A massive welcome to all students starting this week and welcome back to everyone else! We hope you’ve had a very restful holiday and are on top form for the first/final term of the academic year. (If you will be a continuing student in September, don’t forget the university will be moving to semesters!)

Have you seen the #StressLess campaign across the university? Taking place across the University including Augustine House, the Sports Centre and even online, there are a load of activities, including today’s Student Wellbeing Fair feat. puppies, table tennis and colouring.

To find out what’s going on check out the student blog HERE.

 

 

Careers Advice Appointments

Here’s another reminder that Careers Appointment bookings have changed for term 3!

If you would like to talk to a careers consultant about your career planning, future study or job applications, please call 01227 922444 between 2.00 and 4.30pm, Monday – Friday for an initial discussion, or to book an appointment.

Alternatively email careers@canterbury.ac.uk with your phone number, and a careers consultant will call you back.

 

 

Graduate Role of the Week

The Duke of York’s Royal Military School are hiring! 2 graduates are required for a 1 year placement; one to assist with the sports department and another to assist in the classroom with a student with Cerebral Palsy. Applications for this opportunity close Thursday 27^th April so make sure to get your application in quick!

Job specification and application forms can all be found at: www.doyrms.com/Staff-Vacancies

 

 

 

Careers Workshops for Disabled Students at Medway

If you are worried about an SpLD, health or mental health condition being a barrier to success, book a place onto one or both of the workshops taking place at the Medway campus next week:

Mental Health and Getting a Job

Looking for work but worried about a mental health condition? Come along for an informal workshop that will include the following:

– Know your legal rights

– Disclosure: if, how and when?

– Explaining a gap on your CV

– Talking to colleagues about your mental health

– Access to Work, Remploy and reasonable adjustments

– Optional discussion time

Dyslexia and Getting a Job

Are you worried that your dyslexia will affect you in a recruitment process or in the workplace? Do you think that you may require reasonable adjustments, but are worried that by mentioning dyslexia you will put recruiters off? Come along for an informal presentation covering the following topics:

– Disclosure: if, how and when?

– Examples of positive disclosure

– Dyslexia and the workplace

– Access to Work(AtW) funding & reasonable adjustments

– Optional discussion time

If you would like to receive the PowerPoint document ahead of the event, please contact Charlotte Revell at: charlotte.revell@canterbury.ac.uk

 

Life After Uni Workshops – Term 3

We will be running a final batch of Life After Uni Workshops in term 3. This is your last opportunity to attend one of our Life After Uni workshops, of the year! They are designed to help final year students in particular, transition from student to graduate, and give you the skills you need to go forth and make successful graduate applications.

You can book your place on these workshops via. The CORE.

 

 

Personality Test

Copyright 16 Personalities

16 Personalities is a quick, yet pretty accurate online test with fun graphics, designed to assess your preferences and provide you with a personality type result. Knowing what kind of personality you are can be extremely useful when going into different situations, meeting new people and liaising with colleagues. The 16 personalities come under the groups:

– Analysts

– Diplomats

– Sentinels

– Explorers

If you want to find out more about the theory behind it check out their blog

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Your results will also include an idea of your Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, another personality indicator stemming all the way back to the 1920’s, and perhaps one of the most popular used today.

 

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