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1. AGCAS welcomes new code of practice

   AGCAS welcomes the recently-launched revised QAA Code of Practice on Career Education, Information, Advice and Guidance (Section 8) and is pleased to have been centrally involved in the revision.

2. Careers in the EU Institutions

   On 16 March 2010, the European Personnel Selection Office will launch a procedure to select graduates to work in the EU Institutions. This selection procedure will comprise the fields of European public administration, law, audit, economics, and information and communication technology. 

3. Bursary for graduates volunteering overseas

   Youth and education charity Raleigh is offering over 300 bursary places between summer 2010 and spring 2011 to graduates from low income families interested in volunteering overseas. The Raleigh Graduate Bursary Award gives recent graduates the opportunity to develop key employability skills through community and environmental work in remote communities.

4. PMI2 delegation to India – a tale of three cities

   In the first week of February 2010, a team of nine careers professionals representing AGCAS and NASES undertook a range of visits in three major cities of India – Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore.

5. Having fun with feeds (Submitted by AGCAS member)

   Les Waters, a member of the AGCAS ICT Advisory Group, has written a short guide to using RSS feeds. Adding Valuable Content by Having Fun with Feeds outlines the possibilities RSS feeds offer for presenting and selecting tailored web content.

6. Employers shortlisted for curriculum work with careers services

   Six employers have been shortlisted for the 2010 AGCAS Award for the Outstanding Contribution to Developing Employability and Skills in the Curriculum. They were all nominated by higher education careers services. The award is one of the prestigious annual TARGETjob awards offered by GTI.

7. Helping medical students with career planning

   Leicester Medical School and the careers team at the East Midlands Healthcare Workforce Deanery ran a series of career sessions for final year medical students in September 2009. Designed as a mandatory requirement, the sessions helped students to explore their career aspirations and consider their wider career management skills and interests.

8. Creative Living - supporting creative graduates

   Creative Living is an interactive employability web tool specifically designed by Creative Careers at the University of the Arts London to support the needs and demands of creative graduates.

9. Guiding students through the online information maze

   Many career services’ websites have a wealth of untapped riches that students don’t always find their way to. So what can we do to help the self-directed user find the resources they need?

10. Promoting talent in Manchester

    Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) has developed a campaign, Talent@MMU, to help support current students and graduates, promote the Careers and Employability Service to new students, and generate new employer contacts in a wide range of professions.

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