Undergraduate Prospectus 2011 - University of Southampton

Ensuring employability
Employability is about more than just getting a
job – we believe in helping our students gain
the necessary experience for a future career, along
with the skills to identify opportunities and take
advantage of them. Our Graduate Passport helps
students plan their involvement and gather
evidence of their achievements.
In an increasingly competitive global market, employers
are looking for more than the technical skills and
knowledge of a degree discipline. Whatever subject you
study, employers are looking for enterprising individuals
who can make ideas happen. We want to help you
increase innovation, creativity and productivity in the
UK and global marketplace.
At Southampton, employers contribute to the
curriculum in a variety of ways, such as through School
industrial advisory boards and programme review
panels, ensuring that the programme content is
relevant and up-to-date, and that students are well
positioned for their future careers. Many of the
programmes involve representatives from industry in
the delivery of the curriculum. Examples include
providing technical lectures, industry case studies,
project work to solve a real-life problem, and
supporting field trips. These all help to enhance and
enrich the programme content, and will help you to test
your knowledge and experience in an applied way.
The programme-specific pages of this prospectus
provide you with a list of the types of careers that our
graduates have entered. You will also find more details
about our relationships with industry on the websites
of many of our Academic Schools and at Career
Destinations within the Student Services Centre.
Make a difference
At Southampton you will have the opportunity to
develop your career opportunities and skills by meeting
employers, undertaking volunteering activities, getting
involved in student enterprise societies, taking up work
placements and much more. Many of our students take
advantage of the opportunity to get involved in
placements in local schools and colleges through the
Student Associate Scheme and the Undergraduate
Ambassador Scheme. Through our Community
Volunteering Scheme, we can arrange placements in
local schools, clubs, sports centres and other voluntary
organisations. We will give you the training you need,
free of charge, so all you need to provide is your
enthusiasm and your time.
Defence Technical Undergraduate Scheme (DTUS)
Southampton is one of only six UK universities to
accept students sponsored by the Ministry of Defence
(MOD) on the Defence Technical Undergraduate
Scheme (DTUS). The DTUS offers scholarships to
students wishing to pursue a technical, engineering or
scientific career in one of the three armed services or
the MOD civil service. More than 150 students at the
University are now sponsored by the DTUS.
Thunderer Squadron is part of the DTUS and is the
military support unit for undergraduate engineering
students who have committed to a career as an
engineer/technical officer in the armed forces or
civil service. Most Thunderers have passed the relevant
officer selection board for their chosen service before
starting at Southampton. However, it is possible to
apply while at the University if you are completing a
relevant degree and are successful at officer selection.
In return for their commitment, individuals receive
an annual tax-free bursary, currently £4,000, as
well as training pay and a reserve forces bounty of
approximately £1,500. In addition, the scheme provides
a valuable insight into military life during the semester
break periods and numerous opportunities to pursue
free or heavily subsidised sporting and adventure
training activities throughout the year.
www.thunderersquadron.mod.uk
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