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SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR STUDENTS
As a provider of online distance learning for Business studies at BTEC Level 4 and 5 (equivalent of 1st and 2nd year University), UniCourse meets its students at a crucial time in their lives. Students are either on the cusp of entering the working world for the first time or are pursuing that next step in their career. A big milestone in their life.
As much as a university course might prepare you technically for a career in a subject of your choosing, it is often that when a student graduates, they may feel overwhelmed by not only the competition on the labour market, but also by the process involved in gaining meaningful employment.
Whether it is knowing where to look for employment, how to prepare CV writing and interviewing, knowing where best they can apply their skillset based on understanding job specifications, and networking for the right contacts in industry. They could write a course based on this alone.
We acknowledge these issues, as many of our staff members have lived through them, and for us it started with a discussion which led to a partnership.
Recognising that we had a duty of care to our students once they had graduated with us, we partnered with CMI (the chartered management institute) who, not only support our students during their learner journey with an array of management and leadership learning resources, but afterwards grant our alumni foundation chartered management status including the postnominals ‘fCMgr.
CMI’s vast networking platform enables graduates to not only keep their finger on the pulse with the latest hot topics in their field of management, but also puts them in touch with some of the leading thinkers in their respective field. Together with our careers hub available to all alumni, where students can seek advice and guidance on the interview and cv writing process.
In the current economic climate, where good, honest hard working people are trying to make the best of rising costs, and financial uncertainty, we feel it important to send our students out in to the world equipped with the necessary tools to hit the ground running in the business world.