Alex currently manages the Economic Growth team at City of York Council, which focuses on making sure that the city continues to be a fantastic place to live and to do business. Alex also works for the York, North Yorkshire and East Riding Enterprise Partnership supporting work on their Local Industrial Strategy.
Helen is a Commissioning Editor at Cambridge University Press, responsible for hundreds of upcoming books at any one time. In this episode, Helen and Kate talk about how to get work experience, the key skill you need and what the job is actually like. Helen graduated from University College London with a Linguistics degree in 2002, and joined Cambridge University Press as an Assistant Editor. She is now a Commissioning Editor, responsible for the acquisition, development and publication of books in language and linguistics at all academic levels. Full transcript: Want to know more? These resources will help: Journalism and publishing job sector information: https://www.york.ac.uk/students/work-volunteering-careers/ideas/sectors/journalism-publishing/ How to get into publishing from Prospects: https://www.prospects.ac.uk/jobs-and-work-experience/job-sectors/media-and-internet/how-to-get-into-publishing Helen's case study from UCL: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/publishing-case-study
Sarah is a Primary STEM Subject Expert, running training courses, predominantly in Science but also in Technology, Computing, and Maths, for primary school teachers. She also mentors on school improvement initiatives and helps to develop resources such as online training programmes accessed world-wide. Full transcript: bit.ly/2R14bMc For more information on working for STEM and non-teaching education roles see: Education sector: https://www.prospects.ac.uk/jobs-and-work-experience/job-sectors/teacher-training-and-education/jobs-in-education Training and development roles: https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/training-and-development-officer STEM learning centre: https://www.stem.org.uk/ Keywords: science, teachers, stem, working, teaching, training, primary school, school, children, terms, job, led, professional development, sector, opportunity, holidays, careers, area
Lewis graduated from the University of York in 2018 with a Management degree. His journey into marketing and L’Oreal begun upon winning the Male Undergraduate of the Year award, on the back of which he secured a year-long placement year at L’Oreal. After returning for his final year, Lewis secured his L’Oreal Graduate scheme, composed of three six month long rotations. cny6x29p Full transcript: bit.ly/2JJih3V For more information on working in Marketing: https://www.york.ac.uk/students/work-volunteering-careers/ideas/sectors/advertising/ https://www.prospects.ac.uk/jobs-and-work-experience/job-sectors/marketing-advertising-and-pr https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/browse-sector/marketing-advertising-and-pr For more information about L’Oreal and their insight days, internships and graduate schemes: https://careers.loreal.com/global/en/all-internships https://careers.loreal.com/global/en/careerareas
Julia is a third-year BA English Language and Linguistics student. In the summer she did a SIB internship with Make It York where she conducted market research into the creative and digital businesses in the city. Her responsibilities included research, analysing the findings, writing reports, maintaining social media and compiling newsletters for Science City York, a branch of the organisation. To find out more about the Student Internship Bureau: www.york.ac.uk/careers/sib For more info on working in Market Research: https://www.prospects.ac.uk/jobs-and-work-experience/job-sectors/marketing-advertising-and-pr https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/market-researcher https://www.york.ac.uk/students/work-volunteering-careers/ideas/sectors/advertising/ Find a transcript of this episode...
Dr. Nicholas Gliserman is the Chief Academic Officer at Game Learning, where he oversees development of educational video games that get kids excited about history. He holds a Ph.D. in history as well as an M.S. in Geographical Information Science and Technology, both from the University of Southern California. For more information on working in the Games industry: https://www.screenskills.com/education-training/job-profiles/games/ https://www.prospects.ac.uk/jobs-and-work-experience/job-sectors/information-technology https://ukie.org.uk/ For more info on Game Learning: https://gamelearning.co/
Oscar is a third year BSc Film and Television Production student. Over the summer, he did a sustainability programme internship in the Department of Estates and Campus Services at the University of York. To find out more about the Student Internship Bureau: www.york.ac.uk/careers/sib For more info on working in Environment and Sustainability: https://www.york.ac.uk/students/work-volunteering-careers/ideas/sectors/environment/ https://www.prospects.ac.uk/jobs-and-work-experience/job-sectors/environment-and-agriculture For more info on working in non-teaching roles within the university sector: https://aua.ac.uk/about/#who-we-are https://www.jobs.ac.uk/ (see the Professional / Managerial / Support Services section)
Laura has worked as a professional manager in Higher Education for 10 years, focusing on strategic project management across a range of institutions. She currently leads the Strategic Projects and Change function at York St John University with responsibility for the delivery of major projects aligned to the University strategy. *This episode was recorded at the end of 2018, so some of the topics discussed may not be relevant at the time of streaming* For more information on working in project management and non-academic HE roles see: Project management Why working in a university is the best Jobs in education For more information about York St John and Laura: York St John Laura's LinkedIn Find the transcript for this episode here (bit.ly/WDYAD9)
For many years Richard Knight worked in the film industry as a freelance location manager, sourcing and organising the locations for films such as the BAFTA award-winning "This is England" and "FourLions", television dramas including "This is England 86, 88 and 90" "Prisoners Wives" and "Utopia", commercials for the likes of Vogue, Gucci, New Balance, Selfridges and Santander, and music videos for the Arctic Monkeys, Jake Bugg and Louis Tomlinson. In recent years he has worked at Screen Yorkshire providing practical and logistical support to Screen Yorkshire-backed projects, and devising and running a range of training and crew development initiatives. For more information on working in the Film industry see: www.york.ac.uk/media/studenthome…ve-industries.pdf www.york.ac.uk/media/studenthome…/Broadcasting.pdf www.prospects.ac.uk/jobs-and-work-e…ia-and-internet For more information about Screen Yorskshire and Richard: www.screenyorkshire.co.uk/ www.screenyorkshire.co.uk/contact/ Find the transcript for this episode here (bit.ly/WDYAD8)
Cat graduated from Newcastle University with a Psychology and Linguistics degree in 2015. Whilst at university, she was on the committee for the Raising and Giving Society, where she gained a passion for fundraising and supporting causes in her local community. Alongside her peers, she supported a number of different charities through RAG, and built up skills of communicating with local businesses, organising fundraising events for students, and even photographed the RAG charity naked calendar! In the lead up to graduating from university, Cat was unsure about the career path she wanted to take, but she knew that fundraising was something she really enjoyed and cared about. Cat was quite lucky in that Action for Children had a vacancy in their Fundraising Team at the time she was graduating. She started with Action for Children in June 2015, in the position of Community Fundraiser for Yorkshire, and in September this year she has progressed to the role of Senior Community Fundraiser, covering North East & Yorkshire. For more information on working in the charity sector see: University of York's charity sector page Prospects: charity and fundraiser Charity Works For more information about Action for Children and Cat: Cat’s LinkedIn profile Action for Children's website Action for Children's regional Facebook page Action for Children's Facebook page Action for Children's YouTube Channel Action for Children's Twitter Action for Children's LinkedIn Find the transcript for this episode here (bit.ly/wdyad7)
JT Welsch is a Lecturer in English and Creative Industries at the University of York's Department of English and Related Literature. For more information on becoming an academic see: www.academiccareer.manchester.ac.uk https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/higher-education-lecturer www.jobs.ac.uk Job vacancies: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/ JT: https://www.york.ac.uk/english/our-staff/jtwelsch/ Find the transcript for this episode here (bit.ly/WDYAD6)
Kate is the Compliance and Corporate Services Manager at St Leonard's Hospice. For more information on working in the healthcare sector and St Leonard's see: Healthcare sector: https://www.prospects.ac.uk/jobs-and-work-experience/job-sectors/healthcare/overview- of-the-healthcare-sector-in-the-uk Healthcare management roles: https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/health-service-manager NHS graduate management trainee scheme: http://www.nhsgraduates.co.uk/the-scheme/ St Leonard's: https://www.stleonardshospice.org.uk/About Find the transcript for this episode here (http://bit.ly/WDYAD5)
John is a producer at York Theatre Royal and company director at Stand and Be Counted. For more information on working in the Theatre sector see: https://ccskills.org.uk/careers/advice/any/theatre/ https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/browse-sector/creative-arts-and-design For more information about York Theatre Royal , Stand and Be Counted and John: https://www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk/page/about_us.php http://www.sbctheatre.co.uk/about http://www.sbctheatre.co.uk/the-team Find the transcript for this episode here (http://bit.ly/WDYAD4)
Stefan holds a B.Sc. (Hons) in Biology from the University of York. He currently works for Aptamer Group as their Process and Production Manager, leading the laboratory team in delivering results to customers. Prior to joining Aptamer Group, he worked for a leading multinational CRO, specialising in GMP Protein Chemistry for 7 years. He has worked on a variety of products, covering pre-clinical to market release testing for multiple high profile clients around the world. For more information on working in biotechnology see: https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/biotechnologist https://careers.ibms.org/home/ https://www.careerscene.com/ https://www.rsb.org.uk/careers-and-cpd/careers/career-resources https://www.jobs.ac.uk/categories/biotechnology Find the transcript for this episode here (http://bit.ly/WDYAD3)
Adam Smith is a writer, journalist, podcaster and social media editor. In his day job he's the audience engagement editor for The Economist, a global news magazine, where he focuses on stimulating online conversation around articles. He also reports on LGBT+ issues as a journalist and makes the podcast Karl's Kaschemme, about queer desire. You can find out more about him on his website at www.adamesmith.co.uk or follow him on Twitter @AdamCommentism. For more information on working in journalism/editing see: https://www.york.ac.uk/media/studenthome/workandvolunteering/infosheets/workexperience/Media-and-creative-industries.pdf https://www.york.ac.uk/students/work-volunteering-careers/ideas/sectors/journalism-publishing/ https://www.prospects.ac.uk/jobs-and-work-experience/job-sectors/media-and-internet For more information about The Economist: https://www.economist.com/ Find the transcript for this episode here (bit.ly/WDYAD2)
Dr Hannah Greig is a Senior Lecturer in the History Department and member of the Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies. Her research interests lie in the social, political and material history of Britain in the long eighteenth century (c.1688-1830). She is also an experienced consultant for film, television and theatre productions. For more information on working in the media see: https://www.york.ac.uk/media/studenthome/workandvolunteering/infosheets/workexperience/Media-and-creative-industries.pdf https://www.york.ac.uk/media/studenthome/workandvolunteering/infosheets/considering/Broadcasting.pdf https://www.prospects.ac.uk/jobs-and-work-experience/job-sectors/media-and-internet For more details on Hannah’s work: https://www.york.ac.uk/history/staff/profiles/greig/#external Find the transcript for this episode here (bit.ly/WDYAD1)
In this episode Kate chats to Tom Kelton, CEO and Co-founder of Pentaro, a telemarketing and business development agency.Tom discusses how he co-founded Pentaro and explains the company’s rapid growth, the skills and mindset required to run a business, and the impact of his university studies. The conversation also touches on the challenges and opportunities in the telemarketing industry, including the rise of AI, and Tom’s advice for aspiring entrepreneurs.Transcript and useful links
This week Kate chats with Nick Smith, Executive Director of The Rowntree Society.Nick talks about how The Rowntree Society shares it's history and connects it to today’s issues plus he touches on the realities of running a nonprofit including funding, volunteers, and digital storytelling.Listen for top advice for students & graduates wanting to break into this sector and why transferable skills can help you succeed.Nick's BioOriginally from Bedworth, just north of Coventry, I studied BSc Archaeology at Bournemouth University graduating in 2004. After solo travels around Europe working in retail, social care and as an archaeologist, I moved to York in 2008 to study part time for my MA in Medieval Archaeology at the University of York. I graduated with distinction but was unable to continue my studies due to lack of financial support. I continued to work in social care and retail, becoming a manager for both before being able to combine my heritage related education and management skills in my current role at The Rowntree Society. I am dyslexic and have experienced periods of mental ill health which I have had to navigate throughout my work. Transcript and useful links
In this episode, Kate is joined by Leah Tharpe, who works as an independent Art Appraiser with Tharpe and Fairchild LLC. As well as a fine art specialist with Copley Fine Art Auctions and is also currently undertaking a PhD.Leah explains what the day to day role looks like, the key skills that are required and the joys and challenges of her work.Leah's BioLeah C. Tharpe is a third-year PhD researcher at the University of York, supervised by Jason Edwards. Her research focuses on Australian frontier landscapes from the nineteenth century. She attended the Courtauld Institute of Art in London as a Deborah Loeb Brice Scholar, and is a graduate of Princeton University, where she was awarded the Stella and Rensselaer W. Lee Senior Thesis Prize and the Grace May Tilton Prize in Fine Arts for her senior thesis on American painter Charles Burchfield. She is also an accredited independent fine art appraiser and auction house specialist in sporting and wildlife art.Useful links and transcript
In this episode, Kate meets Flora Palmer. Flora is a current University of York student who is on placement year at the Walt Disney Company, working on production and operations for National Geographic.Flora describes her role, the skills and qualities she has developed and how this experience has helped her shape her future career ideas. Kate and Flora also discuss taking the initiative and going for a goal!Flora's BioI’m Flora, I’m an undergrad History of Art student, currently working in Production and Operations with National Geographic at the Walt Disney Company. I love art, history and film, and am looking to work in the art sector when I graduate! Useful links and transcript
Anthony Hall
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John Skinner
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