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Edinburgh Award Outline 2019-20 Peer Learning & Support Strand Introduction All students involved with Peer Learning and Support have the opportunity to take part in the Edinburgh Award as long as they complete enough hours, and volunteer with us for the whole year. The Peer Learning and Support strand of the Edinburgh Award helps you get the most out of your experience as a Peer Leader. This strand of the Award helps you to work towards excellence as a Leader, and it celebrates the fantastic work that you do to make a positive impact on students at the University. We have created a timeline and schedule that will give students the opportunity to plan out their Edinburgh Award to ensure its completion. 1. The Edinburgh Award We all know it’s a really tough job market out there and that these days it’s no longer enough just to have a degree, even from a world-renowned institution like the University of Edinburgh. So with 100,000s of students graduating from UK universities every year, what are you going to do to stand out from the crowd? Regardless of what you choose to do next, employers want university graduates who are ready for work – they’ll be investing in you and they want to know they’ll get a return on that investment. Employers want graduates: who are self-aware, who capitalise on their strengths,
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Edinburgh Award Outline 2019-20Peer Learning & Support Strand
Introduction
All students involved with Peer Learning and Support have the opportunity to take part in the Edinburgh Award as long as they complete enough hours, and volunteer with us for the whole year.
The Peer Learning and Support strand of the Edinburgh Award helps you get the most out of your experience as a Peer Leader. This strand of the Award helps you to work towards excellence as a Leader, and it celebrates the fantastic work that you do to make a positive impact on students at the University.
We have created a timeline and schedule that will give students the opportunity to plan out their Edinburgh Award to ensure its completion.
1. The Edinburgh Award
We all know it’s a really tough job market out there and that these days it’s no longer enough just to have a degree, even from a world-renowned institution like the University of Edinburgh. So with 100,000s of students graduating from UK universities every year, what are you going to do to stand out from the crowd?
Regardless of what you choose to do next, employers want university graduates who are ready for work – they’ll be investing in you and they want to know they’ll get a return on that investment.
Employers want graduates: who are self-aware, who capitalise on their strengths, who will have impact wherever they work, who are committed to personal development and life-long learning, and who can confidently provide evidence for these claims.
And that’s where the Edinburgh Award comes in…
What will the Edinburgh Award help me do? The answer is: ‘Whatever it means for you and whatever situation you find yourself in, we want you to be successful and to make a difference. That’s what the Edinburgh Award is all about.
By being part of the Edinburgh Award you’ll be helped to: increase your self-awareness; make the most of your existing strengths and develop new skills/abilities; have impact and make a difference whatever situation you are in; and confidently sell and demonstrate what you have to offer to others, including employers
Taken and edited from http://www.employability.ed.ac.uk/Student/EdinburghAward/
2. Requirements
There are a range of tasks that students must complete in order to qualify for the Peer Learning and Support Edinburgh Award. There will be no leeway unless there are extenuating circumstances, which will be considered on a case by case basis.
a. Applicants must be a current Peer Learning and Support volunteer and complete 50 hours of volunteering. This will include all activity under the remit of Peer Learning and Support, from planning sessions to delivering and evaluating them.
b. Applicants must attend the in-person Input 1 and Input 3 sessions. There will be multiple dates available. Input 2 is online, and there is no in-person session.
c. Applicants must submit 5 pieces of work in total. These include a 500 word piece at Input 1, and both a 500 word piece and set of peer reviews at Inputs 2 and 3.
d. Applicants must attend at least 2 skills development workshops (either through EUSA or the University). One must be completed in Semester 1, and another must be completed
2. Timeline
To complete the Peer Learning & Support Edinburgh Award:
1) Register your interest with [email protected] by 9am Monday 23rd September 2019.
2) Attend an Input 1 session on any of the following dates:
Monday 23rd September 2019, 6-7.30pm Sign up LinkThursday 26th September 2019, 6-7.30pm Sign up LinkMonday 30th September 2019, 6-7.30pm Sign up LinkWednesday 2nd October 2019, 6-7.30pm Sign Up Link
3) Submit Input 1 by 5pm on Friday 11th October 2019, on the ‘Peer Learning & Support 2019-20 Learn page’.
4) Submit Input 2 by 9am on Tuesday 21st January 2020, on the ‘Input 2’ Learn page (which appears as a separate course in Learn).
5) Complete the Peer Review by 23.59pm on Sunday 24th January 2020. Peer Review opens at 5pm on Tuesday 21st January 2020.
6) Attend an Input 3 session on any of the following dates:
Monday 2nd March 2020, 6-8pm Sign up LinkWednesday 4th March 2020, 6-8pm Sign up LinkThursday 5th March 2020, 6-8pm Sign up LinkMonday 9th March 2020, 6-8pm Sign Up Link
7) Submit Input 3 by 9am on Tuesday 17th March 2020, on the ‘Input 3’ Learn page (which appears as a separate course in Learn).
8) Complete the Peer Review by 23.59pm on Sunday 20th March 2020. Peer Review opens at 5pm on Tuesday 17th March 2020.
9) Award confirmed by 2nd April 2020!
