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PwC and Santander are corporate partners of Degree Plus Your Degree is just the start Add the plus to stand out from the crowd Work Experience Sport Volunteering Clubs And Societies Enterprise Courses Student Representation International Opportunities Gain accreditation from Queen’s to demonstrate to employers that you can and do “ gofurther”
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Degree Plus“Stand Out from the Crowd”
Get Involved – Degree Plus
Start thinking about future Career Plans
Gain experience and Develop your Skills
Explore your career options
Organise Summer Work Experience
Develop your CV – use our resources to help
Level 1 Level 2/Penultimate Level 3
Enhance your career planning skills by taking part in our programmesBe aware of closing dates for graduate jobs, postgraduate courses and funding
Apply for graduate jobsGet help with applications, CVs and interviews
PwC and Santander are corporate partners of Degree Plus
Your Degree is just the startAdd the plus to stand out from the crowd
• Work Experience• Sport• Volunteering• Clubs And Societies• Enterprise• Courses• Student Representation• International Opportunities
Gain accreditation from Queen’s to demonstrate to employers that you
can and do “ gofurther”
PwC and Santander are corporate partners of Degree Plus
Route A• Accredited Programmes • Typically lead to certificate or diploma in their own right• Require significant input Route B
• Combination of experiences• Student driven• Personalised award
PwC and Santander are corporate partners of Degree Plus
Students who undertake and complete one or more Route A activity will automatically receive the Degree Plus award at their graduation
Student names are forwarded to the Degree Plus team by the administrator of the Route A activity
Route A
PwC and Santander are corporate partners of Degree Plus
• Peer Mentoring• Millennium Volunteers• Languages for Specialist Purposes• Summer Studentships within specific schools• Study USA• Military Training Qualification Part 1& 2• Insight into Management• ECDL/ECDL Advanced• Erasmus (Full year)• InnovateHer• Workplace Study Tours• Queen’s Employability and Skills Award
Examples of Route A activities
PwC and Santander are corporate partners of Degree Plus
Students undertaking Route B activities will have to complete a Route B application form (can be downloaded from www.qub.ac.uk/degreeplus)
In this form you must:• outline two or more Route B activities and reflect on the skills gained• submit evidence of participation (e.g. certificate, payslip, email of
confirmation from provider)• submit a CV & covering letter articulating the skills developed• All of the above must be submitted before 1st April in the year of
graduation(1st October if graduating in the Winter)
Route B: Application Form
PwC and Santander are corporate partners of Degree Plus
• Enterprise competitions• Part time work on/off campus• Member of SU council• Active member of Club/Society• Study Skills Certificate• Sports coaching• Study China/Study India• Volunteering• SSCC• Erasmus 1 Semester• Student Guide/ Ambassador role• Alumni Career Mentoring Scheme
Examples of Route B activities
PwC and Santander are corporate partners of Degree Plus
PwC and Santander are corporate partners of Degree Plus
Ideal candidate....
‘A strong team player who demonstrates flexibility, adaptability and uses their initiative to achieve their full potential’
‘Someone who has been active at university with experience in working with others and specific leadership roles. Someone who has made significant things happen, who has caused change and has had a positive impact on others for the benefit of the group’
What employers say...
PwC and Santander are corporate partners of Degree Plus
Students who are interested in Degree
Plus….• Visit the Degree Plus website• Attend introductory workshop• Consider route most appropriate to you• Take action!
Now
Later
PwC and Santander are corporate partners of Degree Plus
Activity must have….
• Significant time commitment• Element of reflection• Evidence of reflection• Opportunity to recognise, present and articulate
skills gained• Aware of how they have impacted on personal
development• Understanding of how to market these in the
graduate marketplace
PwC and Santander are corporate partners of Degree Plus
• Gain accreditation for activities undertaken outside your academic programme
• Enhance your student experience and gain an additional qualification
• Check the Degree Plus website www.qub.ac.uk/degreeplus or email us if you have questions later on
+ Sport + Clubs & Societies + Work-related experience
+ Enterprise & Innovation
+ Volunteering + Representation + Courses + International Opportunities
Summary
PwC and Santander are corporate partners of Degree Plus
Contact details• Website: www.qub.ac.uk/degreeplus • Email: [email protected] • Come in to see us in the Student Guidance Centre
• Follow Queen’s Careers, Employability and Skills via:www.facebook.com/queenscareersemployabilityandskills
http://twitter.com/CareersatQueens
PwC and Santander are corporate partners of Degree Plus
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Learning Development ServiceLanguage Centre
Student ComputingStudent Guidance Centre
Student’s UnionQueen’s Sport
Check out the amazing range of extra-curricular opportunities to develop your employability and skills at Queen’s