At Westminster, we’re passionate about ensuring our students gain the necessary skills and experience to graduate work-ready and start an exciting career in their chosen path. This includes our Humanities courses; whether you’re studying English and Creative Writing, History or Languages, you can benefit from our Employing Humanities programme to build your CV whilst you study.
Employing Humanities is a tailored scheme to develop career readiness and draw attention to the wide applicability of humanities skills in professional life. Not only are these subjects enjoyable to study, but they will equip you with a wide-range of transferable skills for a thriving career path.
The programme is made up of a number of opportunities where you can put your knowledge and skills into practice and network with potential employers.
Humanities Hackathon
Nothing to do with hacking and everything to do with hackers’ brainpower, the hackathon is an exciting opportunity for all students on our Humanities courses. This day-long event could be seen as a combination of The Apprentice and Dragons’ Den, where you’ll test your ability to apply your subject-specific skills to real-world challenges and compete to win exciting prizes.
Guests from a wide array of employers (past events have included Meta, Channel 4, BBC News, LVM, Hallmark, Mind, Penguin and WaterAid) provide students taking part in the Hackathon with real problems their business is looking to solve, and you’ll work in a team to pitch a solution to them, with the best pitches of the day winning awards.
A student who took part in the 2023 Humanities Hackathon said it had made them better prepared for the world of work “because I wasn’t aware of the variety of options that were available to me as an English graduate”. Other participants valued being given time to talk to employers, and hearing how they got their roles, particularly as several of the employer guests were from Humanities backgrounds themselves.
Careers Events
For students in their final year or those studying a postgraduate course, we host the Careers Conference and Careers and Connect events. These provide the opportunity to network with and gain valuable insights from a range of industries and employers including the civil service, local government, publishing houses, forensic linguistics, teaching, human resources and more.
Not only do these events help build your small-talk and networking skills, but they also provide valuable insights on graduate schemes that Humanities students are eligible and/or targeted for, insights into entry tests for the civil service, practical advice on psychometric testing and the opportunity to get a professional LinkedIn profile picture, amongst other things.
Mentoring
As part of the Employing Humanities scheme, which embedded in the curriculum at every level of study through our Academic Tutorial provision, there are opportunities to take part in timetabled group mentoring sessions with working professionals, several of whom are Westminster Humanities alumni themselves.
Other opportunities and resources
The Employing Humanities programme also offers a range of other opportunities for support and resources, including a private LinkedIn site where you can connect with fellow Humanities students and alumni to share success stories, employment opportunities and events, and simply to stay in touch after graduation.
As one of the most diverse universities in the UK, we are a global university with London energy, with more than 19,000 students from 169 countries. To find out more about our courses, visit the University of Westminster website.
Latest posts by Emily Baker (see all)
- Why do we need new and diverse approaches to police education? - August 9, 2024
- Inside Westminster’s ‘Pint of Science’ event - July 31, 2024
- WPHN Congress 2024 alumni expectations - June 10, 2024