Resources for Current Undergraduates

The Lancaster University Confucius Institute offer Mandarin Chinese Language Classes for staff and students. See the website for details - http://www.lancs.ac.uk/confuciusinstitute/

Careers

CEEC (Centre for Employability, Enterprise and Careers) provide information, advice and guidance on going into work, placement, further study and developing your skills.

Latest Careers news from CEEC (updated weekly during term time)

Unite with Business programme The Unite with Business programme can provide you with PAID opportunities to work in a business on a meaningful project relevant to your studies. These short-term opportunities last for 20 days and provide a real insight into the work-pIace.

Employability: The Lancaster Award aims to encourage you to complete activities, help you to pull them together in one place and then be recognised for your accomplishments. We want you to stand out from the crowd - the Lancaster Award will help you to do this.

Presentations:

Presentation by Elaine Davies (final-year students) (2009)

Presentation by Francis Katamba (final-year students) (2009)

Presentation by Chris Wade (2010)

Wider perspectives and more options for English Language and Linguistics students - LLAS Careers booklet (2010)

Work Experience

Getting some work experience will greatly improve your chances of getting a job. Visit the CEEC work experience page for more information.

Unite with business in a new EU funded work placement scheme which places you in a business in the Northwest (Cumbria, Lancashire, Cheshire and Greater Manchester). You will have a real challenging role to perform. You won't be the put upon office junior expected to spend your time making tea and fetching sandwiches for the staff. To find out more, write to Unite@lancaster.ac.uk

Student Portal

A new student portal will be available from the start of the Michaelmas term 2012. This will provide access to content from a variety of sources relevant to the student and the stage of their academic studies including:

Academic Timetable
Email and Calendar (from Live@edu / Exchange)
Notifications - upcoming assessment due dates
Access to VLE Module Spaces
Library information: books on loan/requested, access to OneSearch

Guide to opening Microsoft Office 2007 documents on systems not running Office 2007

Personal Development Planning (MyPlace)

My Place is your private and social web space to record and share reflections on your learning, explore your goals and aspirations, think about future careers, and support your personal development. http://myplace.lancs.ac.uk.