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Degree Plus “Stand Out from the Crowd”

Degree Plus “Stand Out from the Crowd”. Get Involved – Degree Plus Start thinking about future Career Plans Gain experience and Develop your Skills Explore

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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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Page 1: Degree Plus “Stand Out from the Crowd”. Get Involved – Degree Plus Start thinking about future Career Plans Gain experience and Develop your Skills Explore

Degree Plus“Stand Out from the Crowd”

Page 2: Degree Plus “Stand Out from the Crowd”. Get Involved – Degree Plus Start thinking about future Career Plans Gain experience and Develop your Skills Explore

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

Page 3: Degree Plus “Stand Out from the Crowd”. Get Involved – Degree Plus Start thinking about future Career Plans Gain experience and Develop your Skills Explore

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”

Page 4: Degree Plus “Stand Out from the Crowd”. Get Involved – Degree Plus Start thinking about future Career Plans Gain experience and Develop your Skills Explore

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

Page 5: Degree Plus “Stand Out from the Crowd”. Get Involved – Degree Plus Start thinking about future Career Plans Gain experience and Develop your Skills Explore

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

Page 6: Degree Plus “Stand Out from the Crowd”. Get Involved – Degree Plus Start thinking about future Career Plans Gain experience and Develop your Skills Explore

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

Page 7: Degree Plus “Stand Out from the Crowd”. Get Involved – Degree Plus Start thinking about future Career Plans Gain experience and Develop your Skills Explore

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

Page 8: Degree Plus “Stand Out from the Crowd”. Get Involved – Degree Plus Start thinking about future Career Plans Gain experience and Develop your Skills Explore

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

Page 9: Degree Plus “Stand Out from the Crowd”. Get Involved – Degree Plus Start thinking about future Career Plans Gain experience and Develop your Skills Explore

PwC and Santander are corporate partners of Degree Plus

Page 10: Degree Plus “Stand Out from the Crowd”. Get Involved – Degree Plus Start thinking about future Career Plans Gain experience and Develop your Skills Explore

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...

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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

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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

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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

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PwC and Santander are corporate partners of Degree Plus

Careers, Employability and SkillsEnterprise SU

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