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Postgraduate
placements
Kent’s international links provide
a range of opportunities for
postgraduate students to
undertake part of their study
or research abroad. International
mobility within postgraduate
programmes offers an experience
that can enhance academic,
personal and professional
development. Please contact
your academic school or see
www.kent.ac.uk/goabroad for
more information.
Student enterprise
Building on our students’ growing
enterprise culture and activities,
we can help you to develop
enterprise skills and business
ideas. On Kent’s Canterbury
campus, The Bulb is the student
innovation space in the Canterbury
Innovation Centre, running talks
and workshops with visiting
speakers from the world of
industry.
Employability Points
Scheme
The Employability Points Scheme
awards points for engaging in
extra-curricular activities. The
points lead to rewards ranging
from vouchers and corporate
activities to work experience,
placements, training and
internships. All rewards
are carefully selected for their
ability to encourage students
to reflect on their experience
and continue their personal
development. So not only do
students enhance their skills
through the activities, but the
rewards themselves improve
and increase their long-term
employability opportunities.
Volunteering
Kent Union runs the Kent
Student Certificate for Volunteering
(KSCV), a formal recognition
scheme for volunteers which is
endorsed by the University. If
you do any form of volunteering
while at Kent, whether it is oncampus
or off, you are eligible
for the award. It is designed to
encourage volunteers to think
about the skills that they have
developed as a result of
volunteering and can be used later
in job interviews, or on CVs and
applications. For more information
about the KSCV award, see
www.kentunion.co.uk/ volunteering
Jobshop
The students’ unions at Kent
run Jobshop, a job agency which
advertises vacancies throughout
the local region in areas such
as translation, social media,
website development, retail
and charity fundraising. You
can register for the service online
as soon as you become a student
at Kent.
Paid work, through temporary
or part-time jobs, helps to cover
living costs and provides the
opportunity to gain practical
experience and work-related
skills. The University and Kent
Union employ close to 2,000
students a year in a range of
posts, from mentoring,
research and teaching
(including Graduate Teaching
Assistantships, see p240) to
clerical and administrative jobs
in academic schools and through
our professional service offices.
International graduate
work in the UK
If you are an international student
from outside the EU on a Tier 4
student visa, you are allowed to
work part-time in the UK for up to
a maximum of 20 hours per week
during term-time and full-time
during vacation periods. Term
dates are available here:
www.kent.ac.uk/academic/
University-term-dates/
Menutermdates.html
When you come to the end of your
studies, you might consider the
possibility of staying on in the UK
to work. For the most up-to-date
information on the options
available to you, please visit:
www.kentunion.co.uk/welfare/
advice-centre/internationalstudents-and-visas/
or
www.ukcisa.org.uk/information--
advice/working/working-afterstudies
Further information
Careers and employability
www.kent.ac.uk/ces
www.kent.ac.uk/employability
www.kent.ac.uk/employabilitypoints
www.kent.ac.uk/studentimmigration
Jobshop and volunteering
www.kentunion.co.uk
www.gkunions.co.uk