Melanie Wortham
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Melanie WorthamJuly 3, 2019
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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Melanie WorthamJune 26, 2019
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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Melanie WorthamJune 17, 2019
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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Melanie WorthamMay 17, 2019
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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Melanie WorthamApril 2, 2019
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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Melanie WorthamMarch 25, 2019
Careers Panel: Being LGBT+ at Work: Part 2
This blog is part 2 of our LGBT+ careers panel event and was held as part of the LGBT+ careers week where we welcomed four wonderful speakers to Chancellor's Building to discuss their experiences of being LGBT+ at work. Part...
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Melanie WorthamMarch 18, 2019
Careers Panel: Being LGBT+ at Work: Part 1
On 26th February we had the privilege of holding the University of Bath’s first ever LGBT+ centred Careers Service panel. This event was held as part of the LGBT+ careers week and we welcomed four wonderful speakers to...
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Melanie WorthamFebruary 25, 2019
Celebrate yourself, love what you do, and live without limits!
As part of our Careers Service themed events on Celebrate Diversity: Challenge Discrimination - this week our focus is the LGBT+ community. Today, Aidan Murch (PhD Student), our guest blogger gives you his insight and advice. I am Aidan Murch....
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Melanie WorthamJanuary 14, 2019
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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Melanie WorthamDecember 13, 2018
Getting into the Charity Sector: a fantastic evening all about the third sector
Maisie Goodson, our guest blogger and a final year Psychology student talks about our Getting into the Charity Sector event.This semester I attended a wonderful careers event with two amazing and inspiring speakers, all about the charity sector. We had...