Bristol PLuS Award Engineering - Requirements

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'Bristol PLuS Award - Engineering' is the standard Bristol PLuS Award but with a slant towards engineering activities.

There are four elements of the Bristol PLuS Award - Engineering:

1.   50 hours Work/Life Experience - at least 25 out of the 50 hours experience must be in an engineering-related role or environment

2.   A minimum of 4 workshops (to include 1 related to interview skills and 1 related to job-market awareness)

3.   An Intensive Skills Activity - engineering related

4.   300 word Report

Please read on for full details.

1. EXPERIENCE - WORK & LIFE

50 hours of work/life experience are needed to complete the award. This can seem a lot to start with, but most students find that things they are already doing can be counted. The 50 hours can also be spread over your entire time studying at Bristol, and can be formed from a number of different activities. Work/Life Experience can be: Voluntary work. e.g. UBU Volunteering http://www.ubu.org.uk/activities/volunteering/ Full time employment/part time job Internships/placements In the UK or abroad Coaching Caring responsibilities To achieve the Bristol PLuS Award- Engineering, at least 25 out of the 50 hours experience must be in an engineering role or environment. Some examples would be: Internships or placements in an engineering environment Engineering research project (not credited towards your degree) Engineering outreach work in schools Volunteering with Open and Admissions Days in the Faculty Mentoring students from lower years You can take part in a very wide range of activity and build up the hours slowly over time, or go for a more intensive, short-term commitment that fits in around your studying. Experience cannot be something you are required to do as part of your studies, e.g. a year placement in industry/overseas. You will need to provide the contact details of a referee who can confirm what you have done. They will be contacted once you have submitted your evidence for the award.

2. WORKSHOPS

You need to attend a minimum of 4 workshops. At least one workshop must be on interview skills. Please find examples of interview skills workshops below. To view the full list of eligible workshops, please register/log in. UG of the Year 2010 Preparation and Presentation Day - Laing O Rourke A Rough Guide to Interviews - Teach First Applications & Interviews PwC Skills Session- UoB Bristol Investment Society Applying to Postgraduate Medicine - Careers Service Assessment Centre Workshop - Employer led Assessment Centre Workshop - Careers Service Assessment Days PwC Skills Session- UoB Bristol Investment Society BME Event Interview workshop - Bristol City Council Biotechnology YES Departmental Career Planning & Interview Session (pre agreed by the Careers Service) Effective Communication Skills-Skillstudio Employability through Sport - Centre for Sport, Excercise & Health Essential Interview Skills-Skillstudio FLUX 500 2010 How to Impress at Interview - Bond Pearce ITs not just for the boys - application and interview process - TARGETevents Innocence Project Interview Workshop - Careers Service Insight into Management Interview Skills Session - Careers Service Intensive Interview Skills Day - Careers Service International Students Interview Skills Workshop - Careers Service Interview Skills Workshop - Careers Service/employer run Interview Skills and CV Session - TUBES Interview Skills for PGRs - Careers Service Interview Workshop-Geography-3rd years Interview workshop - Archaeology and Anthropology - 3rd years Interview workshop - Biochemistry Yr In Industry Interview workshop - Biological Science - 2nd years Interview workshop - Chemistry Yr In Industry - 2nd years Interview workshop - Computer Science - 2nd years Interview workshop - Earth Sciences - 2nd years Interview workshop - Electronic Engineering - mixed years Interview workshop - Mechanical Engineering - 4th years Interviews and How To Survive Them (PGT) - Careers Service LPC Client Interviewing Skills Workshop - College of Law Making A Success Of Interviews And Assessment Centres - PWC Negotiation Skills/Second Stage Selection - Bristol PluS Award Employability Skills Day Oxbridge Applications Interview Preparation Day PLuS Award Intensive Skills Activity Course - Careers Service Practice Interview - Royal Navy ACLO Practice Interview (Research Postgraduate Students) - Careers Service Practice Interview - Physics Practice Interviews (2 hr) - Careers Service/employer run Pregraduation Skills Unit presentation skills session- SPAIS Preparing for Interviews - Careers Service Presentation Skills - Leadership in Technology for women - Barclays Presentation Skills Workshop (any) - Careers Service Presentation Skills Workshop - employer led Presentation Skills- Students Union Presentation Skills-Skillstudio Professional Skills Development Session - SPAIS PwC Insight Day- Employer run Quickfix: Assessment Centres (30 mins) - Careers Service Quickfix: Interview Techniques (30 mins) - Careers Service Sell Your Year Abroad - Careers Service Selling the BPA at interviews & on application forms - Careers Service/Employer run Strength-based Interviewing - Careers Service/employer run Success in Media Interviews - Penguin At least one workshop must be on job-market awareness Please find examples of job-market awareness workshops below.To view the full list of eligible workshops, please register/log in. Do it like a Pro series - Research & Enterprise Development A Career At the Bar - Careers Service After Your PhD - Careers Service Alumni Panel Event- Geography Ask The Employer: Insider Panel - Careers Service Autumn Careers Fair- Careers Service BUNAC presentation - Careers Service Biochemistry Industrial Placements CVs & Applications CV Clinic - Careers Service CVs, Covering Letters And Applications - Careers Service CVs, Covering Letters and Applications-Geography-3rd years Career Planning Workshop - NHS via School of Medicine Career as an International Public Lawyer - UBLC Careers Event for Modern Language Students- Careers Service Careers In Advertising, Marketing And PR - Careers Service Careers In the SouthWest (PGRs) - Careers Service Careers Not in Business - Careers Service Careers at the Bar - Careers Service Careers in Bristol - Careers Service Careers in Charities & Development Careers in Charities - Careers Service Careers in Development - Careers Service Careers in Healthcare - Careers Service Careers in Human Rights - UBLC Careers in Journalism - Careers Service Careers in Law for Non-Law Students - Careers Service Careers in Psychology - PsychSoc Careers in Research and Academia - Careers Service Careers in Science - Careers Service Careers in Science Panel - Careers Service Careers in Social Care - Careers Service Careers in Sport and Fitness - Careers Service Careers in Teaching - Careers Service Careers in the Environment - Careers Service Careers in the Public Sector - Careers Service Coach yourself to Employability - Careers Service Commercial Awareness Event - Careers Service Company Formation - Basecamp Completing your PhD - Careers Service Cultural Awareness for the UK Job Market - Careers Service Dentistry Careers Talk - Bristol Dental School Departmental Career Planning Talk (pre agreed by the Careers Service) Developing your Careers Strategy - Historical Studies Do it like a Pro series: Social Media Marketing Employer Presentation Employer Presentation-KPMG Employer Training - pre agreed by Careers Service Engineering and IT Fair - Careers Service Environmental Careers- Careers Service Ethical Careers Fair - Careers Service Finance for Start-Ups - Basecamp Finding Last Minute Work Experience- Careers Service Finding Work In The UK For International Students - Careers Service Finding Your Way to Academic Success - Arts & Social Sciences Get Ahead of the Game- KPMG Getting into International Development - IDL Group Global Career Opportunities - Bristol PLuS Award Employability Skills Day Global Career Opportunities - Careers Service Graduate Diploma in Law Taster Session - College of Law How To Research Law Employers And Occupations - Careers Service How to Get an Internship - Careers Service How to Research Employers - Careers Service How to increase/develop employability whilst at University - Careers Service/Employer run IAESTE talk - Careers Service ITs not just for the boys - TARGETevents Industrial Seminar - Electrical/Electronic Engineering Insider Employer Panels - Careers Service Insight into Management Skills Session - Careers Service Insight into Managment Case Study - Careers Service Insight into Media Case Study - Careers Service Internships Uncovered - Careers Service Introduction to the Financial Market- UoB Bristol Investment Society Investment Bank and Management Consultancy Evening - Careers Service Investment Bank and Management Consultancy Panel Event - Careers Service JET programme talk - Careers Service Job Applications Workshop For International Students - Careers Service Job Hunting in a Recession - Careers Service Job Market Awareness event - GO WALES Job Seeking After Graduation - Careers Service Job Seeking Overseas (International Students) - Careers Service Law Clinic Training Law Fair Leadership in Technology for women - Barclays Lunchtime Careers Sessions for Researchers - Careers Service Make the most of your work experience - Careers Service Marketing, Advertising and PR Evening - Careers Service Marrow Counsellor Training Session Networking Event - Bristol PLuS Award Employability Skills Day Networking and Creative Jobhunting - Careers Service Non-legal Careers for Law Students - Careers Service PGR Lunchtime Careers Session - Careers Service PLuS Award Intensive Skills Activity Course - Careers Service Physics Careers Evening - Careers Service Pregraduation Skills Unit session- SPAIS Preparing for the Careers Fair-Careers Service Professional Skills Development Session - SPAIS Quickfix: Application Forms (30 minutes)-Careers Service Quickfix: Applications For Postgraduate Study (30 mins)- Careers Service Quickfix: Applying For A PhD (30 mins) - Careers Service Quickfix: Applying For Further Study In Science Quickfix: CVs and Applications Quickfix: CVs and Covering Letters (30 mins)- Careers Service Quickfix: Commerical Awareness (30 mins) - Careers Service Quickfix: Finding Internships Quickfix: Finding Part-Time Work - Careers Service Quickfix: Get the edge with the Bristol PLuS Award Quickfix: Jobhunting In A Competitive Market (30 mins)-Careers Service Quickfix: Networking - Autumn Careers Fair event Quickfix: The speculative approach - top tips for scientists - Careers Service Sharpen your professional skills - Careers Service Sharpening Your Skills Through Student Enterprise - Bristol PLuS Award Employability Skills Day Shell Step Scheme talk - Careers Service Social Neworking - Careers Service Starting Your Own Business - Careers Service Studying in the USA - Fulbright Commission Summer Careers Fair Taking a Year Out After Graduation - Careers Service The Art of Networking - Barclays Capital The Financial Crisis-UoB Investment Society The Inside Track (Formula 1) - Faculty of Engineering The Inside Track (Oil Industry) - Faculty of Engineering The Inside Track (Renewable Energy) - Faculty of Engineering The Inside Track (Starting Out As An Entrepreneur) - Faculty of Engineering Understanding and Evaluating the Market - Basecamp UoB Sport Captain Leadership Training - Centre for Sports Exercise & Health Using Legal Skills in Business - A Commercial Career - Careers Service What Makes a Good Business - Basecamp What Recruiters Look For (PGRs) - Careers Service What next after your Masters- SPAIS Women in Business Panel Event - Careers Service Work Experience in the Media - Careers Service Working In The UK After Your Studies: Employment visa routes explained - Careers Service Working Towards An Academic Career - Careers Service Working for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises - Careers Service Year in Industry talk - Careers Service Youth 2 Business event - AIESEC The remaining two workshops can be any other employability related workshops that you have attended. Please note that workshops must be at least 30 minutes long and must not be credit-bearing (i.e. part of your degree). You can check to see what the University offers at the following weblinks: http://www.bris.ac.uk/careers/events/ http://www.bris.ac.uk/studentskills/ http://www.bristol.ac.uk/sport/development/ccv/volunteering/ http://www.ubu.org.uk/societies/skills-training Haven't attended any events on the drop down lists? Maybe you've attended some events but need to add some more to your list? Follow this link to see a list of all Bristol PLuS Award accredited events that are coming up at the Careers Service. http://www.bris.ac.uk/careers/events/plusaward.asp

3. INTENSIVE SKILLS ACTIVITY
During an intensive skills activity you will have: have been involved in an engineering-related activity gained employability-related skills e.g. teamwork, communication. participated in an interactive manner (i.e. not all passive listening) participated for a minimum of 7 hours reviewed the skills you have gained from the activity/event e.g. report, review meeting, presentation. Your intensive skills activity must be engineering related, for example: Getting Ahead of the Game Employability Day, Engineering Faculty - Careers Service Engineering Leadership Advanced Award Scheme - Royal Academy of Engineering Engineering Leadership Standard Award Scheme - Royal Academy of Engineering Teamwork Challenge Day - Institute of Civil Engineers UoB Engineering Related Society President UoB Engineering Related Society Treasurer UoB Engineering Related Society Committee Member (pre-agreed via Careers Service) Please note: Your 'intensive skills activity' cannot be the same as your 'work/life experience'. You will not be able to use the same activity for the Outstanding Award. If you have done something that might count as an intensive skills activity please email us at careers-plusaward@bristol.ac.uk and explain how it has allowed you to meet the criteria of the intensive skills activity.

4. REPORT

300 words We ask you to look back on and review the experiences you are giving as evidence for your Bristol PLuS Award and what you feel you have learnt from them. Reflection is a transferable skill required by employers and you will undoubtedly have to reflect on your experiences when applying for internships and graduate jobs. It is also encouraged through appraisal schemes and through professional development courses. View an example.

IMPORTANT
All work experience, workshops and events must have been carried out whilst you were a registered University of Bristol student.