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To avoid disappointment please book your place via: www.kent.ac.uk/ces/empfest
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16.00 KS13 Personal development through volunteering
Restless Development will look at personal development through
volunteering overseas on our International Citizen Service (ICS)
programme. Our representative, who has completed the
programme, will give a short presentation on ICS followed by a
workshop to explore some ideas around international development. All students
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16.00 KS4 Teaching English abroad
Teachers from the Centre for English and World Languages will
talk about teaching English abroad, CELTA and other English
teaching qualifications. The talk will cover career opportunities and
transferable skills. There will be a Q&A at the end. Of
particular
interest to
final year
Hums/Soc
Sciences
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16.00 KS12 Do I need my own website? How should I use social media
professionally in the Arts?
To blog or not to blog? What are the advantages and pitfalls of
having your own website? What’s the difference between Twitter
and Facebook? What does a great Linkedin profile look like? And
why is it useful? Suitable
for Arts
students
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16.00 KS17 Being an Entrepreneur
Are you interested in Entrepreneurship or Business? Do you have
ambitions of creating your own enterprise? Come along and hear
how a Kent student was able to do just that, and why you could
be next. All students
#EmpFest17
All students
Destination China: Language, culture and careers
InternChina is an award-winning organisation in the International
Higher Education sector. Providing funded programmes to
universities and government-funded organisations since 2007,
InternChina have placed over 2000 students and recent graduates
from countries all over the world in China.
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Parenthése: How to find your paid internship, placement or
summer job in America and obtain your J-1 visa
Paid internships, placements and summer jobs in the US are not
the Holy Grail. Finding your ideal internship is possible when you
break it down into bite size portions.
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