Further to I’m looking for more careers tweeters, after attending the AGCAS Heads of Service Conference last week I’ve found a few more. Coming from a background in learning development and learning technology I’m increasingly finding that I need more careers people in my professional network (it could be just me but there seem to [...]
I spent the second half of last week at AGCAS‘s new heads of service training and then the AGCAS Heads of Service conference in Dublin. This is an annual event for heads of higher education careers services. Just like last year it was an enjoyable conference. It was good to meet people, some of whom [...]
January 2011 was the first time I attended the AGCAS Heads of Service conference. I was very new to careers stuff then (still am!) and it was a really useful chance to meet people. I’m looking forward to the conference this January, not least because I’m attending an additional day on 4 January for deputies [...]
Since Easter I’ve been drinking hot water instead of tea (never liked coffee), and I’ve rather taken to it. So here are a list of reasons why: it’s healthier than tea/coffee it’s quicker than tea/coffee you still get the to walk to the kitchen to ‘make’ it (complete with the little bit of sociability that [...]
I’ve had a busy 16 months. Maria left for sunny Bangor in August 2010 and then Paul left in April 2011. This left all of the Head of Student Development role and most of the Director of SSDS role to be covered (whilst still doing bits of my old job). I’ve not covered the roles [...]
Recently I’m working with our School of Historical Studies on a Recruitment Boot Camp. It’s designed to offer intensive support (in addition to our general support) to our Historical Studies finalists to help them to find a job on graduating. It will involve face to face sessions, online resources plus videos of Historical Studies alumni [...]
Well, today is my 12 month acting-up-ivesary. I reflected on the start of it here and the six month-er here. In many ways not much has changed since the six month mark, in other ways a lot has. The main change has been that Paul Jackson, the previous Director of Student Support and Development, left [...]
Keep meaning to mention this… our Director of Careers role is now advertised. If you’re brilliant – please apply. More details here. Please RT, re-post etc. Closing date is 12 September.
I’ve written a few recently posts about revamping the website and I’m pleased to say it’s finally done (it’s never finished but you know what I mean). The changes went live just before I went on holiday. We now have a front page that: clearly signposts to our different audiences makes our social media links [...]
I’ve just come back from two weeks of lovely camping with my lovely family. Things I enjoyed: playing with my kids being with my wife cooking mussels that we’d picked not being at work not wearing a watch forgetting what day it was growing a beard not having any technology with me toasting marshmallows at [...]
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