Life Beyond Wellington

Providing a lifetime of careers advice and guidance for students and OWs

A major aspect of the work of the Community Office is to support students while they are at College, as well as for the years after, particularly with the transition from university to the world of work. We have been providing face-to-face networking and careers advice for many years, but in recent times we have pulled this work together under the banner of Life Beyond Wellington (LBW). This programme is more relevant than ever, as it’s a programme that aims to equip students with skills and understanding about the ‘real’ world so they can shape what they do at College with an eye on their life beyond their time at Wellington.

For students and young OWs the many different networking sessions and webinars are insightful and inspirational as they begin to make their transition from College to university and into the working world and beyond. Since the launch of the programme we have been overwhelmed by the incredible support from our OW community. At the time of writing, we have hosted over 50 LBW virtual sessions, which have consisted of live webinars, networking events, and shorter pre-recorded talks. They have covered a huge range of topics such as Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Politics, University advice and so much more! 33 OWs have hosted live or pre-recorded sessions so far and we are so grateful. The programme wouldn’t be what it is today without all of your incredible support and enthusiasm – thank you!

You can watch back all of our talks by visiting our LBW Library at: https://www.wellycom.net/lbw/

Recent talks included:

Dr Christopher Tuite (HI 68) A Career in Environmental Conservation

Chris, a lifetime conservationist with a PhD from Bristol in zoology/ecology talks about his career where after working for 30 years in the USA as an accountant he worked for some of the biggest and best conservation organisations. Lillie Parker (HN 10) Paediatrics at University Hospital Southampton NHS FT

Lillie talks us through her medical career to date and answers questions from Wellington’s very own Medic Society. Aleena Khan (Ap 14) Visualiser and Architectural Assistant at Conran and Partners

Aleena talks about embarking on in her career into the architectural field and touching upon the key skills that are needed in the industry and the wide breadth of roles available!

If you would like to find out more about the programme or are interested in hosting an online talk please email us at community@wellingtoncollege.org.uk