Who are we?
Mission Employable is a Humanities student-led initiative that was developed in partnership with the students, for the students, during the summer of 2014.
The initiative aims to make students’ professional development a priority so that we graduate not only with a degree but also the ability to succeed in whatever field we specialise in. Mission Employable restructured the Faculty’s employability activity and make it a fundamental aspect of students’ education throughout their degree course.
The Mission Employable team (which includes student interns led by Dr Eleanor Quince, Faculty Director of Employability) have been working together with the University’s Careers and Employability Service, student group representatives, and Humanities departments to improve the employability agenda within the Faculty. The project includes: a compulsory Faculty-wide employability module offered to first years (being rolled out to second years in 2015/16); the establishment of a peer mentoring scheme; a Humanities Alumni Network; and a Working Group to facilitate student-led employability events for each discipline.
MuSoc, alongside Mission Employable and the Music department at the University, designed an employability event specifically tailored to music students that we delivered in May 2015. The event informed our students of options and pathways after graduation, and what they could be doing during their degrees to prepare for this.