Wednesday 18 March 2026
Date
The Student Union, Penryn Campus
Location
About the event
About the event
By participating in this workshop, you will:
- Reflect on the value of the skills you have gained as part of your SU role from the perspective of employers
- Reflect on whether you could add additional skills to your CV as a result of your role
- Identify any additional skills you want to develop as part of your SU role OR in readiness for applying for jobs
- Leave with a transferable skills matrix which will help you in your future job search, which you can keep and build upon in future
This 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?
- Optional group work
- Steps into the SU and ramp access
- Disabled toilets avaliable in the SU
- Quiet space avaliable
Who is running the event?
This event is being run by Jen Jehan, Falmouth University and Nicky Hutchinson, The University of Exeter.
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?
Student Union building – Penryn Campus
The exact location on What3words is: ///pizzas.latest.slept
Watch our Penryn Campus tour 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 also fine.
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 who have been actively engaged in an SU committee or who are undertaking an SU sabbatical role at 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