University of Lincoln

Welcome to this week's Virtual Classroom Schedule for sharing with your students.  This week's edition includes details on our online, bespoke Year 12 Parent Evening. We are also devising an exclusive event for Year 13 and Parents. Check out our Virtual Classroom for short, live and interactive talks as well as loads more support and information on preparing for next year as well as considering and preparing for University. Also catch up with all the latest videos. Why not become a Virtual Classroom member for exclusive access? Click the link below!

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Thursday 2 July - 'Preparing for Year 13' Join Curtis for information and guidance on taking the next step of your journey - moving in to your final year of your course. Get top tips on preparing and surviving this important year. Curtis will be live on our Virtual Classroom  Post your questions to Facebook here.

Year 12 Parent Evening +                    When: July 8 Time: 6pm - 7.30pm We understand there can be many things to consider when it comes to University so we have devised a bespoke, virtual evening for you and your parents to provide you with an insight into a range of essential topics, from how the UCAS application works, to the process of transitioning to higher education, and a glimpse into student life at Lincoln. You can find out more and book your place here   Talk to our students You can now chat with current students. Ideal for both applicants and prospective students, you can simply log on to a course page of choice and click 'chat with our students' to start. Using their experience they can answer questions on accommodation, student and city life and much more. They look forward to chatting with you!

This Week - Psychology: Our 'Lincoln Live' guest talks continue Wednesday at 2pm, when we will hear from University of Lincoln, Associate Professor Fenja Ziegler, from the School of Psychology. Fenja's talk will cover: What makes people tick? Unconscious influences on decision-making. Fenja will share insights into behaviours such as why we cancel plans we made and why we find it easy to spend hours mastering a new video game despite sometimes feeling like sitting down to study is an impossible task. Post your questions in the comments section of the live stream or send them in advance to the Virtual Classroom. You can also watch the talk live here. Reminder - Complete the Quiz Today! Do you know your memes from your microbiology? Beat boredom during lockdown and take part in our Lincoln Quiz every Monday at 3pm - hosted on this page and available for 24 hours. You could win a £20 Amazon e-voucher if you are the first player to answer all questions correctly in the quickest time!  Take the Quiz Speak to us live on Thursday 25 June: Suitable for prospective students and current applicants, join us on between 2pm and 4pm for our Lincoln Link-Up where we will have on hand a team of advisers covering admissions, accommodation, general enquiries and more. You can access the Link Up using the link below. Find out more & Join Order Your 2021 Prospectus Today! We understand that lots of information is online, but sometimes it is nice to have a physical book to browse, so order one of our prospectuses today and we will post it to you. You can also download a PDF copy if you wish. Got further questions? Email us on enquiries@lincoln.ac.uk or join us at one of our Live Link-Ups. Order Your 2021 Prospectus

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Schedule for this week

Date	Time	Type of session	Platform	Link to join session (this link can be shared with others)
29/06/2020	13:00 - 14:00	Problem-solving workshop	Zoom	https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88196307279
30/06/2020	10:30 - 11:30	Interview skills	Zoom	https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83093034449
01/07/2020	11:30 - 12:30	Insights from Industry Session	Zoom	https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84255396924
02/07/2020	11:30 - 12:30	Presentation Skills workshop	Zoom	https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87815325015
02/07/2020	14:00 - 15:00	Teamwork skills	Zoom	https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86221247931
03/07/2020	11:30 - 12:30	Insights from Industry Session	Zoom	https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85081811529

Aveva Corporate Communications Apprentice

Corporate Communications Apprentice

Location : Cambridge, United Kingdom

Contract Type : Full Time Permanent

About our Opportunity :
Corporate Communications Apprentice - Cambridge

Primary Responsibilities
• Maintain and build upon the highly successful Action for Good initiative.
• Support company meetings and events.
• Maintain the AVEVA Action for Good Intranet page.
• Help organise team meetings and events.
• Stakeholder management and engagement.
• Budgeting and cost control including oversight of funding and budgeting.
• Scheduling, monitoring and metrics.
• Support for research activities to support communication activities.
• Administrational support.

Knowledge & Experience Required

• Minimum of 5 GCSEs graded 4 or above, or equivalent

Personal Skills Required

• A passionate team player
• Communications skills and sociable outlook
• Creative and innovative
• Curious and willing to learn
• Passionate and wanting to make a difference

Applicants are encouraged to include a cover letter giving context to their application.

CLICK HERE for further information and to apply 

Oxford Brookes University

Open Day Our Open Day launches on Saturday with over 70 webinars are available to your students. Student Ambassadors, academic staff, alumni, and many more are looking forward to sharing their experience of living and learning at Oxford Brookes. Please encourage your students to register now for their sessions: https://www.brookes.ac.uk/open-days/27-06-2020/undergraduate-virtual-open-day/ Student Life Some of our Student Ambassadors have shared their experiences of learning at university under lockdown, study tips when studying at home, and about their experiences at Oxford Brookes more generally. We hope your students find them interesting and reassuring. ​In response to the latest Government and Public Health England advice during the COVID-19 pandemic​, ​many opportunities for students thinking about their next steps are available online. Virtual Open Days, such as ours, still provide a brilliant chance for students to discover what it’s like to live and study at university​. UCAS ​are working with BBC Bitesize to promote the latest information which can be found here. And all Universities have produced information for applicants which continue to be updated which we hope will help students make informed decisions about their next steps. For students enrolling this academic year, please do pass on details of this exciting sounding webinar run by Study Higher, looking at essential skills for life at University. They also have places available on their mentoring scheme if you have any students who might be interested. We are able to provide some remote delivery of our usual application support, such as personal statement workshops. Please let us know how we can support your learners between now and the end of term. As always, please let us know if there is anything that we can help with. Kind regards, School and Colleges Outreach Team Oxford Brookes University For a chance to win a £10 Amazon voucher in our prize draw, please fill in this 2 minute survey to tell us what you think of the resources. We'd really appreciate any feedback you can give so we can keep on improving our resources and help more teachers, parents and students.

Pathway CTM Pre-Employment Programme

Missed a webinar this week? We have made it even easier to view all our recorded webinars and workshops, just click on the link below for some great weekend viewing! Pathway CTM Digital Pre-Employment Programme Read on to see what we have lined up from Monday 29th June. We're running a Q&A style session with the Istitute of Chartered Accountants on Monday 29th June at 2pm. The webinar will be featuring apprentice volunteers who have completed the qualifications on offer. You'll have the opportunity to ask them questions and discuss any relevant topics. Click here to secure your place. Do you want to put your skills to action? JLL, a leading real estate company are running an interactive session with us on Tuesday 30th June at 2pm. This is a great opportunity for you to utilise your skills and work with others. You'll also hear some top tips from JLL! Click here to secure your place   On Wednesday 1st July at 2pm we are running a webinar with Bayer Pharmaceuticals, who are a pharmaceuticals company committed to the principles of sustainable development, whose products aim to improve people's quality of life. The webinar will feature apprentices from Bayer Pharmaceuticals' science lab, who will talk about their experiences and answer your questions. An exciting opportunity to join one of their experience days will also be introduced. Click here to secure your place. Are you interested in technology? Do you want to build a career in this field? On Thursday 2nd July at 2pm, CGI, a global information technology consulting company is joining us for an exciting webinar. Join the session to get an insight into CGI as a company, hear some personal stories of young apprentices and to find out the opportunities CGI are offering to school leavers. Click here to secure your place Instagram live with actor Tommy Bastow! Friday 26th June 11.30am Tommy Bastow is a English actor and musician, best known for playing the character Dave the Laugh in 'Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging'. In an excitng career development, he will be starring in a Netflix show being released later this year. Join us on IG live to chat with Tommy about his life and career, and give advice for aspiring actors looking to make their own start in the business. So tune in on Pathway CTM's instagram (@pathwayctm) at 11.30am on Friday - it's sure to be interesting! Follow Pathway CTM on IG here School is nearly over for the year, or it has been for a while if you were meant to be taking your A-levels, and you have a long summer holiday ahead. Sadly many summer plans, such as family holidays or summer jobs, have been put on hold, and you may be finding yourself with more time to spare than you had originally planned. To help, we've collated some activities to keep you busy throughout the summer. Read our blog to find out how to have a great summer! Click here to read the blog! If you want to get in touch, email us at info@pathwayctm.com or call us on 0208 0590 710.