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EMPLOYABILITY: CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP One of the University’s primary aims is ‘to prepare and promote the employability of our students’. The Swansea Employability Academy provides an essential function: linking with business and industry to create networking and work experience opportunities with real impact. Our academic programmes provide engaging learning opportunities that enable you to acquire knowledge, skills and an understanding of what employers and businesses value. We tailor our courses to make sure that you gain those professional and high-level skills that will enable you to thrive in today’s competitive world. Wherever possible, courses are also accredited by professional bodies. Our long history of working with business, industry, commerce and the public sector enables us to add real value to your education. We work with employers to provide a range of placement and experiential opportunities that support you to achieve the outcomes you are looking for following graduation.
INSPIRATIONAL TEACHING AND LEARNING Our excellent teaching is underpinned by the
groundbreaking research taking place across the faculties. All of our courses benefit from being at the cutting edge of any new developments and are closely aligned to industry, ensuring you are well-equipped for your future careers. HOW CAN SWANSEA UNIVERSITY HELP ME? Support available to you: • One-to-one careers advice and guidance provided by professionally qualified Careers Consultants • CV writing and interview preparation workshops • Paid, short-term internships • Bursaries towards employability activities • Part-time work opportunities such as the Student Ambassador Scheme • You can complete our online ‘Career Development Course’ which enables you to prepare for your professional life and further enhance your graduate career • Faculty-specific employability initiatives • Annual careers fair and schedule of employer/skill development events • Employability support 15 months post-graduation • Specific employability programmes for students with barriers to recruitment such as care leavers and disabled students
THE ENTERPRISE TEAM A dedicated support to develop your skills, gain valuable experience and test your business ideas through our range of services, including: workshops, competitions, schemes and business mentoring alongside corporate partners with a wealth of industry experience.
enterprise@swansea.ac.uk swansea.ac.uk/enterprise
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