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UCML is working with the British Academy and ThirdYearAbroad.com on a project to demonstrate the value of the year abroad to UK graduates. We are seeking to gather short reports from recent graduates – whether language specialists or not – on the importance that the year abroad has had for them.
The British Academy will use edited extracts covering different destinations, placement types and career paths for a Position Paper, and for a high-profile launch event at the British Academy in March 2012, involving international participants and UK opinion-formers from Government and business. UCML will make all appropriate submissions available on ThirdYearAbroad.com, an online resource in support of the year abroad, with access via the UCML Facebook page as well as the UCML website.
We are looking for:
- Brief written accounts, in English, up to 500 words
- Videos and audio podcasts, up to 2 minutes in length.
We need student accounts to cover:
- First name, degree title, university and year of graduation
- A thumbnail sketch of my year abroad – where, type of placement, duration
- What I got out of it
- Job on graduation and subsequent career path
- Further use of skills gained during the year abroad
- How the year abroad has enhanced my subsequent life (not just employment)
The deadline is the 9th December to fill in the online survey on www.thirdyearabroad.com/graduates, in order to meet the British Academy’s deadline of 23rd December.
All featured entries will be covered by a non-commercial, non-modification Creative Commons licence, allowing departments to repost/re-use videos and texts. Inappropriate language or content will invalidate an entry.
Written reports should be submitted online via www.thirdyearabroad.com/graduates, and audio reports can be sent, as email attachments, directly or via your department to graduates@thirdyearabroad.com. Links to videos hosted on YouTube or Vimeo, along with the required information about the graduate, can also be sent to this email address.
