Skillscast

Get paid for a research project with the Undergraduate Research Support Scheme (URSS).

The URSS is a great opportunity for you to do research, investigate something you care about, and develop transferable skills. Listen to our interview with Warwick Researcher James Blake, an expert in the URSS and learn how to get started.

For more information or to apply please visit the URSS website.

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To learn more about the Warwick Award, visit our homepage here.

No idea about what to do after your degree? Not sure if you have the skills or experience yet to do an internship? We had a chat with Alia Alhirsi from Forage, who have a platform for this exact situation. Forage have worked with top employers to provide virtual work experience simulations. Listen to find out more.

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Make connections to build a network for your future.

Want to do a LinkedIn Profile, but not sure where to start? In this short we are joined by Parmjit Dhugga who shares his top ten tips for creating and curating the best possible LinkedIn profile.

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Let the Weirdness in!

What is problem solving, and how can you do it well? In this episode skills developer Zoe Pflaeger Young interviews Rob O'Toole about creativity, problem solving, and AI.

In this episode we are joined by Active Wellness Manager Georgie Pilling and Activator KoKo Taylor-Takahashi to learn about the activator program and the skills and benefits of taking part.

To learn more or volunteer as an activator please visit the Warwick Sport website.

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Season 2 of the Skillscast is coming soon!

This time we’re covering something that has been mentioned in just about every episode; the Warwick Award. 

The Award is Warwick’s skills development programme, and launched fully in September 2022. To help you understand more about the Award and why you might like to register for it yourself, we caught up with Lauren Ketteridge. Lauren is now studying for a PhD, but she also achieved the Gold level of the Warwick Award while she was an undergraduate here, and has plenty of useful insights to share. 

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This time we’re taking another deep dive into one of Warwick’s 12 core skills; professionalism. In this episode, head of the skills team here at Warwick Ali Collins was joined by Giorgia McDonald, who is Warwick Business School’s careers manager for undergraduates. This interview is packed full of excellent advice about professionalism – what it is, how and where you can build it, and how it might help you stand out from the crowd of 500,000 graduates who enter the job market every single year.

If you enjoy this interview, please share it with a friend and consider following the show so you don’t miss any future episodes. You can find The Skillscast on Spotify, Apple, or wherever else you get your podcasts, you can find transcripts of all our episodes at warwick.ac.uk/skillscast.

This time our focus is something that is great not only for skills development, but many, many other things too; volunteering.

In this episode, skills developer Tom Greenaway caught up with two people with in-depth experience of Warwick Volunteers, the official Warwick society for volunteering that has an impact across the local community all year round. Later, you’ll hear from Dominik, a recent graduate who has previously been a project leader and Vice President of Warwick Volunteers. But first, you’ll meet Zosia, the President of Warwick Volunteers for 2023/24.

To find out more about Warwick Volunteers and how you can get involved, check out their website and Instagram pages.

If you enjoy this interview, please share it with a friend and consider following the show so you don’t miss any future episodes. You can find The Skillscast on Spotify, Apple, or wherever else you get your podcasts, you can find transcripts of all our episodes at warwick.ac.uk/skillscast.