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In this session Karen is joined by Rob Humphreys, Director of The Open University in Wales, and Darren Jones, GO-Wales Employability coordinator. They will be discussing a number of exciting projec...ts and schemes available to our students in Wales. These include the GO-Wales Achieve through Work Experience programme, a country-wide scheme that helps eligible students to gain valuable work experience and develop their employability skills, and Pre-entry Careers Advice, a new enhanced careers support guidance service offering one-to-one support for all new students in Wales. Darren will also discuss the Youth Enterprise and Entrepreneurship project, a scheme offering OU students aged between 18 and 30 the opportunity to receive support and guidance on how to develop their ideas into the next generation of start-up businesses.
In this session Karen is joined by Rob Humphreys, Director of The Open University in Wales, and Darren Jones, GO-Wales Employability coordinator. They will be discussing a number of exciting projec...ts and schemes available to our students in Wales. These include the GO-Wales Achieve through Work Experience programme, a country-wide scheme that helps eligible students to gain valuable work experience and develop their employability skills, and Pre-entry Careers Advice, a new enhanced careers support guidance service offering one-to-one support for all new students in Wales. Darren will also discuss the Youth Enterprise and Entrepreneurship project, a scheme offering OU students aged between 18 and 30 the opportunity to receive support and guidance on how to develop their ideas into the next generation of start-up businesses.
| Series: | Freshers Event; Series January-February 2017 |
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| Episode | Day 1 Part 5 |
| Recording date: | 31-01-2017 |
| Published: | 2017 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all Digital Archive web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:25:24 |
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| Presenter: | Karen Foley |
| Contributors: | Darren Jones; Rob Humphreys |
| Publisher: | The Open University |
| Link to related site: | Internal url: http://studenthublive.open.ac.uk/abstract/supporting-students-wales-careers-and-employability-0?event=%28re%29Freshers%20Event%20-%20January-February%202017 |
| Production number: | SHL00115 |
| Available to public: | yes |
