Additional Skills Development Options
The Cardiff Award
Students completing any extra curriculum activities including skills sessions, volunteering, mentoring, societies and work experience can have these hours officially recognised through the Cardiff Award.
The Cardiff Award programme improves your understanding of your career potential, encourages you to participate in activities that develop your employability skills, and offers practical experience of recruitment processes to help you compete in the graduate job market.
Reasons to complete the Cardiff Award
- To develop your employability skills and attributes.
- To improve your understanding of the graduate recruitment process.
- To understand and reflect on your strengths and abilities.
- You will receive a digital certificate that can be printed out and used on LinkedIn.
- It will go on your Higher Education Achievement Record for employers to see (not applicable to Research Postgraduate students).
Start your Cardiff Award journey:
The Cardiff Award
“I recommend the Cardiff Award to all students, no matter what stage you are at in planning your future. If you have a clear goal, the Cardiff Award will help you to achieve it. If your future isn’t clear yet, it will enable you to explore your options, work on a plan, and achieve your potential.”
- Jane Goodfellow, Head Student Futures
Student Futures
The Skills Development Service works in partnership with Student Futures, which provides students with interactive learning resources, specialist guidance and support throughout University as well as opportunities to work, study or volunteer abroad. You can log into your Student Futures Account to book careers appointments and events, browse jobs and work experience opportunities and access the CV Checker for instant feedback.
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University Opportunities (cardiffstudents.com)
Student Futures works across a wide range of industries and sectors to bring in work experience opportunities, just for you.
https://www.cardiffstudents.com/jobs-skills/universityopportunities/futures-connect/
We work across a wide range of industries and sectors to bring in work experience opportunities, just for you.
Work experience is an essential part of your career journey.
We work with a wide range of organisations and industries to advertise the following schemes:
- Insights - Bite-sized work experience, flexibly set up around your timetable and available on a part-time basis.
- Classroom Experience Project - Flexible opportunities in schools if you’re exploring a career in teaching.
- Paid Internships - In a wide range of industries. Internships can be undertaken part time alongside your studies or full-time during University holidays.
View opportunities and apply
You can browse a wide range of work experience opportunities under the 'work experience' tab on your Student Futures Account.
To apply for an opportunity you will need to complete a short application form and provide an up-to-date CV. You can get help with writing your CV by using the CV Checker on your Career Account or by bringing your CV to Student Futures on the 1st floor of the Centre for Student Life.