Monthly Archives: January 2019

Earn £80 working for the Times

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Want to boost your CV by working for a national newspaper? Looking to improve your leadership, organisational and time management skills? Want to gain first-hand market research experience? Then apply to become an interviewer for “The Times Final Year Student Survey”!

 

High Fliers Research, in association with The Times newspaper, is looking for students to become interviewers for their final year student survey, conducting research which forms the basis of “The Times Top 100” careers directory. As interviewers, all you need to do is interview 20 final year students across 7 days, from 31st Jan to 6th Feb. These are literally 15 minute chats with your friends, and you’ll get paid £80 when you reach your target, and more if you interview more. Not only that, you’ll also receive a reference from the Times/High Fliers – major CV points!

Email he277@cam.ac.uk if interested.

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Share The World\’s Resources: a panel event

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Cambridge University Amnesty International and Cambridge Homeless Outreach Programme are hosting a panel of speakers from Share The World’s Resources, a non-profit organisation addressing the fundamental human right to a basic standard of living and tackling humanitarian crises such as hunger, poverty and conflict. You can find out more about these issues and the campaign work that STWR does to address them by coming along to the event on Monday 28th January, 6-7.30pm in the Lightfoot Room, Old Divinity School – let us know if you’re coming on the Facebook event!

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Teaching in China opportunity

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Applications for CSSC Summer 2019 Now Open! 

Cambridge Summer Schools in China are seeking enthusiastic students to join us this summer. CSSC has a reputation as running the most fun foreign language camps to teach on – so make sure you apply before it’s too late!

? July/August 2019 
? Locations: Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Beijing & Bali
? Reimbursement: £1200 (£800 for our Bali camps)
? Accommodation: Included
? Food: 3 meals a day included
?? Deadline: Sunday 3rd February 2019

You can book flights for whenever you like – perfect for travelling before/after the camp! We even organise a FREE teacher holiday for you after the camp is finished! So don’t delay, apply today!

Follow this link for the application form: https://goo.gl/forms/SBSq0GZJ0e2UIawp2

If you have any questions – send them over to neil@elitejourney.net or check out our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/CambridgeSummerSchoolinChina/

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Education Partnerships Africa

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We Invest in Schools. And You.

Education Partnerships Africa is recruiting committed students to spend 10 weeks in East Africa investing time and money in one of our partner schools. Living and working in a rural community, our volunteers develop essential transferable skills whilst experiencing vibrant East African culture.

Working in teams of 2 or 3, volunteers collaborate with their school’s various stakeholders to improve the quality of education offered. Focusing on the sustainability of their interventions, they invest in new educational resources, small infrastructure projects and schemes to improve students’ health and welfare. Whilst receiving specialist training and support from the Central Charity, EPAfrica’s volunteers are given the autonomy to decide how to invest their funds, based on their school’s specific needs.

EPAfrica is continually evolving. We are driven by critical reflection and hope volunteers stay involved after their project is over, feeding their experience and insight back into the next year’s cycle to improve our programme further.

Internally, EPAfrica volunteers have access to a wide and diverse alumni network, which provides informal careers advice as well as a formal mentoring scheme. We have alumni working in a diverse range of NGOs, as well as civil servants working for the Department for International Development and academics working on development-related issues.

Deadline: 27th January

Find out more and apply here: http://epafrica.org.uk/volunteer/project-worker/apply/

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China Summer Camp

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Are you interested in spending 2-6 weeks this summer volunteering in China on a fully funded program? Apply for EduCamp 2019 for the best summer camp experience!

– Free return flights (booked on your behalf by the school to/from your chosen destination/s – unlike other camps, there is no huge upfront flight cost to you!)

– Additional £200-£1200 allowance (depending on the camp)

– Free accommodation and meals

– Loads of free trips to local sights

– Cultural activities and language classes

– More relaxed, with lower working hours than most other camps (typically just 5 hours per day)

– Full training, TEFL certificate and example lesson plans/ resources provided

– Choice of 7 locations across China (from Beijing and Shanghai to rural Guangdong!), with potential flexibility to volunteer in multiple locations across a 6 week program

– Most camps are not-for-profit, supporting disadvantaged rural students

Full details, testimonials and the application form can be found at www.abridgeeducamp.com 

Note that, despite the info on the website, outstanding Cambridge undergrads in STEM/ Business/ Economics may also be considered for the Shanghai program.

Application deadline: 31st January 

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