We provide support to assist students with their careers in development. For undergraduate students we provide the first year key skills unit and throughout their three years development practice seminars and workshops. Our undergraduates find that our Overseas Study Unit and Development Work Experience units help build their early careers. For all postgraduate students we provide workshops and seminars to support employability and development practice skills. We also provide in-depth CV writing workshops specifically designed to reveal how best to cast different types of CVs.
| "I wanted to write to tell you how useful I found the financial planning workshops. You managed to make financial planning come alive for us and highlighted its application in our future careers in development. It was a very useful workshop that I won't forgot and I commend DEV for organising it for us all. The Development in Practice module is going very well. Learning practical skills which we can apply means we will hit the ground running after university." | ||
| William Barsley, current 3rd year Undergraduate student. |
Working in Development Forum 2012
DEV hosted its fourth annual ‘Working in Development’ (WID) Forum on the afternoon of 8 February 2012 for undergraduate and postgraduate students of international development.
A number of themed sessions delivered by guest speakers from a variety of organisations and sectors generated informal and interactive discussions between students and people working in development. Over 200 students attended the event sessions, which included discussions on working for international NGOs, working in the private sector/consultancy, social entrepreneurship, fundraising and campaigning, and working in the field of media and development.
Guest speakers at the forums include representatives from development and humanitarian NGOs, government agencies, private sector institutions and local voluntary organisations:
- Action Against Hunger UK
- Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA)
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
- East of England Energy Group (EEEgr)
- EveryChild
- GFA Consulting Group
- Great Yarmouth Borough Council
- New Media Networks
- Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
- Oxford Policy Management (OPM) consultancy
- RedR
- Save the Children
- Social Development Direct (SDD) consultancy
- Social Effect
- The Funding Network
- Voluntary Norfolk
Video clips
Guest speakers from previous WID Forums talk about their professional experience and the skills required for working in a particular development-related sector:
| Tom Gillhespy, Peace Direct |
Eldred Willey, Christian Aid |
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| Toby Gould, REDR | Josh Davis, Raleigh |
Feedback
"Useful advice about skills and requirements to find work in this very competitive sector" (1st year undergraduate)
"Great to meet people actually working in these departments, eg. Government, NGOs and how they got there." (2nd year undergraduate)
"It was encouraging and realistic." (postgraduate)
"Inspring and informative, I feel like I know what to focus on now." (1st year undergraduate)
"Presenters were relevant in their content, good communication skills." (3rd year undergraduate)
