Careers and Employability Module - Audit
Welcome to Trinity Careers Service's modules for PhD students, offering you practical supports and guidance for career planning and personal development. This module includes a Skills Audit Tool, workshops in two streams (Careers and Skills), a range of engaging in-person and online sessions. Whether you are aspiring to a career in academia or industry, this module is designed to help you with your next steps. By the end of these modules, you'll have honed critical reflection skills in the context of your career, developed your career path, and built connections with your PhD peers across multiple disciplines,
If you’re interested in the Careers and Employability module, but don't want or need the ECTS, you can choose to audit the course without completing any assignments. Auditing means attending the classes and workshops and accessing the online materials to learn without submitting assignments for grading. If you would like to do the module for credit, please see the information about the Careers and Employability Module (5 ECTS). You can indicate your preferred mode of enrolment on the application form.
Why is this module important?
Listen to this podcast with Orla Bannon, Director of Careers, in conversation with Prossie Nambatya, PhD student, School of Law and Dale Whelehan, PhD student, School of Medicine (33:40 mins)
Module Description
The module comprises a Skills Audit Tool with a Guide to completing the Skills Audit and Reflective pdf to help you make the most of the reflection, and a suite of workshops in two streams - Careers and Skills. Students will undertake a mix of face-to-face and recorded online sessions on the following topics:
Careers Stream
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Watch Fiona Hayes, Careers Consultant, introduce the Careers stream (1.14 mins) |
Skills Stream
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Watch Fiona Hayes, Careers Consultant, introduce the Skills stream (1.41 mins) |
Interested in applying?
Applications for this module, starting in January 2024 are open from Tuesday 14th November 2023.
If you have any questions about the application process, you can send an email to postgrad.careers@tcd.ie and we will reply as soon as possible.
Supporting Documents
Information for the 2024 Careers and Employability Module (Audit):
If you have any questions about this module after reading the above material, you can send an email to postgrad.careers@tcd.ie and we will reply as soon as possible.