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The next Student Enhancement Week will run from Monday 24th to Friday 28th March 2025. We are focussing on Digital Enhancement as the theme of the week.

Introduction

Enhancement Week offers an opportunity for you to engage with extra curricular activity to support your personal, academic, and employability skills development.
  
The Enhancement Week Blackboard site, where you can find the timetable and the links to all the online sessions, is now available for you to self-enrol via this link: https://mylearning.cumbria.ac.uk/ultra/courses/_193323_1/outline 
 

Self-Enrol Instructions

1). Go to Blackboard and look out for the Enhancement Week January 2025 announcement

2). Click on the Enhancement Week announcement.

3). Click on Submit at the bottom of the page.

We recommend this  Live Well Learn Well blog post by the Careers Team about how to make the most of Enhancement Week: Recharge, refocus, and get career-ready

  • Enhancement Week Timetable

    For all of the Careers sessions, please visit this website: Join the Session

    For the skills@cumbria webinars, the relevant rooms can be accessed via the links on the timetable in the Enhancement Week Blackboard site.  

     

    Monday 24th March

    Start Activity Description Location
    10am
    CoPiloting CV’s and Applications
    How to use Copilot (AI) to help proofread your CV and job/postgraduate applications
    Online
    2pm
    From Data to Dreams: Using AI to Inspire Small Business Ideas.
    An introduction to the use of AI in small business idea generation to get your started in self-employment 
    Online

    Tuesday 25th March

    Start Activity Description Location
    11am

    From Algorithm to Action: Using AI to Create a Business Plan. 

    Learn how to utilise the power of AI to help structure your business plan and associated start-up documents.

    Online
    3pm
    Digital Career Options
    The job market is constantly changing, there are more digital career options than ever before. 
    Online
    4pm
    Academic Writing 
    Advice on enhancing your academic writing skills.
    Online

    Wednesday 26th March

    Start Activity Description Location
    11am
    Intro to AI - Pros, Cons, and how do I use it?
    Get a brief overview of what AI is, where it’s already in your life, its pros and cons, and how to use it. 
    Online
    11am
    Live Well Learn Well: Managing Academic Stress
    The workshop will help you to identify your worries and fears in relation to university work, assessments and exams, and provide you with some simple anxiety management tools.
    Online
    3pm
    ​Exploring Career Pathways free interactive training courses
    Join this session to explore career options and develop essential skills sought by employers.
     
    Online

    Thursday 27th March

    Start Activity Description Location
    10:00
    CoPiloting CV’s and Applications
    How to use Copilot (AI) to help proofread your CV and job/postgraduate applications.
    Online
    1pm

    Referencing

    A webinar on enhancing referencing skills using Cite them right.

    Online
    3pm

    Digital Career Hacks 

    Unlock your Career and Employability skills with free digital tools provided as part of your student benefits. 

    Online

    Friday 28th March

    Start Activity Description Location
    11am

    How to Ace Video Interviews

    Learn about types of video interviews you might encounter and practical tips on how to prepare. 

    Online
    1pm

    Stop, Verify, Correct.

    How digital and online mis- and dis-information works, and how you can protect yourself and others from it. 

    Online

     

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