One of our student entrepreneurs is looking for students who want to get blogging experience for travel media chanels.

Roompaddy is an online travel platform for holiday rentals, and they are looking for students who blog about travel, adventure, festivals, photography, fashion and style.

If you enjoy writing and you want a chance for your content to be featured across major media channels such as Yahoo Travel, AOL Travel, New York Times Travel and Guardian Travel, then Roompaddy would like to hear from you.

Contact appahprince@roompaddy.com for more information.

Bright Futures recently hosted a conference attended by 120 students from over 40 universities, schools and colleges; careers advisers from 28 universities and 30 employers.

Click here to download the conference report on discussions about shaping the employability agenda to help students and new graduates meet economic and social challenges.

Wednesday 5th June
Thursday 6th June
Friday 7th June

The Careers and Employability Service will be offering workshops as follows:

On Commercial Awareness / Clueless! / Managing your e-Presence / CV Workshops / Job Applications & Interviews / How to Stand Out from the Crowd:  An Employer’s Perspective / How to Impress an Employer / Personal Branding / Understanding Commercial Awareness.

Further information coming very soon.

Target Audience:  Final Year Students, but also open to all who are interested.

LONG ARM FILMS is offering a rare and exciting opportunity to young Welsh filmmakers.
The Long Arm Internship Scheme 2013 will give TWO work experience placements on the set of their
forthcoming feature film “High Tide” which will be shot in Swansea this summer.

Successful applicants to the scheme will:

• Be commissioned to produce a “Making Of” documentary for the DVD release of the film.
• Be given access to professional equipment to shoot “B Roll” footage that may be used in the final cut.
• Work as a runner on set and be treated as a full member of our crew.
• Receive reasonable travel expenses and be fed on set.

To be eligible for the scheme you need to be aged between 18 and 24 on July 1st 2013 and be a Welsh
resident. You will also need to make a SIXTY SECOND SHORT to show off exactly what you can do.  Full details and an application form can be found at www.longarmfilms.co.uk/interns.

Find Long Arm Films on Facebook:  www.facebook.com/longarmfilms

RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ARTS AND HUMANITIES
Swansea University Graduate Centre for Arts and Humanities

The AHRC-Funded Heritage Skills Programme Presents:

‘The Heritage Apprentice’

Open to postgraduate students nationally, this world-leading and unique programme offers a fully-funded opportunity to compete in a team event modelled on the BBC TV series ‘The Apprentice’.  Students will tackle specific challenges associated with Cu@Swansea, an exciting, heritage-led regeneration project focused on the site of the former Hafod-Morfa Copperworks in the Lower Swansea Valley.  This multi-partner project is led by Professor Huw Bowen of the Department of History and Classics at Swansea University.  For further information go to: www.welshcopper.org.uk.

Teams will be assigned tasks by a panel of experts drawn from the worlds of academia, heritage, business, and tourism; and the winning team will be ‘hired’ to undertake a two-week work placement with Professor Bowen.

Expertise and mentoring will be provided by representatives from distinguished heritage and professional organisations as well as Swansea-based academics.  The programme offers opportunities to bolster employability credentials and gain the transferable skills and experience currently in demand in the heritage and tourism sectors.  ‘The Heritage Apprentice’ will run from 3-7 June 2013.

To apply:   please send a two-page CV and a 250-word summary explaining why you are the right candidate for the programme to Kate Spiller, Project Co-ordinator: k.spiller@swansea.ac.uk

Postgraduates across all disciplines are invited to apply.

Deadline for applications:  12.00pm on 7 May 2013

This month sees one of Wales’ prominent graduate placement providers celebrate its tenth anniversary. To help mark this milestone, GO Wales; Wales’s flagship graduate employability project, has contacted some of the 6,500 who have benefited from paid Work Placements with local businesses up and down the country to find out how they are getting on.

In the 10 years since its inception, GO Wales, a project funded by the Welsh Government and European Social Fund, has been the link between employment and personal development for numerous graduates looking for their big break in the world of work. The project supports the development and retention of graduates’ high level skills, knowledge and innovative potential in businesses in Wales, particularly small and medium sized businesses.

“Leaving university will always be a challenging time, said GO Wales Marketing Manager, Alysha Morgan. GO Wales is the middle man in the process helping local businesses source smart, efficient and enthusiastic graduates who are keen to show their potential in their dream job.”

“The current financial climate means it is harder for experienced professionals themselves to get a job, let alone graduates, so it is imperative that they build up a skill base to put university theory into real working practice. GO Wales is here to ensure that this process runs as smoothly as possible.”

Click here to read more.

Download details of the latest international opportunities and events for students and graduates.

Current open positions include:

• Graduate roles
• Volunteer positions for international experience
• “Working Student” opportunities
• Internships
• Final Year Thesis 2013

What do you love about working and living in Wales and how would you represent it in a photograph?

This is the theme for our latest GO Wales photo competition Caru Cymru (Love Wales)!  The competition is a celebration of everything we love about Wales from lush countryside to exciting sporting events and beautiful beaches.

To enter; upload a photograph via the GO Wales website at www.gowales.co.uk/carucymru or email your photo to info@gowales.co.uk with a short caption and your name.  You can enter up to three images for your chance to win a fantastic Nikon D3000 18-55 VR Kit camera sponsored by Total Students. The runner up will win a HD Kindle Fire.

The competition will run for four weeks from Monday 25th March 2013 to Monday 22nd April 2013.

We’ll be accepting competition entries for the first three weeks and during the last week (15th – 21st April) everybody will have a chance to vote for their favourite photos via our online voting system to determine the winner.

Happy Snapping and Good Luck!

Swansea University will be offering another work experience scheme for students in June this year.

Click here for more information on the Careers and Employability Service’s website.

The deadline for submission of application is midnight on 21 April 2013.

Admiral Group Plc have a new job alerts platform that you can access at https://admiraljobs.co.uk/vacancies/register/.

Click here to explore different business areas and roles with Admiral.

Dowload the latest Airbus newsletter for information on international opportunities and events for students and graduates.

Current open positions include:

• Graduate roles
• Volunteer positions for international experience
• “Working Student” opportunities
• Internships
• Final Year Thesis 2013
• Airbus Scholarship Programme in Germany

GO Wales is 10 years old and is celebrating with a Memory Lane competition.  All you have to do is submit a short story about your experience of participating in a GO Wales project over the last ten years.  All entries will be included in a prize draw to win a Kindle Fire.  One winner will be picked at random on 1st March!

Calling All Recent Graduates
Work Experience? Travel? Further Study?
Combine all 3 and spice up your CV

An exciting opportunity for UK graduates to take part in a unique work placement programme in India.

The UK India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI) is offering a work placement programme commencing 18 March 2013 which will be delivered by The University of Dundee and Sannam S4.  A Global Internship Graduate Certificate India (GIGCI) will be offered on successful completion of the programme.  The  programme allows students to participate in paid internships with multi-national employers in India.

The UKIERI Work Placement Programme is aimed at recent graduates or postgraduates from any UK University.

Applicants for the programme will:

• Hold a UK passport
• Ideally hold a Masters degree or a minimum of a good Honours degree in any subject discipline
• Be in the first stage of their working life and within two years of graduation
• Be eligible to receive an Indian entry visa

The Global Internship Certificate India (GIGCI) builds on the success of the University of Dundee’s Scottish Internship Graduate Certificate (SIGC) which has been running since 2009.

Students will attend a 2 week induction at Dundee University before flying out to India.  They will then undertake career planning modules and a 3 to 5 month internship with a multi national organisation.

If you have any questions regarding the programme, please send your enquiry to:   gigc-i@dundee.ac.uk or Dr Lynsay Pickering (GIGCI co-ordinator) on 01382 384017.

Useful websites to look at

• www.dundee.ac.uk/careerseducationmodules/gigci
• www.ukieri.org
• www.sannams4.com

Wipro is a global information technology, consulting and outsourcing  company serving over 900 clients in 57 countries.

They are offering a nine month training programme to empower graduates to develop a strong insight into information technology, combining classroom sessions and hands-on exposure on real-time projects.

Wipro are coming to Swansea University on 6 March 2013 to give a presentation and offer you the opportunity to undertake an initial selection process.  Click here to download more information and to book your place at this event.

The programme is open to students coming towards the end of their degree programme in Computer Science, Mathematics or Electronic Engineering.  It starts in July 2013 with a week of  ‘onboarding’ in Reading followed by 9 months in India:  3 months training, 3 months shadowing and 3 months working on a live project.

Wipro will provide and organise your accommodation together with travel to and from work.

Contact information:

• www.walesairambulance.com
• www.nationalchildrensairambulance.com
• www.facebook.com/walesairambulance

At the Swansea office there are plenty of roles for people to volunteer such as:

• PR – social media, graphic design
• Administration – answering phones, helping to organise events
• Helicopter / Air base tours – being available to explain more to the general public about the service, the equipment and the helicopters.

The last three people to be employed by the Welsh Air Ambulance have all come straight from university and Go Wales.

There are plenty of opportunities to get involved in terms of fundraising such as bucket collections in supermarkets, touring at county shows to promote the service, attending Beach Break Live (Llanelli).

The Welsh Air Ambulance are happy to provide references to any volunteers who are seeking employment.

Volunteering is a good way to develop communication skills, team work etc.

The Welsh Air Ambulance does not receive any government funding and is not entitled to lottery funding.  It is run purely on public donations, fundraising and legacies.

Do you want to be part of an award winning team working to develop brighter futures for children all over Wales and the South West?

Do you want to work in Dance, Drama, Music, Art or Sport and increase your chances of long-term fulfilling employment after university?

SuperStars are looking for subject specialists with passion and positivity to work in their partner primary schools.

To find out more,  visit their website at www.super-stars.org.uk and join SuperStars on their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/SuperStarsTalentPool.  The journey starts with a click!

SuperStars have lots of current employees on their Facebook page who can answer your questions about working  for them.

The Writer are a UK business language consultancy who have worked with careers advisers in UK Universities over the past two years to offer undergraduates (2nd years) the chance to take part in their two day word experience.  It’s like work experience, but wordy.  A group of 20 students came and spent time with The Writer in a work-shop-type way where they covered practical things like how to improve their CV and cover letter writing.  But the bigger point of the two days though was to get the English Literature students thinking in a wider way about the possibilities of a career in writing.  There isn’t only the option of being a novelist or a journalist – there is so much more.

Applications are now open for the 2013 Word Experience…experience which is taking place on the 11th and 12th of April.

Click here for information on The Writer’s website.

Thursday 7th February
17:00 – 18:00
Keir Hardy – Room 216

Wales Air Ambulance is an all Wales charity providing a vital service through emergency air cover for those who face life-threatening illness or injuries.

Why are they needed?  Wales has a widely scattered population and diverse landscape, and many in Wales live in isolated locations far from an accident and emergency service.  Also, the ever increasing problem of traffic congestion and collisions in more urban areas can cause delayed response times for land ambulances.  For these reasons, there is a recognised need for three helicopters on active duty 365 days a year.

To register and book your place to attend this talk, go to http://swansea.prospects.ac.uk/index.html.

Once you have registered and/or logged in:-

• Click on “Events Calendar”
• Select the Date of Presentation you wish to attend
• Select “Book”

The University’s International Development Office has sent us details of internships in India.

There is information on the following web page:  www.swan.ac.uk/international/opportunities/work-abroad/india/

And also on Blackboard: ‘my studies > organisations > study & work abroad opportunities > work placements Asia’  – all students are enrolled on this so they can see the vacancies.  All of the live ones are listed on Blackboard, and they contain more information about the companies and projects.  There is also information on the application procedures.  Further internships will be added as they become available.

Here is a summary of what’s currently available:

Affinity Software, Bangalore: 3 month & 6 month placements, any time of year, suitable for UG level 2 and above (3 month placements) or final year students (6 month placements).  These are unpaid & for non- Indian students only (as requested by the company).

GE Healthcare, Bangalore: 12 months, paid, has to be an Indian student because of visa limitations, plus the student has to return to university after the placement has finished.  So this would be for UG between 2nd and 3rd year (longer term, as I know there aren’t and Indian students available now) or for  PG student who is able to suspend their studies.

GE Energy, Hyderabad: 6 – 12 months, paid, PG level, or exceptional final year UG.  They may accept 6 months for the right candidates, but we need clarification on the payment situation, as visa rules state that the internship must be unpaid, so this may rule out non-Indians. I will confirm asap once I have had a reply from GE.

Sourcebits, Bangalore: 6 month unpaid placements, any time of the year, suitable for final year UG, PG or PG students that are able to suspend for 6 months.

TARGETjobs, in collaboration with some of the best-known names in graduate recruitment – Ernst & Young, E.ON, Laing O’Rourke, Mayer Brown, EDF Energy, Mars, Nestle, Gazprom, Marks & Spencer, Barclays, Rolls-Royce and Enterprise Rent-A-Car – has launched the 2013

The rewards are great: winners’ prizes include internships and all-expenses paid trips to New York, Florida, Brazil, Borneo and continental Europe and the final 10 students in each Award will be invited to the Undergraduate of the Year Awards in Canary Wharf London on 19 April, 2013 where the winners will be announced.

There are 12 Awards up for grabs to identify the top undergraduates in Law, Arts and Humanities, Engineering, Construction Engineering and Design, IT and Computer Science, Maths and Economics, Management, Low Carbon plus three special Awards open to students from any discipline, one for undergraduates who have just finished their first year of study; one for those with leadership potential and one for those demonstrating ‘commercial excellence’.

In addition, there is a new Award this year for female undergraduates from all disciplines, sponsored by Rolls-Royce, who are keen to show that a top engineering company has very many opportunities for ambitious women.

There are more details about the Awards and how to enter at:

http://undergraduateoftheyear.com

There are six awards.  The first four are for technical/engineering undergraduates and the last two are for ANY DISCIPLINE:

1. The IT and Computer Science Undergraduate of the Year Award, sponsored by Marks & Spencer
Aimed at penultimate year students studying computer science, IT, electronics, electrical engineering, physics and related disciplines

2. The Construction Engineering and Design Undergraduate of the Year Award, sponsored by Laing O’Rourke
Aimed at penultimate year students studying civil, mechanical, electrical, or any related engineering degree

3. The Engineering Undergraduate of the Year Award, sponsored by E.ON
Aimed at pre-final year students studying mechanical and electrical engineering only

4. The Low Carbon Undergraduate of the Year Award, sponsored by EDF Energy
Aimed at pre-final year students studying engineering and physical sciences

5. The First Year of the Year Award, sponsored by Ernst and Young
Aimed at second year students studying any degree

6. The Undergraduate of the Year Award for Commercial Excellence, sponsored by Nestle
Aimed at penultimate year students studying any degree