Career Matters
07 March 2018
Your weekly news from the Careers Centre
CareerConnect
Exploring your future
- Still unsure what you want to do? Know what you want to do, but not how to get into that sector? Attend employer, alumni and careers adviser workshops.
- Find out about jobs, internships, work experience and local part-time jobs including application advice.
CareerConnect
How to book a careers appointment ⭐️
You can book a half an hour appointment with a careers adviser in advance. To do this pop into the Careers Centre or call us between 8.45am and 10am on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays (01334 462688).
You can also now book an Afternoon Appointment on the day, online through CareerConnect. Sign in to CareerConnect via the Careers Centre homepage. Once into CareerConnect select ‘Book Appointment’ from the top banner. You can browse the appointments available for the day and book the time and adviser, which best suits you.
Bookings for Afternoon Appointments is open from 12.30pm on the same day.
Our team of careers advisers
You can see the career sectors and subject areas that the advisers cover in the adviser profiles. This will help you work out who you would like to meet.
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Events in St Andrews
07 March
Police Scotland Drop-in at the Careers Centre - apply now to join as a Special Constable
Work Shadowing Open Evening - see details below
09 March
Events outside St Andrews
Summer Work Shadowing Experience
Santander Internships
Santander Internships
- Applications open on Monday on Career Connect
- At the Open Evening Wednesday 14 March, we'll guide you through the application process which should resolve any queries you may have,
LifeStart from Virgin Money and Virgin StartUp
LifeStart from Virgin Money and Virgin StartUp
Take real business challenges, learn, win mentorship, internships and prizes from major brands. We are taking part in piloting LifeStart in Scotland and encourage all students to give it a try. We will hold workshops and support sessions for those taking part.
LifeStart is a new challenge platform that helps you gain real experience, improve your skills and win rewards. We present real-life business challenges that all students can respond to with their proposals – the best proposal for solving the challenge will win cash of up to £1000, learning experiences, gadgets and internships with the great companies that we work with.
Virgin LifeStart and on Facebook
Santander Universities Entrepreneurship Awards 2018
It's time to compete with the best!
- Pitch your idea
- Submit a Business Model Canvas
- Win up to £25,000
We are looking for the best students and graduate businesses to take part in one of the UK’s largest student and graduate business pitching competitions. Winners receive cash prizes, mentoring and start-up support. Since 2011, the Awards have given more than £260,000 to starts-ups and small businesses. Entrance to the 2018 Santander Universities Entrepreneurship Awards is via a local pitching competition. The university can submit a maximum of two entries - one technology business, where hardware and/or software are central to the value proposition and one non-technology business, where the value proposition is not primarily based around hardware and/or software.
Closing date for entries is Friday, 23 March 2018.
Converge Challenge
Converge Challenge is the leading, Scotland wide company creation and entrepreneurship competition for staff, students and recent graduates of Scottish Universities and Research Institutes, aimed at creating a new generation of entrepreneurs in Scotland through a £150k+ prize fund of cash and in-kind support.
There are three categories: Converge Challenge, a company creation and training programme for new start or early stage projects that are likely to incorporate within 12 months; KickStart Award for early stage ideas for a new product or service; Social Enterprise Award for businesses focused on social problems.
The deadline for entries is 29th March 2018.
Scottish Branch Undergraduate Psychology Conference 2018
24th March 2018, 9am-6pm GLASGOW
This conference is for Psychology students in their final year of studies and provides an opportunity for them to present and discuss their dissertation projects to their peers.
Third year students and students in early years are also welcome, space permitted.
We guarantee that the BPS Scottish Branch Undergraduate Conference 2018 in Glasgow will be a very memorable event!
To register for attendance for the event please, click here.
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National Insurance Numbers
If you intend to work while studying in the UK, an employer will require you to provide them with a National Insurance Number (NINo), so that they can pay your wages and make any applicable tax or national insurance deductions. UK residents are allocated a number automatically at the age of 16. However, European or International students will not have this number so will need to apply for one.
To apply for a National Insurance number, call the application line:
Telephone: 0800 141 2075
Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm
https://www.gov.uk/apply-national-insurance-number
Search job vacancies, via CareerConnect
Fantastic Job Opportunities coming to CareerConnect daily
There are currently over 300 live jobs at today's date!
Register with CareerConnect – and receive daily/weekly internship and graduate job alerts!
Internships and Graduate jobs are available through the link above. Register with CareerConnect and select the sectors you would be interested in. This way you receive a personally selected email with live vacancies to your inbox.
For part-time vacancies:
Use the filters (part-time / job shop) to narrow down the job vacancies to the part-time positions in St Andrews.
Life Sciences Internships Summer 2018 are now OPEN
The Scottish Life Sciences Internship Programme gives students paid, relevant work experience in the Life Sciences sector. Placements last from ten to twelve weeks between June to September each year. Opportunities for the 2018 Programme will be advertised from Friday 16th February to Sunday 11th March 2018.
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YOUR 1 GREAT IDEA
Pitch
Win £ and support
Business Model Canvas (closing date 23 March) ⭐️
Information talk: 9 March at the Careers Centre
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Careers Centre
Best wishes,
The Careers Centre Team
Email: careers@st-andrews.ac.uk
Website: http://st-andrews.ac.uk/careers
Location: 6 St Marys Pl, St Andrews, United Kingdom
Phone: 01334 462688
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Twitter: @careerscentre
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