Skills for Success: Celebrating your SU Leadership Journey

About the event

By participating in this workshop, you will:

• Reflect on whether you could add additional skills onto your CV
• Identify any additional skills you want to develop as part of your SU role OR in readiness for applying for jobs, and ways to do it
• Leave with a better idea of the value of the skills you have gained as part of your SU role from the perspective of employers
• Leave with a list of transferrable skills which will help you in your future job search, which you can keep and build upon in future

This short hour-long workshop will enable students who participate in societies and who take up SU sabbatical and committee roles to enjoy some bespoke focus on the skills gained from participating which will help with your future employability. We will spend some time recognising the transferrable skills you have gained already, plus identify skills you would like to develop further to enable your future aspirations, in your SU role and/or future career.

What is the key accessibility information?

All group work in the workshop will be optional. This event should not be crowded or noisy, but there may be crowds or loud noises travelling to the event. The SU, Penryn Campus has step-free access and an accessible toilet inside. If you have any problems at the event, or need to visit your nearest quiet space, please chat to a member of the team.

Who is running the event?

This event is being run by Jen Jehan, Falmouth University and Nicky Hutchinson, The University of Exeter.. Our Meet the Team page includes information about every member of The SU team.

If you need a buddy to support you with arriving at the event, please email The SU on info@thesu.org.uk and we will work out what we can arrange to help. This might be someone meeting you before the event start time or simply talking you through more details of what to expect. We want to help you access our events so let us know what you need.

Where is the event taking place?

The event is taking place at the SU, Penryn Campus. This is in the centre of the campus and is best accessed by taking the steps up from the train station, walking towards the lodge, continuing up past the exchange and stannary. Keeping the stannary on your right, continue walking uphill. The SU is behind the stannary. 

The exact location on What3words is: ///headset.talked.beftitting

Watch our Penryn Campus tour video to help figure out how to navigate your way to the venue.

What should I expect?

At this event it will be in a workshop format to enable small groups to have discussions together. Guided by Falmouth and Exeter university careers staff, you will be encouraged to work in small, friendly and supportive groups. You will be supporting other students to recognise their valuable, transferrable skills as well as endorsing and maybe recognising some more of your own. If you prefer to work independently, this is possible. Please bring a laptop or device to make notes.

There will be two members of staff present to support the event and answer your questions. There may be photography and videography at this event that will be used for SU marketing, please speak to the member of staff if you don’t want your photo taken.

This event is only for students of Falmouth University and the University of Exeter Cornwall Campus.

If you need a quiet space to get away from the event, the nearest space would be the Students’ Union, Multifaith Chaplaincy, Library Retreat Room.