Let this be the year that you get involved with volunteering! The benefits of volunteering are huge - not only for those that you support, but for you as a volunteer. Volunteering is a great way of meeting new people, discovering more about the city you live in and gaining unique and exciting experiences that … Continue reading 5 reasons you should volunteer this year
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Meet the Volunteering Team
The Volunteering Team in Careers and Placements is here to help you find volunteering opportunities that will help you to build your skills and confidence, gain fantastic work experience for your CV and enhance your wellbeing, all whilst making a huge difference to the city you’re studying in! As the new term starts, we wanted … Continue reading Meet the Volunteering Team
5 Reasons to volunteer this term
By Charlotte Wainwright, Operations Manager: Volunteering When you get to University , it can be easy to become bogged down in your studies. Yet university is a great time to meet new people, discover more about the city you’re living in and gain exciting and unique experiences that can help shape your life and career. … Continue reading 5 Reasons to volunteer this term
An insight into the York Students in Schools Programme
Every year we help hundreds of students to volunteer in local schools through the York Students in Schools Programme. We've been asking some of our current and former volunteers what their experience was like, so if you've been considering volunteering in a local school, read on to find out what it's really like. There's still … Continue reading An insight into the York Students in Schools Programme
Careers Newsletter, Summer term, weeks 1 and 2 – Summer internships, funding for voluntary work experience, business plan competition plus much more
Careers Newsletter, Summer 2014, Weeks 1 and 2 In this issue: York Award interviews Opportunity for a career mentor Start your summer with a paid internship Get inspired this summer - funding for voluntary work experience available Do it! Volunteer as a classroom assistant with YSIS Run it! York Cares charity internships for 2014/15 – apply … Continue reading Careers Newsletter, Summer term, weeks 1 and 2 – Summer internships, funding for voluntary work experience, business plan competition plus much more
Careers Newsletter – Spring Weeks 7 and 8: Interview masterclass, entrepreneur visit, get a career mentor, graduate recruitment events and more
Careers Newsletter - Spring 2014, Weeks 7 and 8 In this issue: Interview Masterclass – the impact of body language! Professional Connect – linking you with the experts! Employability Tutorial (ET) – making the most of you! Workshops to Winners YSIS Plus workshops: Effective Teaching Skills and Working with pupils with English as a second language … Continue reading Careers Newsletter – Spring Weeks 7 and 8: Interview masterclass, entrepreneur visit, get a career mentor, graduate recruitment events and more
Careers Awards: Celebrating Success (27 June)
If you have been involved in York Students in Schools, York Students in Communities or The @Work Programme through Careers this year, or have successfully completed the York Award assessment process, you will have been invited to the Careers Awards: Celebrating Success. Please check your emails and make sure that you book your ticket for this … Continue reading Careers Awards: Celebrating Success (27 June)
STUDENT BLOG – Thinking of teaching? Think of YSIS
York Students in Schools (YSIS) provides students the opportunity to volunteer in local schools for a 10-week placement of half a day a week. Here’s what two recent student participants gained from the experience… Amanda Walls – 3rd year Sociology student Over the past few months I have been sorting out all the bits and … Continue reading STUDENT BLOG – Thinking of teaching? Think of YSIS
The benefits of volunteering
Volunteering while at university is a great way of getting work experience and developing your skills, at the same time as helping others. Volunteering might be for you if: you want to either help the community or get involved with a subject you’re passionate about you’re job hunting and would like some extra examples of … Continue reading The benefits of volunteering
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