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Leicester Award for Employability Skills

Leicester Award for Employability Skills. James Appleyard Course Rep Academic Officer. Key Employment Skills. How have these skills been developed?. Course Reps are: Responsible AND Representative They must: Respond to any situations that arise

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Leicester Award for Employability Skills

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  1. Leicester Award for Employability Skills James Appleyard Course Rep Academic Officer

  2. Key Employment Skills

  3. How have these skills been developed? Course Reps are: • Responsible AND • Representative They must: • Respond to any situations that arise • Resolve the issues to the best of their ability

  4. How do I demonstrate these qualities? • Responsibility and Representation? Demonstrated through attendance of SSCs with the Criminology Department – responsible for my entire year group and their problems. I must represent both the individual and the group in Departmental meetings

  5. What have I done so far? • Prior Reading Lists • Guest Speakers/Prison and Police Visits • Socials/Meals for students • Information provision through emails • SSCs • Union Campaigns • Assistance with work/essays • Liaised with CrimSoc as Fresher Rep • Meetings with the V-C • Union Parliament • LUST Exec • TeachFirst Workshops • Leicester Ambassador Scheme http://jaythecrimcourserep.wordpress.com/

  6. Prior Reading Lists – SSC • Reading Lists – • new students are faced with expensive textbooks, at the very start of term! • If we can supply prior reading lists, they can save up more effectively and also revise sooner! • I needed to think personally – what would I want as a new student? – REQUIRES forward/action planning, negotiating with the Dept., collecting data through analysing student interest. The Leicester Award encourages innovation and self-reliance  this action required both!

  7. Union Parliament • Union Parliament is a democratic body with elected members who represent their peers • As an Academic Officer I must represent my Dept. and thus all of those within it. • Skills learned – debates, decision making, team-work/group decisions, delegation, open-mindedness, setting of objectives, giving/receiving constructive criticism, communication LGBTQ Proposal – mass debate, what did I do? Leicester Award pushes for leadership and communication – initiative, getting involved with my Union/direct action, public speaking!

  8. How have I developed? • Actions I have taken through the Leicester Award have boosted certain skills. • As a result of the course, I have become more confident within committees and groups (CR); public speaking (CR, UP); representation (CR, UP); delegation (UP), time management (UP); listening (CR, UP); enthusiasm (CR). • Why is this important? My skills audit – I want to teach!

  9. The Future • Career – Degree 2.1 or above, PGCE with TeachFirst go on to teach at Secondary • Personal – become CrimSoc President, Head of Live Events on LUSH Radio, re-elected as Course Rep/Academic Officer • How will I achieve this? Approached local Secondary Schools to do TA work; creating a manifesto for CrimSocPres; working with current Head of Live Events with LUSH; help with training future Course reps and continue to engage with Parliament

  10. What will I need? • Commitment, faith in myself. Excellent time management, flexibility. Great communication skills. • I will need to improve my time management and ability to balance so much; prioritise important things, e.g. degree!

  11. Conclusion • I would not have dreamed of these things – UP, CR, LUSH, LUST, LUPS, LUT, CrimSoc, Rockstar, V/O work…all of these since I started! • Leicester Award has given me self-belief  I AM capable of being a leader, a team-player, and a stand-out character. • Achieving this award makes all of the effort and work worth it  employers will see my dedication; my drive; my commitment to what I practice. For a teacher, they will see someone who not only teaches but also loves to learn; someone who would bring something different to a classroom.

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