Getting experience at university through placements and volunteering with Liz Hayden
Channel: DerbyUni Library
Date: 09/08/2021

In this episode, Alex interviews recent first class graduate Liz Hayden about her experiences of getting involved as a student whilst studying at the University of Derby. Liz discusses finding and going on a placement year, volunteering through societies and how you can get your volunteering accredited through the futures award.

Links and resources mentioned in this episode: 
Futures Award Explained: https://www.derby.ac.uk/blog/university-of-derby-futures-award/

Societies: https://www.derbyunion.co.uk/getinvolved/societies/

Careers Website (Student Login Required): https://careerhub.derby.ac.uk/students/abintegro?redirectURL=https://www.abintegro.com/Resources/CustomPage/5328

Careers email: careers@derby.ac.uk

Library Skills Workshops: https://libcal.derby.ac.uk/calendar/events/?cid=4256&t=g&d=0000-00-00&cal=4256&ct=33107&inc=0

Your Academic Librarians run drop in clinics that can be found through this calendar: https://libcal.derby.ac.uk/calendar/events/?cid=4256&t=g&d=0000-00-00&cal=4256&ct=33108,33206,33109,33114&inc=0