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Getting your graduate role

We offer a mix of in person and online workshops to give our scholars skills and confidence when they’re looking for graduate roles.Paper with job application written on it

These can include:

  • CV building with qualified employment and coaching professionals
  • Public speaking workshops
  • Ways to highlight your strengths and showcase your abilities.

For information about all training and courses, contact Roxanne Foster


Building your confidence with experience and tasters

There’s no substitute for trying roles out. Thanks to supporters, we can also offer a range of:

  • Taster days in offices
  • Work experience placements
  • Paid internships with organisations specific to your studies. Our scholars have, for example, worked in and for media organisations, with police and crime commissions, with charities and with sports companies.

Talk to us about what kind of experience you’re looking for to enhance your CV and your personal growth.  Contact Roxanne Foster.


Broadening horizons

The Trust also offers travelling scholarships to scholars, thanks to our generous supporters.

Read about what these have meant to scholars who took up the opportunity.

  • Two scholars Tim and Darren who took part in a creative writing experiences in Italy
  • Scholar Victoria who visited Uganda.

‘The hardest part is not getting into university or getting the degree. Believe it or not the hardest part is going on, using that degree and living a life. Supporting someone through a degree is great – with mentoring and internships and whatnot. However, the most important part is once that person has a degree helping them to go and use that degree. Others may see it differently, but that’s my opinion.’

A former scholar, now an accountant, who advises us on employability


Molly’s story