University of Kent's Employability Points Scheme
The University of Kent’s Employability Points Scheme encourages students to engage with extra-curricular activities and rewards the most engaged students with internships, work experience placements, vouchers and much more.
For each extra-curricular activity completed, students can claim ‘points’ and towards the end of each academic year, these points can be redeemed for ‘rewards’ offered by the external business community. See: www.kent.ac.uk/employabilitypoints
My Employability Points
I have achieved 585 employability points
Teaching Refugees (20 points)
As part of a collaboration between the English Language and Linguistics (ELL) department at the university and the Kent Refugee Action Network (KRAN) I have been spending two hours every Tuesday for the last four academic terms teaching refugees English and computer literacy skills with the help of an Erasmus computer programme for language learning. The goal was initially to improve their skills so that they could attend college, and many of them achieved that, which is inspiring. Through this activity I have learnt more about different life situations and gained experience in teaching English as a Second Language
Treasurer for the Circus Society (25 points)
As Treasurer for the Circus Society, and one of only two committee members, I was responsible for recruiting paying members, creating merchandise for the society, and making sure we had places to practise, as well as making sure that the risk assessment for our socials were completed and up to date.
Prefect for the Hogwarts Society (5 points)
Being voted into the most contested committee position at the Hogwarts society came as an honour. My role as Prefect is to make sure that the Hufflepuff house in the Hogwarts society is having a good time and enjoying themselves, and to convey any problems they might have to the core committee. I also attended committee meetings, ran events and helped organise different activities, making sure everything ran smoothly.
CV Check (10 points)
Last summer I was looking for a summer job, which required a CV. I went to the Employability centre up at the university for help making sure that it was suitable. At the university, I got mostly very positive feedback, as my CV has a fair amount of content in it, but I did end up making some minor changes to formatting. This was quite beneficial, as having someone with knowledge about employability check my CV before employers looked at it, made me feel more confident, and I did in fact get several opportunities to interview as a result of it.
Profile information
Hello! I am a half Swedish, half Spanish student of English Language and Linguistics.
- First name: L.M.S.
- Last name: Bjork-Belmonte
- Display name: Linnéa Björck-Belmonte
- Email address: lmsb2@kent.ac.uk
- Town: Canterbury
- City/region: Kent
- Country: United Kingdom
- Mobile phone: 07756743180
- Occupation: Student
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Teaching Ballet for Kent Dance (10 points)
As part of my commitment to the Kent Dance society, I taught beginners ballet for the first term. These people had never before done any amount of ballet, and most did not even have any dance experience, so I started at the basics, and in the end, they were in Fusion, the annual dance showcase at the end of the first term. I did not teach alone, which meant that I needed to collaborate and work together with the other beginner teacher to come up with a suitable choreography for beginners, that was still at least a little bit challenging. I had never before choreographed anything, so I found it quite difficult, but luckily the collaboration between the other teacher and me meant that we balanced each other out. I have quite a lot of technical knowledge of ballet, which was helpful in getting the students to do the correct steps accurately and safely, and meant that the final dance went very well.
Completion of a language express course, Japanese (30 points)
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Before discovering that I had been allocated a year abroad in Madrid, I applied to do one in Tokyo. To have a solid claim, I studied Japanese for a term. It was hard work, but rewarding, as it helped me gain some more insight into language learning from the perspective of the learner, which is helpful as I intend to continue teaching English as a Foreign language, at least for a while, in the future. It was also interesting from a linguistic point of view, as it applied some of the concepts I had learned in class that do not necessarily apply to English, such as a different word order, and a much more developed use of honourifics.
Audiopi Work Placement
Having received enough points to do a work placement was very exciting, and I ended up doing what I hope to make my actual career, which was a perfect opportunity. Audiopi is a company that specialises in making podcasts for GCSE and A-level students. My job was to edit the scripts for them and make sure that they were written in a clear and consistent style that was appropriate for the target demographic. I was able to work both from home and from the office/home of the company owners, and this freedom led me to understand that I would love that sort of flexibility when I get an actual job. I enjoyed it a lot, and I was even offered the same work placement this year, but unfortunately had to turn it down due to external circumstances.