Salford graduates offered 'gateway' to employment
The University of Salford's Careers and Employability team are offering graduates a lifeline through funding won from the European Social Fund (ESF) and HEFCE. Graduate Gateway is a programme of training and work placements for graduates who have been unable to find a job after leaving university, or who are under-employed.
Salford, as part of a consortium of North West universities, has secured funding from the ESF to develop and run a series of training programmes, with the aim of helping graduates to find employment appropriate to their skills.
The five-day interactive courses will cover a range of key employability skills, including communication, interpersonal working and leadership - and could potentially lead to a work placement.
Funding from HEFCE will compliment the scheme to help other unemployed graduates find paid work experience and allow employers to ‘try out’ a graduate on placement and possibly employ them on a longer term basis.
For more details about the scheme, contact Anna Tayler or visit the Graduate Gateway website.
This article was first submitted to Phoenix (May 2010).
Tags: employability graduate gateway placement work experience
Created on: 04 May 2010
Last updated: 12 May 2010