Skillscast

Not sure how to give the right feedback, in the right way, at the right time? Are you worried about how it might impact your relationship with who you give feedback to? Check out this short to get you started on improving your feedback practices.

Want to improve your focus but not sure how? in this Skillscast Short episode Tom Greenaway shares tips on how to improve your focus, eliminate distractions, and complete your goals. For transcripts of this and other episodes head to warwick.ac.uk/skillscast . TO learn more about the Warwick Award and how to register check out our home page at warwick.ac.uk/warwickaward.

Do you want to start a business? Learn entreneurial skills? Warwick Entreprise can sort you out. Listen to this interview with Chris Wilkinson, Student Innovation Officer to learn how to get started. Learn more about Warwick Enterprise here - Unleash your potential | Warwick Enterprise Learn more about the Warwick Award at Warwick.ac.uk/warwickaward

Where do you start when you want to get work experience? Warwick has a toolkit to help you. Take a listen to Laileng from the IPWE team to learn how to get started with work experience. Check out the toolkit here

Interested in getting real-world work experience at Warwick? In this episode we are Joined by Laura Jackson, Project leader at the TeamWork International Experience Programme and two of her ambassadors, Chris and Anais, to discuss the programme, their experiences, and the skills they developed. Learn more and sign up at TeamWork International Experience Programme

In this Skillscast short Beth Gallet discusses how to prepare, and how to make a good impression on your first day at work. For more information about this you can check out the WorkReady work experience toolkit

The 1 Hour projects connects students who are first in their families to attend university with professionals in a range of industries so they can learn about the skills needed for their potential careers and start to build a professional network. Learn more or register at https://1hourproject.org/ For transcripts to this and all our episodes head to warwick.ac.uk/skillscast

Warwick's Active Bystander Course has supported over 1,000 students to gain confidence in assessing and safely addressing situations relevant to student life to help build a community that embodies our ethics and values. Take a listen to some of the course participants talk about how it has positively impacted their lives and the lives of other students. For transcripts of this episode and other e...

What do you do if you want to learn something new? Where do you start and how do you get better? Check out this short and begin learning something new. For transcripts of this and all our episodes please visit our website here - Skillscast - a podcast about skills development

In this episode Tom Greenaway from the Skills Team is joined by four School of Life Sciences students, Amy, Minelli, Kaavya, and Sarah, who share their experience working on placement years, the skills they developed along the way For transcripts for this and all of our Episodes please visit the Skillscast website ⁠here⁠ . To learn more about the Warwick Award, visit our homepage ⁠here⁠ .

Get paid for a research project with the Undergraduate Research Support Scheme (URSS). The URSS is a great opportunity for you to do research, investigate something you care about, and develop transferable skills. Listen to our interview with Warwick Researcher James Blake, an expert in the URSS and learn how to get started. For more information or to apply please visit the URSS website. For trans...

No idea about what to do after your degree? Not sure if you have the skills or experience yet to do an internship? We had a chat with Alia Alhirsi from Forage, who have a platform for this exact situation. Forage have worked with top employers to provide virtual work experience simulations. Listen to find out more. For Transcripts of this episode and all other Skillscast episodes visit our home pa...

Make connections to build a network for your future. Want to do a LinkedIn Profile, but not sure where to start? In this short we are joined by Parmjit Dhugga who shares his top ten tips for creating and curating the best possible LinkedIn profile. If you have enjoyed this episode please subscribe. If you are looking for a transcript of this episode or want to learn more about the Warwick Award, h...

Let the Weirdness in! What is problem solving, and how can you do it well? In this episode skills developer Zoe Pflaeger Young interviews Rob O'Toole about creativity, problem solving, and AI. If you enjoy this interview, please share it with a friend and consider following the show so you don’t miss any future episodes. You can find The Skillscast on Spotify, Apple, or wherever else you get your...

Active Lives, Healthy Minds. Ever wondered how becoming involved with sports can help raise your transferable skills and make you more attrative to employers? Ever thought about building on your coaching experience while at Warwick? In this episode we are joined by Active Wellness Manager Georgie Pilling and Activator KoKo Taylor-Takahashi to learn about the activator program and the skills and be...

Not sure what to do when you go to a career's fair? Not thought about what questions to ask or who to talk to? Listen to our short with the Careers Manager, David Molyneux, for some tips to help you get the most out of conversations with employers.

Season 2 of the Skillscast is coming soon!

This time we’re covering something that has been mentioned in just about every episode; the Warwick Award.    The Award is Warwick’s skills development programme, and launched fully in September 2022. To help you understand more about the Award and why you might like to register for it yourself, we caught up with Lauren Ketteridge. Lauren is now studying for a PhD, but she also achieved the Gold l...

This time we’re taking another deep dive into one of Warwick’s 12 core skills; professionalism. In this episode, head of the skills team here at Warwick Ali Collins was joined by Giorgia McDonald, who is Warwick Business School’s careers manager for undergraduates. This interview is packed full of excellent advice about professionalism – what it is, how and where you can build it, and how it might...

This time our focus is something that is great not only for skills development, but many, many other things too; volunteering. In this episode, skills developer Tom Greenaway caught up with two people with in-depth experience of Warwick Volunteers, the official Warwick society for volunteering that has an impact across the local community all year round. Later, you’ll hear from Dominik, a recent g...

This time we’re focusing on a key part of learning skills, personal development and, as it happens, the Warwick Award – we’re looking at reflection, with two members of Warwick's skills team; Tom Greenaway is asking the questions of Steven Burke who has extensive interest in and experience of using reflection and reflective practice. He gives you some background to the art of reflecting, tips...

In this episode, we caught up with two former Warwick students who have found success setting up their own businesses – David and Sumit. Both offer great insights into why you might want to consider becoming an entrepreneur and tips on how to achieve success doing so. And don’t forget; here at the University of Warwick we have Warwick Enterprise, who can help you explore your ideas, develop your s...

This time we’re taking another closer look at one of Warwick’s 12 core skills – specifically, sustainability. In this episode, skills developer Steven Burke caught up Laura Allison, a qualified dentist who swapped canines for carbon literacy – sorry, couldn’t resist – and pursued her passion for sustainability, becoming a sustainability co-ordinator here at Warwick in 2023. Laura has plenty to off...

In this episode you’ll get to hear from some of my immediate colleagues in the skills team about something we’ve not yet covered here – what it takes to actually learn a skill. In this episode, two of Warwick's skills developers got together to talk skills – Steven Burke asked the questions and Tom Greenaway offered his insights and expertise. There’s lots to cover here, including defining ski...

In this episode, we’re going to hear from four students who were part of Thrive’s pilot programme who will tell you more about the skills they’ve developed both on the programme and alongside it. If you’d like to find out more about Thrive yourself, visit warwick.ac.uk/thrive . If you enjoyed this interview, please share it with a friend and consider following the show so you don’t miss any future...