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How can Careers Services help students maximise international opportunities? Katy Gordon

How can Careers Services help students maximise international opportunities? Katy Gordon Careers Service & Employability Manager, Strathclyde University and representative for AGCAS Scotland. The internationalisation challenge.

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How can Careers Services help students maximise international opportunities? Katy Gordon

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  1. How can Careers Services help students maximise international opportunities? Katy Gordon Careers Service & Employability Manager, Strathclyde University and representative for AGCAS Scotland

  2. The internationalisation challenge • Support for international students – CS role in income generation • Engagement with alumni • Support for home students to study / work abroad • Motivate to try • Find relevant opps • Prepare to apply • Maximise time abroad • Encourage reflection and articulation on return

  3. Types of opportunity • Formal programmes (ERASMUS, IAESTE, Fulbright, Saltire) • Study abroad v work experience • Career related or general (BUNAC etc) • Short or long term • Volunteering v paid work

  4. Range of activity across Scotland • Most universities – Going Global, International C Ad • Some universities – Skills Award • Examples of innovation: • Dundee Uni CS - International Internship • Napier Uni CS – Graduate Employability Project

  5. The value of international experience Your skills and experience are only as good as your ability to articulate them

  6. And finally “Most people spend more time planning their holidays than planning their career” www.windmillsprogramme.com www.strath.ac.uk/careers

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