disability
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Supporting Disabled Students: How do you find disability friendly employers?
By law, we know that all employers must treat all job applicants equally regardless of any health conditions they may have. However, many employers make it clear that they want more disabled students/graduates(including Dyslexia) to apply for their jobs. As...
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Supporting Disabled Students: Asking for additional support in the recruitment process
We are living in challenging and uncertain times, but for some students who have a long term health condition, a physical or an invisible disability such as dyslexia, ADHD, depression and anxiety, this can then create some additional concerns when...
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Navigating Assessment Centres as an Autistic Graduate
As part of our Careers Celebrate Diversity, Challenge Discrimination week on Disability and Mental Health, we focus today on finding a job as an autistic graduate. Our guest blogger, Chris Ellis who recently completed his MSc in Biosciences first blogged...
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An autistic graduate’s search for employment
Our guest blogger this week is Chris Ellis who graduated with a BSc. Hons in Natural Sciences with a placement in 2017 and recently completed his MSc in Biosciences gives an honest account of his career journey to date. Chris...
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"I don't disclose my disability to employers." Does that sound like you?
A really great blog below from Edmund Lewis, University of Westminster who gives a good overview of what to think about when considering disclosure. Originally posted on the AGCAS Disability Task Group Blog on November 15 2018 Although many students say...
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Why some employers are targeting students on the autistic spectrum
It’s been great to see more media attention on the subject of autism and an interest in raising the awareness of this condition with programmes like the Channel 4 programme “Are you Autistic?” and the BBC Documentary “Employable Me”. Last...
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Living Successfully with Psychosis
This year I had the privilege of providing career support for Neal who has just completed his MA in International Security. It's not easy to live with a condition like psychosis and yet despite setbacks in his life, Neal recently started as...
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Thinking about a Career in Teaching Part 2
Part 2 of our “Thinking about a Career in Teaching” blog focuses today on Schools Direct route (SCITT), Teach First, PGCE (FE), resources and support for potential teachers with a disability. LATEST NEWS! Find out about a scheme to reimburse...
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Getting a graduate job or placement when you have a non-visible disability
Applying for graduate jobs can be daunting, but when you have a disability, this can sometimes add to the stress of applying for graduate jobs. This blog aims to allay some fears and also encourage you with tips, advice and information...
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Update on Careers Provision for Students with Disabilities
As many of you are probably aware the Careers Service has now moved down to the Virgil Building in Manvers Street and we are now open! So, I thought now would be a very good time to talk about the...