out this short and begin learning something new. For transcripts of this and all our episodes pl...
27 Nov 20248min
Skills Development in a placement year
In this episode Tom Greenaway from the Skills Team is joined by four School of Life Sciences students, Amy, Minelli, Kaavya, and Sarah, who share their experience working on placement years, the skill...
21 Nov 202451min
Getting started with the URSS
Get paid for a research project with the Undergraduate Research Support Scheme (URSS). The URSS is a great opportunity for you to do research, investigate something you care about, and develop transf...
12 Nov 202426min
Building Skills through Job Simulations with Forage
No idea about what to do after your degree? Not sure if you have the skills or experience yet to do an internship? We had a chat with Alia Alhirsi from Forage, who have a platform for this exact situa...
6 Nov 202425min
Create and curate your LinkedIn profile
Make connections to build a network for your future. Want to do a LinkedIn Profile, but not sure where to start? In this short we are joined by Parmjit Dhugga who shares his top ten tips for creating...
29 Okt 20249min
Developing creative approaches to solving problems
Let the Weirdness in! What is problem solving, and how can you do it well? In this episode skills developer Zoe Pflaeger Young interviews Rob O'Toole about creativity, problem solving, and AI. If yo...
22 Okt 202434min
Developing Skills as a Sport Activator
Active Lives, Healthy Minds. Ever wondered how becoming involved with sports can help raise your transferable skills and make you more attrative to employers? Ever thought about building on your coac...
15 Okt 202432min
Skillscast Shorts 1 - Preparing for a Jobs Fair
Not sure what to do when you go to a career's fair? Not thought about what questions to ask or who to talk to? Listen to our short with the Careers Manager, David Molyneux, for some tips to help you g...
8 Okt 20245min
