Advice

Today our guest blogger Isobel Nash, Student Events Assistant reflects on our Getting into Teaching panel event and what she found useful. On  30th October three speakers visited the University of Bath to discuss how to get into teaching.  Ashley...

Many students are surprised when we advise them to add an “Interests” section to the end of their CV. There are three main reasons why we do this: It’s another way to show off your experience and skills.  What kind...

A couple of days ago I had the pleasure of attending the ESRC SWDTP Student Conference, 'Beyond Research: Society, Collaboration and Impact'. It was a day of fascinating talks, some enjoyable one-to-one careers conversations, and being thoroughly impressed at how...

Maisie Goodson, our student Events Assistant summarises key information and tips from our two final speakers on the Getting into Public Sector event Jordan Snell, a graduate trainee at the NHS spoke at out Getting in to Public Sector event...

Are you applying to roles where the employer is expecting you to demonstrate “commercial awareness”? Do you know what it means? Commercial awareness is about having an understanding of the environment that the employer is operating in. This includes: • Their customer...

In the past couple of years I have spoken to several employers, alumni and students with regards to what advice they have for being successful at assessment centres and therefore here are my top 5 assessment centre tips.  Be yourself...