GradSmart Talks

This week we spoke to George from SPYRAS, who specialise in using innovative technology solutions and data analytics for respiratory analysis. We dove deeper into many different interesting topics such as how accelerator's help entrepreneurs and start ups to gain a wealth of experience, how to network and make the most of people you know as well as the great question of starting your own business versus a graduate job.GradSmart Talks runs live on our Instagram page, @gradsmartuk. Join us there to get the chance of asking questions directly to our guests, as well as suggesting potential hosts for future episodes.

We spoke with Lauren, director and founder of Cosi Care - a product that relieves, soothes and kills the sensation of itches. We touched on how business accelerator courses can be a huge headstart for your business idea, funding your business idea through competitions and how to stand out. We also talked about the importance of choosing something you're passionate about and getting started with your business idea through talking to your university.GradSmart Talks runs live on our Instagram page, @gradsmartuk. Join us there to get the chance of asking questions directly to our guests, as well as suggesting potential hosts for future episodes.

In today's episode we spoke to Karl a director from the recruitment agency Projecting People to talk about how graduates can standout when applying and interviewing for roles, the best strategies on how to search for a potential graduate jobs and the importance of your first job out of university. We also touched upon the the debate about the importance of salary when seeking a graduate job. GradSmart talks runs live on our Instagram page @gradsmartuk. Join us there to get the chance of asking questions directly to our guests, as well as suggesting potential hosts for future episodes!

In this episode we caught up with Lee, an assistant psychologist and mental health activist, to talk about her journey, what she’s learned about mental health (both from her profession and herself), and the ways students can best prioritise their personal well-being in an environment that seems to always encourage the opposite.GradSmart Talks runs live on our Instagram page, @gradsmartuk. Join us there to get the chance of asking questions directly to our guests, as well as suggesting potential host for future episodes.

In this episode, we caught up again with Craig Brown and Ben Landers, to see how the student help group Students Against Corona has been combatting COVID-19, along with how they’ve included a focus on mental health in their efforts. We touched on how unconditional acts of kindness can go a long way, the effects of COVID-19 on mental health, as well as Students Against Corona’s efforts to support vulnerable citizens and help provide PPE to those who need it most. GradSmart Talks runs live on our Instagram page, @gradsmartuk. Join us there to get the chance of asking questions directly to our guests, as well as suggesting potential host for future episodes.

Welcome to the new and improved of the GradSmart Podcast! We’ve given a fresh coat of paint and a few well-needed changes to our process - hope you enjoy!For this episode, we spoke to Daniel from RunToPlant, who’s using a Year-In-Enterprise to run his innovative business full time, while still having the option to return and finish his studies. It’s scary to start your own business. For most, it requires a huge leap of faith, and some pretty creative ways to become self-reliant. If you’re a full time student though, your university might offer a Year-In-Enterprise, allowing you to take a full year out to start your own business, with the opportunity to return and finish your degree if it doesn’t work out. GradSmart Talks runs live on our Instagram page, @gradsmartuk. Join us there to get the chance of asking questions directly to our guests, as well as suggesting potential host for future episodes.

One of our most entertaining podcasts to date, we spoke to Ben Hughes, a Sports Psychology Postgrad, about staying positive, achieving goals and how to succeed when seemingly insurmountable obstacles get put in your way. Never be put off by set-backs. Just because you learn in a different way to others, doesn’t mean you can’t excel. Don’t confuse a scouser with a geordie. We’ve got all our bases covered in this episode of GradSmart Talks. GradSmart Talks runs live on our Instagram page, @gradsmartuk. Join us there to get the chance of asking questions directly to our guests, as well as suggesting potential host for future episodes. 

Some analysts expect 50% of jobs to require some knowledge of computer coding within the next 20 years. Jobs which previously didn’t require any, like marketing, accounting or sales all might have some software languages in their requirements section. 😳We spoke to Conor Hughes, developer of new online teaching platform Sherpa, on how you can skill yourself up on software, and how to turn it from a hobby into a plus at your next job interview. Conor shares with Jack, GradSmart Founder, his story of university entrepreneurship and how he’s used his coding hobby to make money while studying while also securing a technical position at a online start-up.GradSmart Talks runs live on our Instagram page, @gradsmartuk. Join us there to get the chance of asking questions directly to our guests, as well as suggesting potential host for future episodes. 

We’re talking Computer Generated Design in this episode of GradSmart Talks. Topics like how to get into the business, what CGI is used for and how it’s been affected by COVID-19 are all covered in this 30 minute convo. Marcus Swallow co-founded Fractal CG straight out of university, providing computer imagery, animation and virtual reality to clients in need of high quality content that normal photography and videography can’t provide. Join us as we work through how he founded the company, what skills you need to get started in the industry, and how you can dedicate  your computing power to companies fighting COVID-19. GradSmart Talks runs live on our Instagram page, @gradsmartuk. Join us there to get the chance of asking questions directly to our guests, as well as suggesting potential hosts for future episodes. 

Exercising is one of the best things we can do for ourselves - our physical and mental health included. But your usual workout routine, if you had one, has no doubt gone out the window as you’re keeping yourself and others safe by sticking to the COVID-19 lockdown.Luckily, we spoke to Hannah Jones, professional cricket player and all round killer personal trainer, who’s taken her sessions online. In this episode of GradSmart Talks, we covered how to change your fitness mindset to adapt to the lockdown, get a home workout routine going, tips to get your diet right, with a ton of extra fitness advice sprinkled throughout. GradSmart Talks runs live on our Instagram 5pm Fridays. @Gradsmartuk

We’ve no longer got our fancy studio to record our podcast from... No bother! Instead, we’re hosting weekly live Q&As on our Instagram, and we want to make sure the amazing stories we’re hearing aren’t disappearing after 24 hours. We chatted to Craig Brown of Students Against Corona, a worldwide movement of students aimed at helping out the most vulnerable members of our society during a time in which they can’t leave their own home for fear of loosing their life. Listen to how the group was founded, the hurdles of running a grassroots movement on worldwide scale, and most importantly how you can join the countless others doing their part to save lives.

For our inaugural episode of the Gradsmart Podcast, we welcome Kate Walker of ExpHand Prosthetics to talk about her journey in creating affordable children's prosthetics that can grow alongside the child, reducing the need to buy replacements. In this episode, we covered topics such as how to turn your undergraduate dissertation into a business, how students can go about getting funding for their start-ups, and the motivations behind what turned ExpHand Prosthetics from Kate's passion to her career.