Skillscast

In this episode, we're joined by Jim Judges, who is an academic technologist here at Warwick and has more than 20 years of experience working in a digital realm. Across our conversation, Jim offers insights into why digital literacy is important, how it might change in the future, and why it’s important for students to think about while they are at university. If you enjoy this interview, plea...

In this episode, our focus is on the URSS and you'll hear the perspectives of four University of Warwick students who completed it in 2023. In case you were wondering, URSS stands for Undergraduate Research Support Scheme, and it enables Warwick undergraduate students to carry out an interdisciplinary summer research project and receive a bursary towards it. As you’ll hear from our guests, the...

How confident are you in selling your skills to potential employers? In this episode, we meet Sam Merrix and Kelly Coles, both senior careers consultants at Warwick and both people who are well worth listening to if you want to give yourself the best chance of standing out to employers and kick-starting your career. In this chat, you’ll hear tips on how to market what skills you have to potential...

Welcome to the first episode of the Skillscast, from the University of Warwick's Skills Team. Our guest this episode is Fay Inverarity, who graduated from Warwick in the summer of 2022 and secured a place on the graduate scheme at Barclays Bank and who did an incredible amount of skills development while studying here. In this chat, Fay shares some great insights about how to develop your skil...

Launching in mid-October; The Skillscast - a brand new podcast from the University of Warwick. The Skillscast is all about how to learn and develop your skills while at University, and how to use them to set you for a fantastic start to life once you graduate. In each episode, you’ll get to hear from a range of different people from across Warwick’s campus about why skills are important, how they...