Key Resources Ruth and Kate have produced a comprehensive guide to the UoP library and Metalib. This includes information on how to access e-journals and hints and tips for accessing specific e-resources. There is also information on “What is BoB? “(Box of Broadcasts) which is available at http://bob. plymouth.ac.uk/ BoB is an off-air recording and media archive service. BoB is available to University of Plymouth staff and students under copyright guidelines. This TV scheduling service allows your institution’s staff and students to record programmes scheduled to record over the next seven days as well as retrieving programmes from the last seven days from a selected list of recorded channels. Upon making a request users will receive the programme after broadcast as a Flash video file format that they can watch in a web page - in a similar way to BBC’s iPlayer. BoB stores TV and Radio programmes which were requested in the archive holds them indefinitely for all users to enjoy. BoB offers all the great features traditionally associated with the BoB enterprise solution; users can record programmes, watch programmes from the archive, create clips, search for programmes coming up in the next seven days by title or keyword, compile their favourite shows into playlists and share these with others. New for 2010! Learning Information Literacy In Plymouth for Academic Development (Lilipad) available at http://www.informationliteracyplymouth.org.uk/upc. LiliPad hosts tutorials, videos and guides about using the library and its resources effectively. A good place to start is the UPC specific ’Get you started’ guide for staff and students which is available on the portal – UPC Faculty and UPC General.
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University of Plymouth Careers Service support for University Partner Colleges The University Careers Service provides a range of services supporting students and staff in UPC. Job vacancies UPC students can register with www.gradsouthwest.com to access graduate, part time, vacation and voluntary work opportunities. This includes internships, knowledge transfer partnerships and all opportunities provided through Unlocking Cornish Potential. In addition UPC institutions can use Gradsouthwest for vacancies they wish to advertise, providing a free, off-the-shelf vacancy platform. Gradsouthwest is a shared vacancy service used by all of the HE Institutions in the SW and so advertises hundreds of student and graduate opportunities every week. Gradsouthwest staff will provide training and ongoing support to UPC institutions wishing to use Gradsouthwest.
Janet Gardiner Careers Advisor 01752 232763 janet.gardiner@plymouth.ac.uk
Information Students and staff can use our award winning website for careers information www.plymouth.ac.uk/careers. Since we now deliver 95% of our information on-line UPC students can access virtually the same level of support as those on the university campuses. One of the most popular sections provides information on opportunities relating to subjects offered by the university. In addition, www.gradsouthwest.com provides information specifically about the south west labour market, including key sectors, internships and an employer directory. UPC careers staff are able to contact our Careers Information Manager for advice about additional HE resources they may wish to purchase for their hard copy stock and this is promoted to them through the Careers Network (see below). What happens to UPC graduates – The Careers Service carries out the annual DLHE Survey, which includes all leavers from UPC institutions. Searchable data for all programmes is made available to staff on the university portal (click on ‘staff’ on the Careers Service website and follow the links) while more general information on graduate destinations and the graduate labour market is available on the careers service website.. Foundation Degree Research – The Careers Service has collaborated with the HELP CETL to research the early career progression of FD graduates and has now published four studies, including data up to 3 years after graduation. Careers staff have contributed to training evens to disseminate this information and we have sent copies of the reports to all of the UPC institutions. The research has also been published (e.g. in the Journal of Education and Work) and disseminated at national conferences, raising the profile of UPC.
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