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Working with recruitment agencies
I've recently had a few queries from students about using recruitment agencies to find roles in the summer (and beyond). Recruitment agencies can be incredibly useful jobsearch tools, as they can take a lot of the research and application / paperwork burden off...
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Liz Bingham OBE speaks on climbing walls, networking and understanding business meetings
Liz Bingham OBE Maisie Goodson (Psychology final year) shares some key advice given by Liz Bingham OBE, our special guest speaker on the Sprint Professional Development programme for female undergraduates. Liz talks about her career journey, the advice she would...
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Parimala Shivaprasad speaks to our Sprint delegates on following your dreams and setting up a Social Enterprise
Our guest blogger, Maisie Goodson, shares highlights from our guest speaker, Parimala Shivaprasad who recently qualified as Doctor of Chemical Engineering while developing a social enterprise start-up. Parimala grew up in Bangalore, India and performed at a high level at...
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Emma Allen, Executive Director at UBS speaks to our Sprint delegates about building her career
Maisie Goodson, Psychology final year describes over the next few blogs the career journeys and excellent advice given by our guest speakers at Sprint - a 4 day personal development programme for female undergraduates. Emma Allen, an Executive Director and...
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Make the most of your summer!
Well done for making it to the holidays! Once you’ve taken a well-earned break, it might be good to start thinking about preparing for upcoming applications (I know, I'm being a real party-pooper!). Here are some top tips for using...
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Research Alumni Case Study - Software Engineering
Researcher Alumni Case Study – James Cave Software Engineer at MathWorks, Cambridge What do you do day-to-day in your current role? I work on the development of MATLAB’s Parallel Computing Toolbox, which allows you to scale up your code over...
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How confident would you feel to disclose a mental health condition to an employer?
Research shows that 1 in 4 people experience a mental health condition in any given year. In the last few years there has been more publicity and a rise in awareness of mental health thanks in part to more celebrities...
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Event review: Leadership Exploration and Development Programme (LEAD) - an event for women in Humanities and Social Sciences
Event review: Leadership Exploration and Development Programme (LEAD) - an event for women in Humanities and Social Sciences On Saturday 30th March Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Careers Service, with great support from Department for...
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Working as a researcher in the South West
I often have conversations with researchers who are wanting to work in the South West, whether due to family commitments or other personal or professional needs or preferences. Here are some of the things I say most often in those...
