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| Wednesday 27 September 2023 |
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| Welcome |
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Welcome to the September edition of Graduate Shout Out, your monthly newsletter, keeping you up to date with all the latest news, opportunities, and events. This month we share with you an Inaugural lecture, the Festival of Postgrad, an alumni success story, graduate jobs and more!
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| Festival of Postgrad – Open Events Autumn 2023 |
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If you are looking to get back into education or expand your skill set, then come along to our Festival of Postgrad and start exploring postgraduate degree options here at Chester.
We’re hosting events between 14 October and 4 November 2023 to give you the opportunity to find out about your prospective area(s) of study, culminating in an on-site Open Event at your chosen study location:
- University Centre Warrington – Saturday 14 October
- Exton Park, Chester – Wednesday 1 November
- University Centre Shrewsbury – Saturday 4 November
As well as chatting to academic staff, at the Open Events you will be able to speak with a range of support areas and find out about our Graduate Loyalty Discount which offers 25% off qualifying postgraduate taught Master’s courses, for qualifying students.
In addition to our in-person Festival of Postgrad events, a variety of subject-specific sessions will also be taking place online from Monday 16 October to Friday 27 October. To find out more about attending a Virtual Talk, please see our Festival of Postgrad online events schedule.
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| Inaugural Lecture |
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Join us on Wednesday October 18 for Professor Jamie Highton’s inaugural lecture:
- Science in team sports: a case study in rugby league
- Anna Sutton Building 017, Exton Park
- The lecture starts at 6.30pm (tea and coffee will be served from 6pm)
- Email events@chester.ac.uk to book.
Leaning on over a decade of research from the Applied Sports Science Research Group at Chester, this lecture will overview the ways in which sports science has (and hasn’t) helped our understanding of elite sporting performance in rugby league, with a particular focus on the physiological demands of the sport.
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| The University of Law - Applications for September 2024 are now open |
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Have you completed your undergraduate degree and are considering a postgraduate course? Thanks to our partnership with The University of Law, you can study Law in Chester and could be on your way to a starting a law course to become a solicitor or barrister this time next year.
Find out more about fees and how to apply.
The next Open Days at The University of Law Chester campus are on Thursday 26 October where the LPC/SQE and Law Conversion courses will be covered by our expert tutors. For anyone that cannot make an in-person event, we do have a virtual option on Thursday 26 October.
Book now
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| Could you energise the next generation of postgraduates to follow in your footsteps? |
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If you have an inspiring career story, then we want to hear from you!
Before you started your postgraduate study, you probably wondered how the qualification would contribute to your career, earnings and happiness. Now you know - so we’re looking for alumni and postgraduates to tell their story about life and career successes since graduation. We want our current and prospective students to feel inspired and excited about their future career opportunities through you.
- Do you have your dream job and want to share your career path so far?
- Have you faced adversity and now have a wonderful career with amazing highlights?
- Did you successfully complete your postgraduate study whilst working full time or being a parent or carer?
If you can answer yes to any of the above, we want to share your story, so get in touch, we’d love to hear from you.
Drop us an email at alumni@chester.ac.uk with a few lines about you.
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| University of Chester Welcome Week |
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This month saw new students arrive at the University of Chester, starting with Welcome Week.
The week was packed full of activities including academic induction days, gym taster days, outdoor crafts, student mixers, a rainbow dash and much more!
We would love to hear from you about the highlights of your welcome week when you started your University of Chester journey.
Share your memories and photos with us at alumni@chester.ac.uk
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| Study UK Alumni Awards |
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The Study UK Alumni Awards are now open!
The awards celebrate inspirational individuals – entrepreneurs, community leaders, business people and artists – making incredible contributions around the world.
Raise your international profile, build your professional networks and business connections, and win a trip to the UK: just some of the benefits of winning a prestigious Alumni Award.
Find out more and how to apply here.
Full eligibility conditions listed here.
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| Graduate Outcomes survey |
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If you completed your course between May 2022 and July 2022 you should have received your Graduate Outcomes survey by email recently.
What’s been the next chapter of your Chester story? Graduate Outcomes is your chance to tell us what you have been doing since leaving the University, whether this is employment, further study, self-employment, setting up your own business, or something totally different. Even if you have come back on a new course, we would still love to hear from you. It’s also an opportunity to say how your course prepared you for what you’re doing now and for your future career plans.
It’s really important we get as many responses as possible. Your response will help the University and your department to evaluate the course you took, for the benefit of current and future students.
If you are unable to be reached by email you will then be contacted by phone. However, it’s much quicker and easier doing it online. You have until the end of November 2023 to complete it.
If you have new contact details to help us with this, please let us know by emailing graduateoutcomes@chester.ac.uk, so we can make sure your graduate voice is heard.
If you haven’t received your Graduate Outcomes survey, let us know via the above email address.
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| Alumni Success Story – Emma Petruzzelli |
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Images of North Wales’ landscapes by a University of Chester graduate have been brought to international attention after being selected for the “world expo” of photography in China.
Inspired by myths and legends, the photographs by Emma Petruzzelli were showcased at the Dali International Photography Exhibition (DIPE) in Yunnan Province.
Emma, 62, from Holywell, North Wales, has recently completed a Bachelor of Arts in Photography at the University, achieving a first, and the images are from her degree show project.
They featured at the tenth DIPE in China as part of a display of work from seven of the best recent Photography graduates in the UK, relating to the DIPE theme of ‘living elsewhere’. Emma’s images were chosen by curator and juror, Andy Golding, who is also an academic working with universities and groups across the world, and a trustee of the Royal Photographic Society.
Emma said: “I was very proud and excited to have been selected and that my degree show images were available to be seen by a wider and new audience.”
Read more here.
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| Graduate Jobs |
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Here are some excellent graduate opportunities from our Careers and Employability service. Follow these links to find out more and to apply:
To look for other graduate vacancies, just search here.
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| Latest news from the University of Chester |
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This month there has been a wide array of news from the University of Chester.
Read about the University rising in rank in the 2024 Guardian University Guide, graduating students receiving awards for their exceptional work and achievements in art and design, shortlisting success for Storyhouse Climate collaboration and much more!
Head over to the website now to read more.
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| Wellbeing tip of the month |
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Coping with uncertainty - Finishing university means some big changes and uncertainty ahead. There are many things in life which are not certain and there are things, which happen to us, that we cannot always control. We often worry and then become very anxious, and this can spoil our enjoyment of the present and affect our sleep. The NHS Every Mind Matters gives some really great, practical things that you can do to help you to deal with change and uncertainty.
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