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Skillscast

Skillscast

Hosted by University of Warwick Skills team

Episodes

30

Latest episode

Feb 2025

Language

EN-GB

About the show

A show from the University of Warwick all about how to learn and develop your skills while at university, and how to use them to set you for a fantastic start to life once you graduate.

Listen to episodes

30 recent
February 20, 2025Episode 168 min

Giving Feedback

Not sure how to give the right feedback, in the right way, at the right time? Are you worried about how it might impact your relationship with who you give feedback to? Check out this short to get you started on improving your feedback practices.

February 14, 2025Episode 1510 min

Focus

Want to improve your focus but not sure how? in this Skillscast Short episode Tom Greenaway shares tips on how to improve your focus, eliminate distractions, and complete your goals.For transcripts of this and other episodes head to warwick.ac.uk/skillscast. TO learn more about the Warwick Award and how to register check out our home page at warwick.ac.uk/warwickaward.

February 5, 2025Episode 1457 min

Warwick Enterprise

Do you want to start a business? Learn entreneurial skills? Warwick Entreprise can sort you out. Listen to this interview with Chris Wilkinson, Student Innovation Officer to learn how to get started. Learn more about Warwick Enterprise here - Unleash your potential | Warwick Enterprise Learn more about the Warwick Award at Warwick.ac.uk/warwickaward

January 22, 202511 min

Getting work experience

Where do you start when you want to get work experience? Warwick has a toolkit to help you. Take a listen to Laileng from the IPWE team to learn how to get started with work experience. Check out the toolkit here

January 21, 202531 min

TeamWork International Projects

Interested in getting real-world work experience at Warwick? In this episode we are Joined by Laura Jackson, Project leader at the TeamWork International Experience Programme and two of her ambassadors, Chris and Anais, to discuss the programme, their experiences, and the skills they developed. Learn more and sign up at TeamWork International Experience Programme

January 14, 20259 min

Succeeding your first day at work

In this Skillscast short Beth Gallet discusses how to prepare, and how to make a good impression on your first day at work. For more information about this you can check out the WorkReady work experience toolkit

January 7, 2025Episode 1036 min

Connecting with industry experts through the 1 Hour project

The 1 Hour projects connects students who are first in their families to attend university with professionals in a range of industries so they can learn about the skills needed for their potential careers and start to build a professional network. Learn more or register at https://1hourproject.org/ For transcripts to this and all our episodes head to warwick.ac.uk/skillscast

December 5, 2024Episode 939 min

Active Bystander Training

Warwick's Active Bystander Course has supported over 1,000 students to gain confidence in assessing and safely addressing situations relevant to student life to help build a community that embodies our ethics and values. Take a listen to some of the course participants talk about how it has positively impacted their lives and the lives of other students. For transcripts of this episode and other episodes head to our website warwick.ac.uk/skillscast To learn more about the Warwick Award check out our website - warwick.ac.uk/warwickaward

November 27, 20248 min

Skillscast Short - Getting Started with a new skill

What do you do if you want to learn something new? Where do you start and how do you get better? Check out this short and begin learning something new. For transcripts of this and all our episodes please visit our website here - Skillscast - a podcast about skills development

November 21, 202451 min

Skills Development in a placement year

In this episode Tom Greenaway from the Skills Team is joined by four School of Life Sciences students, Amy, Minelli, Kaavya, and Sarah, who share their experience working on placement years, the skills they developed along the way For transcripts for this and all of our Episodes please visit the Skillscast website ⁠here⁠. To learn more about the Warwick Award, visit our homepage ⁠here⁠.

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