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There are so many opportunities available at York to help enhance your future career prospects. Taking part in some of these has been a really fun part of my time at York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

York Award<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Volunteering
Volunteering at the bird of prey rescue centre. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

In my first year as a postgrad student, I started working on the York Award<\/a>. This is a great way of recognising the transferable skills that you pick up from activities you do outside of your academic work. I wrote about playing sports, volunteering at a bird of prey rescue centre, and even knitting a blanket! However diverse, all of these activities helped me to illustrate particular skills. For example, showing teamwork in playing rugby, or perseverance with learning to knit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Writing about these situations helped me to reflect on my personal development over the year. It was surprising to see how much I\u2019d managed to fit in alongside my research. I was so pleased to achieve the York Award for postgraduates. As well as being a valuable addition to my CV and a kick start to my career, I identified lots of different situations that I could talk about in job interviews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supporting the start of my career<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As I\u2019m now coming towards the end of my PhD studies, I recently accessed the Careers Service<\/a> for support with my CV in my application for a post-doc position. With living quite far away from York, being able to book a telephone appointment with the Careers Service was great. I sent my documents by email in advance. We then discussed changes that I could make to ensure that my application fitted the job specification. This discussion was really helpful and gave me ideas for improvements before sending my application. Unfortunately I was not successful on this occasion; but my sparkly new-and-improved CV is prepared for the next opportunity that comes along.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three Minute Thesis competition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

During my first couple of years as a postgraduate student at York, I entered the Three Minute Thesis<\/a> competition. This is a national competition, with the first rounds being held at universities across the UK. The winner then goes on to compete in the next round against students from other universities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Winning
Three Minute Thesis competition <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The task is to explain your thesis to a non-expert audience, including members of the public. The twist is that you only have 3 minutes to talk. This was a big challenge. However; it was a really good way of clarifying my research ideas and there was lots of support provided by the Research Excellence Training Team<\/a> (RETT). I think that the experience helped me to improve my presentation and communication skills \u2013 both key for future success at job interviews! I was lucky enough to win third prize in the competition, which was a big confidence booster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

York Learning and Teaching Award<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Also supported by the RETT team, I took part in the York Learning and Teaching Award<\/a> (YLTA). This is a structured programme for aspiring academics. It offers opportunities to improve your teaching practice in Higher Education through training sessions, observations, and the development of a portfolio. You also get the support of a mentor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Presenting
Presenting at the YLTA symposium. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I really enjoyed taking part in the YLTA. I was able to network with other postgraduate students and build up supportive relationships. It can sometimes be quite lonely as a part-time PhD student, so this programme really helped me to feel part of a bigger group. Towards the end of the YLTA programme, we all presented our research on one aspect of teaching in Higher Education at a symposium. I presented about the link between research and teaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The training sessions and observation feedback were useful in helping me to make changes and improvements to my teaching practice. But I think the biggest benefit of taking part was that I felt much more confident. I was doing everything I could to teach well in Higher Education and now know how to express this to potential interviewers in future job interviews. The opportunities available have had a really positive impact on my career.<\/p>\n

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